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Re:Little, black, different by geuis on Monday October 04, 2010 @04:24PM (#1757248)
Kinda depends on who you are. There's a high ratio, say 1 to 20, of people who want to build their own media center versus people that just want to buy something cheap that works well. I've built my own media centers before, but honestly when the first Apple TV came out a few years ago it answered pretty much every problem I had. I was able to buy tv shows and rent movies right from my TV. The interface was pretty straightforward. I used to pirate movies and shows, but that was a lot more complicated than just spending a couple bucks to get something to watch right now. Didn't have to worry about poor quality anymore, etc.

I really like to reverse your question: why would anyone want to build their own media center now-a-days?

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Re:Little, black, different by fossuser on Monday October 04, 2010 @04:34PM (#1757289)
People who already have a lot of media they would like to be able to easily access on their TV screen, or people who are not interested in paying for content. I find Google TV more interesting since it adds an entire new layer over current television, apple TV isn't as exciting to me. I don't think people want to make a purchase decision every time they sit down to watch something.
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