Apple TV was released last year, and lets you stream movies and TV programs from the Internet on the TV screen. Most of the content through the iTunes Store, which allows the user to purchase or rent movies and TV shows controls a number of different publishers. Like iTunes, you can see the contents of YouTube and Netflix in the United States.
What about Apple TV is not good in the first usability. The screen is clear and clean and very intuitive. Aluminum with a remote control has a Click Wheel that will feel familiar to anyone who belongs to an iPod. Unfortunately, the simplicity of the remote control will give the text of a long and difficult process. However, an interesting function if the consumer is also an iPod touch or iPhone, its touch-screen keyboard for text entry. He is also an iPod or iPhone, Apple TV are browsing the menus via the touch screen to scroll gestures.
Connectivity with the iPod and the iPhone does not stop. Users with a feature called AirPlay, iPod touch and iPhone music and video content to push their mobile devices to the TV. This is useful when the TV is connected to an audio system, how to navigate through the iPod library and select songs wirelessly from your portable device.
One of the main contenders for the Apple TV, the Roku XDS. The Roku has a price similar to that of Apple TV, which allows a direct comparison. If the Roku has a clear advantage, the amount of content available. How Netflix Roku offers access to the Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu and Pandora Plus you lose the contents of iTunes, but iTunes content, especially when it comes to TV shows can be a bit ‘thin on the ground.
A second advantage is that the Roku can be used with any TV. Apple HDMI connection is required, but the Roku is happy with a standard definition TV, which is good news for those who are still room for improvement. The user interface is easy to use and consists of channels, each content provider. There are about 100 in total, but differ in their usefulness.
There is a different balance between Roku and Apple TV. Those who have already iDevices many feel more comfortable being in the middle of the iTunes and can see an advantage in both AirPlay and the hope of future updates, that greater integration of their mobile devices to drive Apple’s home theater set-up. Apple device also offers a sleek and desirable, both in terms of hardware and software.
This means that the surface is still Rokus very useful, if not as attractive as Apple. It also offers much more content if Apple is trying to take some pressure out of the box or even completely eliminate the sky are.
In summary, the two players to strong competition and perhaps his choice depends on whether you prefer the style and substance. Apple TV works well, but the Roku, which allows greater functionality.