Is the Apple TV affordable? Maybe, but the HDMI cable isn’t

The Apple TV has been late to the party and not particularly bold or agressive in the new concept. It brings a new Wiimote remote with Alexa Siri support and a dedicated OS whis is no more than an iOS fork (Apple is obsessed with platforms differentiation).

The hardware -with an Apple A8 inside- is much more powerful and ready to let users enjoy the apps and games suited for this device. Which will have to be specifically developed for the new Apple TV, of course.

It’s available now and it will ship on October 30th, but beware: the HDMI cable is not included. If you want the official one (1.8m), that will be $19. Or you can buy the $5.49 cable (2m) from Amazon. Or the AIM High Performance FLAT Cable FLE2-02 (2m) for $545. Anyone will give you the same exact quality and the same exact features.

You decide.

Source: The new Apple TV is now available to order from the Apple Online Store, first units ship October 30th

Javier Pastor is a technology journalist that has been writing about tech since 1999. He started writing for PC Actual in Spain, the leading printed magazine in the country, and in 2006 started to write online. First as the Chief Editor for The Inquirer ES, and after that for MuyComputer until 2013. That year he became senior editor at Xataka, the leading tech news website in Spanish with over 5M uniques/month (Aug'15, comScore). Xataka is part of Weblogs SL, a blog network that gets over 40M uniques/month and that has a wide catalog of publications in Spanish. The Unshut is his new venture and allows him to express his opinions and thoughts on everything touched by technology, and follows what he has been doing at Incognitosis, his personal blog, since 2005.