Imagine the Wii U as a cable box and the controller as a TV remote.

[TomaTito]

superchunk said:

famousringo said:

superchunk said:

famousringo said:
See iPad + Apple TV. It works rather well.

Except is Apple and you're forced to use iTunes among other i stuff.

I'll stick to Netflix, PS3, $30 outdoor antenna, and the Internet. Get same content for less ... actually a lot more content.

Forced to use iTunes? Airplay works with Youtube, CNN, CBC TV, NFB, Air Video (which supports just about any video format you can download from the internet), and who knows how many apps I'm not aware of. Netflix doesn't support Airplay, but is accessible directly on the Apple TV itself.

You should probably stop pretending you understand the iOS ecosystem at all.

... and with all of that your only media control option is iTunes.

I don't know if things have improved with the last firmware and the second generation of AppleTVs. But my sister owns a first generation one and the streaming of files was done through iTunes with their video formats, it felt limited. It's true that you could watch youtube on the device.