Internet TV: The Battle For Your Living Room

*** COMING SOON TO YOUR TV *** BATTLE LIVING ROOM THE YOUR VS (VS $99 BOXEE BOX $19999 APPLE TV ROKU $99 99 available since late coming November 1, 2010 available since late 2009 "ships 2-3 weeks" September 2010 according to Apple.com available for pre-order from Amazon.com and Best Buy Canada Roku HD and Roku XD models available for $59.99 and $79.99 ** INTERNALS ** Apple A4 chip [customized ARM Cortex A8, same type as in the iPhone 4 and iPad] Intel Atom unclear CHIP [Intel CE4100 system-on-a-chip codenamed "Sodaville") VIDEO HDMI [HDMI only, no component video] HDMI [HDMI only, no component video] HDMI (XDS also has component and composite video out] OUT optical [Dolby 5.1 surround-sound pass through] optical [also has analog RCA audio out] AUDIO OUT optical [also has analog RCA audio out) ETHERNET 10/100BASE-T 10/100BASE-T 10/100BASE-T 802.11n 802.11n 802.11n WI-FI [a/b/g compatible] [b/g compatible) [dual-band Nextended range) IR RECEIVER uses RF instead (includes remote control with QWERTY keyboard) built-in built-in (includes Apple remote) [Includes remote control] micro-USB port two USB 2.0 ports [also has an SD HC card reader] USB port [for direct content playback] USB (for diagnostics use only] HD PLAYBACK 720p playback 1080p playback 1080p playback tv ROKU *** SERVICES &SOFTWARE ** H.264 video in Adobe Flash 10.1, H.264, H.264, MPEG-4, .M4V VIDEO .M4V, .MP4 and .MOV, FLV, VC-1, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, FORMATS MPEG-4, M-JPEG .AVI MPEG-4, DivX, Xvid, WMV9 [no Flash support] [basically anything except DRM-encrypted iTunes files] Apple Lossless, MP3, AIFF, WAV, MP3, AIFF, WAV, MP3, AAC and .M4A WMA, OGG, FLAC, AUDIO FORMATS AAC (.MP4 and .M4P), Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS, AC3, AAC, Dolby Digital/Dolby True HD PHOTO FORMATS JPEG, .TIFF and.GIF JPEG, .PNG, .TIFF, .GIF and .BMP JPEG and .PNG iTunes Store, Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, MobileMe Netflix, MUBI, YouTube, Vimeo, Crackle, BBC iPlayer and others [can connect to other Netflix, MLB.tv, UFC.com, Amazon Video On Demand, THIRD-PARTY SERVICES Vimeo, blip.tv, Flickr, Facebook photos networked media PCs (can stream from IOS 4.2 devices like the iPhone and IPad and can connect to Macs or devices) and others [does not connect to other networked or PCs running iTunes 10] content] Data compiled by CHRISTINA WARREN from official product sites Graphic by LISAWAANANEN for Mashable.com