I really like my Apple TV unit, sure it gets very hot and only wants to play stuff via a iTunes connected PC, but it looks elegant and the UI is gorgeous. So I was very pleased to hear that here would be official support for You Tube content from June (obviously later in June than now). This is a big step forward, now we just need official support for other non-Apple owned CODECs like XVid, DivX and Windows Media. Its unbelievably arrogant of Apple to pretend they don’t exist and force owners to perform long and expensive file conversions whilst simultaneously performing an incantation to prevent the conversion failing mid way through.
Yes I know I can hack the box to do these things, but I shouldn’t have to, Apple should be doing this for me and embracing the whole market, otherwise, how are they going to get broad acceptance of what is in effect a severely hobbled, but cheap Mac Mini. I just want it to work like it should work. You Tube support is a step in the right direction, keep going Apple!
