By Eliot Van Buskirk
We know — the new Apple TV is really small, and it finally focuses on renting rather than purchasing television shows, integrates iOS devices as remote controls, has an optical audio output for surround sound, and costs just a hundred bones.
But it has
1. Paltry Selection of TV Shows
2. No iOS
3. No HD Antenna
4. No 1080p
5. No replacement for BitTorrent
Adam Philbin, in a widely echoed tweet offering speculation about this device’s target market, put it like this: “Apple TV … it’s like a shit, single-purpose Mac Mini for people who don’t know what BitTorrent is.”
