Consumer Reports Also Has Harsh Words For Appletv

Following coming under a bit of heat for its report about the iPad running “significantly hotter than” iPad 2, Consumer Reports just published a review of the new Apple TV ahead of its full comprehensive testing. While the review could not help but praise the refreshed set-top box’s 1080p video support, Consumer Report’s “bottom line” is that the device is not worth the upgrade for second-generation Apple TV owners. It also claims the cheaper Roku and D-Link’s Boxee Box offer more content options:

• Stop ‘heatgate’ before it begins: Consumer Reports is investigating new iPad heat issues (9to5mac.com)
• Consumer Reports: New iPad hits 116 degrees running games,’very warm but not especially uncomfortable’ (9to5mac.com)
• iFixit tears down the new Apple TV- two antennas, single-core A5 chip, and Broadcom 4330 chip (9to5mac.com)