Another Overpriced Gadget?

Our friends at The Most Significant Thing have been singing the praises of the Appletv and it's time I (the significant other) weigh in on the subject. In one word, Awesome! I am an admitted naysayer of all things hyped as coolest gadget ever, mostly because we have too many gadgets as it is, but the little white box has proven it's worth and space it occupies in the house.

It was a difficult evening with the little one. No doubt a result of a nap cut too short therefore blessing our dinner table with a meltdown of cosmic proportions. At this point you just submit. No use in trying to placate in an effort to get those last few bites. Nope, straight to bath we go, followed by an abbreviated bedtime routine, a few last belly screams and dreamland she goes. I returned to dinner and kindly, the mister waited to finish his meal until the interruption was resolved, at which time we silently finished off our dinners. We adjourned to the tv room to re-live the last 5 years via the Appletv screensaver and that was that. No talking heads on FoxNews, no lame tv shows, just the relaxing tunes of our selected evening playlist with the scrolling scenes from our life. One hour later I was sufficiently wound down from the day and ready for bed.

The little one is probably the biggest fan of our newest gadget. She enjoys the pictures and calling out the names of the faces as they appear, "Daddy", "Nid-nee", "An-tee ____", "Wy-no". etc., but her greatest joy is still the home movies that she affectionately calls, "buh-dee". It's cute. For some reason she still can't, or won't, say movie so she walks around asking for her "buh-dee" with a firm grasp on the little white Appletv remote control. I'm quite sure she could sit for hours watching the same 5 short buh-dees. I will resist the temptation to let her.

So is the Appletv as great as it's cracked up to be, yes! Do we enjoy it everyday, yes! Would I recommend it to everyone, yes! Is it worth the $400 price tag, not really, but for the $150 we paid, it's a bargain. So thanks to the giver of Apple gift cards!