HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads

Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by martingordon on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @03:19PM (#2942840)

The analogy doesn't hold. Try to use a TouchPad without buying apps and you'll find that it works pretty well.

Try to use a console without buying games. Hope you enjoy navigating menus!

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by wmf on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @03:21PM (#2942852)

Except the PS3, which is a pretty good Blu-ray/Netflix/DLNA player and probably had problems with low attach rate in the first few years.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by elithrar on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @07:54PM (#2943693)

> Except the PS3, which is a pretty good Blu-ray/Netflix/DLNA player and probably had problems with low attach rate in the first few years.

And it's precisely why it took Sony a while to make any money out of their PlayStation division. They underestimated how many people would find it useful 'out of the box'.

It's a great Blu-Ray player that just happens to play games. Sony sold it as the other way around.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by ktsmith on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @03:30PM (#2942884)

I can't recall the last time I actually used the PS3 to play a game. It's probably been more than a year. We do use it every day however to watch Netflix or Hulu. It's used a couple times a week to stream content using DLNA and Twonky Server. That being said I'd replace it in a heartbeat due to the extremely loud fan, I've not done so to this point because I'm being cheap.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by evilduck on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @12:06AM (#2944257)

The first generation PS3 is a noisy energy hog.

I picked up an AppleTV 2nd gen for Netflix and streaming media because it runs silently at 6W, compared to the fat PS3's 170-200W. Depending on how much you watch, the AppleTV might pay for itself in energy savings alone in 12-18 months.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by ktsmith on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @01:08AM (#2944410)

If the Apple TV wasn't stuck at 720p I would probably consider it. I have a friend currently doing a similar setup to what I have with the PS3 via a Logitech Revue and if that ends up working out well I will probably pick one up. The addition of Android 3.0 on the Revue also makes it a bit more of an appealing idea. While I won't save as much energy over the PS3, just the reduction in fan noise will likely be worth the $99.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by rdl on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @05:48PM (#2947714)

I hated the setup process on the Revue, but after that, I really like it. Being able to play flash video in 1080p, hw accelerated, on my tv is nice. Looking forward to 3.0 and maybe more apps for it.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by evilduck on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @09:14AM (#2945374)

Ah yeah. We mostly use both devices for Netflix, which doesn't do 1080 anyways. Also, the ATV2 can supposedly push lower-bitrate 1080 if you jailbreak and put XBMC on it, not sure what the Revue does.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by MatthewPhillips on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @07:51PM (#2943687)

$300 is a pretty expensive blu-ray and streaming player.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by caf on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:33PM (#2943767)

It is now, but when the PS3 first came out it was one of the cheapest blu-ray players available.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by aphexairlines on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:27PM (#2943757)

not when standalone players were also $300+

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