05-05-2010, 07:31 PM
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Microsoft updates Xbox 360 to stream 1080p. Microsoft has sold about 12 million units in the US. This is a huge installed base.
Similar to Apple TV's installed base:
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/...et--559416
"Gene Munster of investment banking firm Piper Jaffray now anticipates sales of 6.6 million Apple TVs by the end of this year [ 2009 ]"
...then:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/co...ence-call/
"On the Apple TV, Cook said that unit sales for the second quarter were up 34% year-over-year [ stated re: the quarter ended Mar 2010 ]"
If Netflix adds the option, I think the Apple TV will officially dead
[ from the link above ]
"[ Apple's CFO ] said that the company continues to think there’s something interesting there and is continuing to invest in it."