Is apple TV better than Roku for Netflix?

Trying to buy one system to play movies with Netflix, and just got Roku. I was ondering if Apple TV does what Roku does better and then more (iTunes, etc)
Anybody has a recommendation about this?

With ATV you have access to iTunes rentals and TV shows purchases, Netflix, Youtube, Vimeo, Podcasts, Flickr, iTunes Match, some sports etc.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
If you have an IOS device then you can use airplay or mirror (via iPad 2, iPhone 4S) for additional content.

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HT5731 why is apple tv better than netflix?

why is apple tv better than netflix?

Hi s13579,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The following information will explain what the Apple TV is. Netflix is one of the services available on the Apple TV.
Apple - Apple TV - HD iTunes content and more on your TV.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
Apple - Apple TV - Access iTunes, Netflix, and more on your HDTV.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/whats-on/
Watch everything from classics to recent Hollywood blockbusters to original programming like House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black.5 Apple TV organizes the huge catalog of streaming titles from Netflix so you can find what you want fast.
I hope this information helps ....
Happy Holidays!
- Judy

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My ipod touch 2gn wont turn on after being charged in a ipod dock...it's been 3 weeks now and i've tried everything and noting has worked! Apple, you better expect paying for this because i am not wasting my money again!

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I can often see visual differences with the Windows GUI as well, over sharpening of text and lines, harsh rendering of gradients. It looks like a VGA signal displayed on a television.
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Are Apple routers better than others?

I have wi-fi at my home and I have problems with AirPlay as it sometimes skips.
I'm thinking of buying Time Capsule and I want to know if it's powerfull enough to work in a normal size house and will it solve AirPlay problem?
Is wi-fi on Time Capsule better than on Motorola VIP1003 router?

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Is rank() really better than rownum for top-n-queries?

Several sources say that for Oracle databases rank() should be used instead of 'rownum <= n' for top-n-queries. But here we have an application, where we a lot of top-n queries are executed on a big table with several million rows and rank() has a quite bad performance. I get much better results when I use a query with rownum <= n but the programmer of the application doesn't want to change it in the software because of those articles about rank() and rownum. I wonder, whether it is possible, to find a better form of the rank()-query or an additional index, that gives me the same performance.
To explain my case I created the following example (if you try it, be aware that depending on the size of your dba_objects view you might need up to half a gig free space in your tablespace for this example).
create table big_objects
as
select
ascii(m.alpha)*100000+o.object_id object_id,
o.owner owner,
o.object_type,
m.alpha||'_'||o.object_name object_name,
sysdate-400+mod(100*object_id+99*ascii(m.alpha),365)+24/(o.object_id+ascii(m.alpha)) created,
o.status
from
(select distinct
upper(substr(object_name,1,1)) alpha
from
sys.dba_objects
where
upper(substr(object_name,1,1)) between 'A' and 'Z') m,
sys.dba_objects o
order by
object_name;
create index bigindex_1 on big_objects (owner, object_type, created);
analyze table big_objects compute statistics;
So my table looks a bit like dba_objects but with much more rows and I made a synthetic "created" date which is more similar to my real case, where top-n means a date selection of the newest records from a certain type.
Here is the size of the segments on an nearly empty 11gR2 database:
select segment_name, bytes, blocks from sys.dba_segments where segment_name like 'BIG%'
SEGMENT_NAME BYTES BLOCKS
BIGINDEX_1 75497472 9216
BIG_OBJECTS 142606336 17408
On my database the example table has approx. 1,9 Mio rows:
select count(*) from big_objects;
COUNT(*)
1884246
and some 1,4% of those rows have owner = 'SYS' and object_type = 'INDEX'
select
count(*)
from big_objects
where owner = 'SYS'
and object_type = 'INDEX';
COUNT(*)
25896
But I want to find only the 10 newest indexes for the owner SYS. I think the typical rank() approach would be:
select
owner,
object_type,
object_name,
object_id,
status,
created
from
( select
owner,
object_type,
object_name,
object_id,
status,
created,
rank() over (order by created desc) rnk
from
big_objects
where
owner = 'SYS'
and object_type = 'INDEX')
where rnk <= 10
order by created asc;
OWNER OBJECT_TYPE OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_ID STATUS CREATED
SYS INDEX B_COLLELEMIND 6600515 VALID 15.04.2010 19:05:55
SYS INDEX V_I_WRI$_OPTSTAT_IND_OBJ#_ST 8600466 VALID 15.04.2010 19:09:03
SYS INDEX G_I_RLS 7100375 VALID 15.04.2010 19:23:55
SYS INDEX V_I_DIR$SERVICE_UI 8600320 VALID 15.04.2010 19:31:33
SYS INDEX L_I_TSM_DST2$ 7600308 VALID 15.04.2010 19:36:26
SYS INDEX L_I_IDL_UB11 7600235 VALID 15.04.2010 19:57:34
SYS INDEX V_I_VIEWTRCOL1 8600174 VALID 15.04.2010 20:19:21
SYS INDEX L_I_TRIGGER2 7600162 VALID 15.04.2010 20:31:39
SYS INDEX L_I_NTAB1 7600089 VALID 15.04.2010 21:35:53
SYS INDEX B_I_SYN1 6600077 VALID 15.04.2010 22:08:07
10 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.22
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 2911012437
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1427 | 188K| 1400 (1)| 00:00:17 |
| 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 1427 | 188K| 1400 (1)| 00:00:17 |
|* 2 | VIEW | | 1427 | 188K| 1399 (1)| 00:00:17 |
|* 3 | WINDOW SORT PUSHED RANK | | 1427 | 79912 | 1399 (1)| 00:00:17 |
| 4 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| BIG_OBJECTS | 1427 | 79912 | 1398 (0)| 00:00:17 |
|* 5 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | BIGINDEX_1 | 1427 | | 9 (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
2 - filter("RNK"<=10)
3 - filter(RANK() OVER ( ORDER BY INTERNAL_FUNCTION("CREATED") DESC )<=10)
5 - access("OWNER"='SYS' AND "OBJECT_TYPE"='INDEX')
Statistics
1 recursive calls
0 db block gets
25870 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
1281 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
524 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
2 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
10 rows processed
As from the index only the first two columns are used, all the 25896 records that I found above are read and sorted just to find the ten newest ones. Many unnecessary blocks are read and luckily all needed database blocks were in memory already. In our real case quite often a lot of physical reads are performed, which makes the performance of the application even worse.
In my following example with a "rownum <= 10" all three columns of the index are used and the number of block gets is much, much smaller than in the rank() example.
select
owner,
object_type,
object_name,
object_id,
status,
created
from
big_objects
where
(owner, object_type, created)
in
( select
owner,
object_type,
created
from
( select /*+ first_rows(10) */
owner,
object_type,
created
from
big_objects
where
owner = 'SYS'
and object_type = 'INDEX'
order by
owner,
object_type,
created desc
where rownum <= 10
order by created asc;
OWNER OBJECT_TYPE OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_ID STATUS CREATED
SYS INDEX B_COLLELEMIND 6600515 VALID 15.04.2010 19:05:55
SYS INDEX V_I_WRI$_OPTSTAT_IND_OBJ#_ST 8600466 VALID 15.04.2010 19:09:03
SYS INDEX G_I_RLS 7100375 VALID 15.04.2010 19:23:55
SYS INDEX V_I_DIR$SERVICE_UI 8600320 VALID 15.04.2010 19:31:33
SYS INDEX L_I_TSM_DST2$ 7600308 VALID 15.04.2010 19:36:26
SYS INDEX L_I_IDL_UB11 7600235 VALID 15.04.2010 19:57:34
SYS INDEX V_I_VIEWTRCOL1 8600174 VALID 15.04.2010 20:19:21
SYS INDEX L_I_TRIGGER2 7600162 VALID 15.04.2010 20:31:39
SYS INDEX L_I_NTAB1 7600089 VALID 15.04.2010 21:35:53
SYS INDEX B_I_SYN1 6600077 VALID 15.04.2010 22:08:07
10 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3360237620
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 10 | 760 | 17 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 10 | 760 | 17 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 2 | NESTED LOOPS | | | | | |
| 3 | NESTED LOOPS | | 10 | 760 | 17 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 4 | VIEW | VW_NSO_1 | 10 | 200 | 2 (50)| 00:00:01 |
| 5 | HASH UNIQUE | | 10 | 200 | 4 (25)| 00:00:01 |
|* 6 | COUNT STOPKEY | | | | | |
| 7 | VIEW | | 11 | 220 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 8 | INDEX RANGE SCAN DESCENDING| BIGINDEX_1 | 1427 | 28540 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 9 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | BIGINDEX_1 | 3 | | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 10 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | BIG_OBJECTS | 3 | 168 | 6 (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
6 - filter(ROWNUM<=10)
8 - access("OWNER"='SYS' AND "OBJECT_TYPE"='INDEX')
9 - access("OWNER"="OWNER" AND "OBJECT_TYPE"="OBJECT_TYPE" AND "CREATED"="CREATED")
Statistics
1 recursive calls
0 db block gets
26 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
1281 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
524 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
1 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
10 rows processed
I made this comparison with the Oracle versions 10.2 and 11.2 and the result was more or less the same. How can I change the rank() query in a way that only the small number of really needed blocks are read from the database?

this was exactly the hint, I was looking for. Generally speaking hints are not the preferred way to go to tune queries. They can have nasty side-effects when data changes.
Now the rank()-query is similar fast and much better to read than my fast one with three nested SELECTs.
Your rownum query was needlessly complicated, and could be simplified to:
select owner, object_type, object_name, object_id, status, created
from (select owner, object_type, created
      from big_objects
      where owner = 'SYS' and
            object_type = 'INDEX'
      order by created desc)
where rownum <= 10
order by created ascand very likely get the same speed.
One more question. How did you format those sql queries and results. When I copy/paste them into the editor of forums.oracle.com the format allways gets lost.To preserve formatting use {noformat}{noformat} before and after the section you want ot keep formatted. In general, if you want to see how someone generated an effect, reply to the post and hit the quote original icon. You will see all the formatting codes used in the original.
John

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CS4 better than CS3 for Leopard?

Hi,
I've been having some trouble with Adobe CS3 (especially Photoshop) on Apple OS X Leopard. Does anyone have experience with CS4 on this platform, and if so, is it better in terms of compatibility and/or memory management? Or is it just a bunch of new features? I would really like improved stability for my Adobe software.

"keep in mind that many of the people that have responded are not running Leopard so they are just repeating rumors they have heard on this forum." - that's not the case, I am running Leopard using CS4. Main issues are slightly carelessly put together compatability between the OS and the CS4 Application Frame, and windows. Otherwise everything is roughly Ok. There are some hard drive usage issues too, with Occasional crashes during heavy scratch activity - and these
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That is the question I'd like answered please? I am a student and will be installing office for mac but I'd like to know which is the better of the 2 email clients i.e.. Outlook or Apples built in client? I am asking this because I have an iPhone, iPad and MBP so I want iCloud to work between them all

The answer to that question is very subjective and difficult to answer but I can share some incite based on my own experience. Ultimately the best way to judge is to try them both and see which one you prefer. A couple of thing to keep in mind.
Apple Mail is a better app if you are connecting to mail servers that use the IMAP protocol like iCloud mail, Google Gmail or Yahoo mail whereas Outlook is better if you are connecting to servers that use Microsoft's ActiveSync like an Exchange server.
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Apple uses a premium LCD panel in their monitors based on a technology called IPS. IPS LCD panels cost more to make, though not three times. Nevertheless, if you really care about color and do color critical work, you should consider an Apple. The Apple will be better in nearly every way, you just need to decide for yourself if it's worth the added expense.

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Hi
I have just made the move from a Laptop/Windows to a Macbook Pro, whilst running on the Laptop i used Ulead Video Studio V10.5 to capture and edit DV movies from my Panasonic NV-GS180. Once I learnt the basic the output results were very good, eg. an mpeg movie file of around 2.5GB for an hour of video.
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hi Ian
In store, we were using an huge Mac, whereas I am using a Macbook Pro. I must admit I did not try iMovie in the store to check the quality was equally as bad. But I can confirm that since installing FCE4 on my Macbook Pro at home and capturing the same piece of video that the colour resolution is the same as in store, so all is good.
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HT4759 Why did apple support Windows better than Mac in iCloud?

Why did apple support Windows better than Mac in iCloud?

chewy cabeza wrote:
Why did apple support Windows better than Mac in iCloud?
From your point of view and the framing of your question, Apple does indeed support WIndows better than Mac for the limited issue of iCloud.
chewy cabeza wrote:
...YET, Leopard and Snow Leopard are NOT iCloud compatible. How can that be justified? Obviously, Apple can make iCloud available to Snow Leopard, but disdains us...
Historically speaking, Apple has rarely gone backwards in its OS development. Once they have released a new OS with new technology, I can only think of one example of when they backtracked: They released TrueType technology in System 7 and then released System 6.0.8, which included TrueType technology for continuing System 6 users.
So it is part of their culture to move forward and not backwards. Other examples:
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• Elimination of the floppy drive completely in the release of the first iMac.
• Use of then novel AAC audio compression as "state of the art" compression for the iPod release in 2001 instead of the outdated mp3 standard.
• Refusal to allow use of FLASH in iPod Touch/iPhone/iPads.
How could they justify these decisions? The marketplace justified them for Apple!
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