Critics of AppleTV generally blame two reasons for "slow" AppleTV adoption. The first is that the iTunes Store does not sell High Definition content. The second is that AppleTV is missing key hardware features, like a built-in DVD player or DVR capabilities. Let's address these topics.

Low Def

Daniel Eran Dilger of Roughly Drafted Magazine has a great article on the advantages of low-definition video. To summarize the article, Daniel concludes that people don't want high definition video. Sure, it sounds great: who doesn't want a clearer picture? But the realities of high def make it unattractive.

High-definition video is massive. It is complicated. It is slow. It is highly copy protected. And few of us have the right equipment to properly display it anyway.

What people really want is low-definition video.....

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