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Will Orb Play Spoilsport to Apple TV Next Month?

23 May, 2007, 6:00 pm IST | Priyanka Pradhan |


Representative for Orb Network, Ann E. Willey said, "As for Apple TV, we do appreciate the visibility and marketing firepower that Apple brings to the importance of being able to get digital content from your PC to your TV screen. This is good. As consumers, we all want that freedom. Orb believes that you should be able to do that using the devices you already own and are comfortable with using - meaning, why purchase another device when you can use Orb to do the same function - using a game console or an IPTV set top box that integrates with Orb (such as Amino IPTV set top box - a partnership we recently announced). For example, today, there are 22 million game console users who can turn their consoles into media centers and get all of their home digital content from their PC to their TV screens now and for free."

Avinash Bali, Channel Eeditor for Gaming, Tech 2.0 says, " If I'm able to transfer all my data from my computer to my TV, using the console that I already have, I will definitely not buy the Apple TV device, since it will be a huge waste of money to buy another expensive device which performs the same function. But this is from a gamer's point of view, who already has a console. I'm not sure if this is how non gamers feel about it."

Gagan Gupta, Channel editor for Digital imaging and an avid gamer says, "Honestly, I think Apple TV will work because of its brand value only. Even though Orb Network is free, nobody knows about it, while people are already crazy about other Apple products such as the iPod. So, I think Apple TV will sell here and worldwide because it's Apple!"

Moreover, there are other competitors for Apple TV, already in the country, including Netgear's media streamer EVA700 (Rs. 17,000) that allows users to play audio and video content from a PC, to a television set, using wired and wireless network connections. However, this product does not come with a hard drive, while Apple TV does.

Tags: Apple , Apple TV , media streamer , Netgear , Orb Networks

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