Refurb Apple TVs available at online Apple Store
Behold! Refurbished Apple TVs are now available at the online Apple store. An Apple Certified Refurbished Apple TV will set you back $249 with free shipping, a 17% savings off the original $299 price. This includes a one year limited warranty, although you can add a 2-year AppleCare protection plan for $49 more. If you've been considering an Apple TV purchase, but have been hesitating, the $50 price drop brings it much closer into impulse purchase territory.
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Ben Stafford said 10:17PM on 5-21-2007
CRAP!! I just won a new one on Ebay for $100 and I was going to sell if for $265. No I have to sell it for less...or just keep it?! Maybe....hmmmm.
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derek said 11:05PM on 5-21-2007
hey guess what! so is almost every other apple product! THEY HAVE iPODS AT THE STORE TOO!!!! ZOMG!!!
idiot
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Amber said 11:12PM on 5-21-2007
Derek, I don't see why posting this makes him an idiot. Apple TV's are still new and Apple selling them refurbished is news. He also did not say they were at the store, he said the online store. I believe this nominates you for the idiot title. Also the "ZOMG!". Are you 13? Or 12?
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Joshua said 11:26PM on 5-21-2007
Actually, there really isn't much else in the refurb store at the moment...
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George Masters said 12:04AM on 5-22-2007
With NullRiver.com 's connect 360 (20 bucks) you are probably better off getting an XBOX 360 at the same price. It does pretty much what Apple TV does plus you get a pretty decent gaming system.
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artifex said 12:09AM on 5-22-2007
The refurb store sells out quick. I discovered when I was waiting to buy a black MacBook that they generally sell out of the good stuff by Monday afternoon, and they usually don't restock until the next Monday. And I didn't figure out what time Monday, but I know I was there too early at 9 Central once, so it's probably 9 Pacific, which makes sense.
Of course, 2 weeks after I bought my refurb, Amazon had the same model, new, for the same price after a rebate. And Amazon doesn't charge tax. Sigh! They just didn't have the rebate while I was waiting to buy :(
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GamerJunkie said 2:16AM on 5-22-2007
The Apple nerds just will buy anything overpriced from Apple. Even though it sucked at everything else except play iTune store music.
Face it, menu and other hacks to get iTV to play non-Apple codec media is a Pita and they will still do it because they are Apple brand name whores.
So many other better, cheaper, and greater solutions means nothing to them.
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Nick said 2:46AM on 5-22-2007
http://macnewsonline.com/wp/2007/05/21/youtube-comes-to-the-apple-tv/
Hmmmmmm
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Nathan said 10:08AM on 5-22-2007
Not to divert from the anger, but are there any rumors of another phase of AppleTVs? AppleTV 2.0? Bigger HD? I'm dyin' to buy one, but I don't want to fall into the old mold of buying then having a newer, bigger version released weeks later.
Anyone?
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Joe said 11:21AM on 5-22-2007
Nathan, it's a frustrating game to play, but I'd wait for now. It's practically guaranteed there will be an upgraded version in the future. Make a little wish list in your head of what problems you'd like to see resolved, and how much you're willing to pay, and then keep an eye out for upgrades. We have no idea what kind of schedule Apple is going to have with this product, so for now, we'll have to be patient and step back a few paces from the bleeding edge.
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Donald Burr said 11:28AM on 5-22-2007
@gamerjunkie,
Maybe because us Apple folk like things that *work out of the box?* and would rather spend time watching TV than futzing with settings and Xbox360's and stuff until they finally sorta-kinda-work?
With the AppleTV, it's literally "plug in 2 cables (power and HDMI), connect to my iTunes library (mind-numbingly easy), and a couple clicks later, I'm watching Heroes (or whatever)."
With the X360, first of all, there is NO native connection to the Mac. So I either had to buy a Windows Media Center box (no thanks!) or find some sort of software hack that will let it work. Fortunately there is Connect360. It wasn't too hard to set up, but it involved an extra piece of software, an extra expense, and extra time in setting it up. Oh, and of course, it only streams WMV formatted videos. And here I am with all of my DivX/XviD/MPEG-4/H.264 videos. No workie.
And don't forget that the Xbox360 media browser interface is a pile of steaming crap when compared to the elegant UI of the Apple TV.
Lastly, let us not forget that the X360 only recently started supporting the *real* video Codecs (MPEG4 and H.264); before that it only supported the crap WMA/WMV.
Again, no thanks.
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Able-X said 11:42AM on 5-22-2007
w00t, thanks for the tip, just bought one for myself :)
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George Masters said 1:19PM on 5-22-2007
My XBOX 360 Worked fine out of the box? Setting it up was easy. Connect 360 is only $20. Connect 360 is a single double click install into the pref pane. The H264 encoded movies look great and the XBOX 360 blade interface, while not as nice as Apple TV or the Mac isn't hard to navigate. I feel the two systems at the same price point (299 w/o getting a refurb) + $20 for connct 360, getting a gaming system seems like a better value (unless you aren't into games or are waiting around for Apple TV to morph into Pippen II - Which I suspect it will). My experience has been positive. The one caveat is that Microsoft WiFi adapter is $100 (total rip off) while Apple TV has it built in. Just something for you who aren't making insightful comments about my mother taking it up the ass to consider.
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Nathan said 1:25PM on 5-22-2007
F waiting. :) I'm all about grabbing a chance when I can.
Question for the room -- does anyone have, or has anyone heard of having multiple AppleTVs spread around the house? I'd like one for the bedroom as well as one for the living room/main entertainment center. Does this work? Does this cause unforeseen complications due to the two AppleTVs duking it out for my viewing pleasure?
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derek said 2:10PM on 5-22-2007
Amber, you must not have noticed that I was being sarcastic. It is no news that (refurbished) Apple TVs are at the online Apple Store. They have been for quite a while now. The ZOMG was part of my sarcasm.
TUAW just posts dumb things to get money, because they get paid per post. I still come by because sometimes they have some cool posts with cool software, but way too often there are just dumb posts.
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