RSSApple TV Begins Shipping
By the Betanews Staff | Published March 21, 2007, 10:37 AM
Apple said Wednesday that it had begun shipments of its Apple TV product, aimed at solidifying its hold on the digital entertainment industry, and expanding its presence into the living room. The device was originally scheduled for release last month, but the company said development had taken longer than expected and pushed the release back in late February.
The device acts as a link between iTunes on the computer and a user's big-screen television by using a preexisting Wi-Fi network. For faster transfer, the device would use 802.11n technology. It includes a 40GB hard drive to store the information locally to the device, negating the need to download it before each viewing.
If you have a standard 27 inch TV, then this new device is perfect. But, anything bigger than that will make the movies from iTunes look blurry.
I think iTV is a great device that needs more features for the larger audience.
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Huh...my xbox 360 already does everything this thing can do. Oh yea my 360 also play games.
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That's weird... mine can too!
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Plus my Xbox is HD!
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Personally I am looking forward to the I-rack and the I-ran :)
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I-rack looked quite tough on that video lol
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I heard those were bombed out!
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Ironically enough, you can't watch TV with Apple TV. Plus it has no volume control. All it is is a media player. There's cheaper out there... D-Link DSM-320 or DSM-520 comes to mind.
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Let the fun begin! I can't wait to see what effect this has on Dell, HP, and MS. I hope it sparks some competition and cooler goodies.
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Since you can't watch TV on it, it won't have any effect. If Apple comes up with a real media center then we'll talk, this here is nothing special.
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I'm confused by the uselessness of this as well.
Can't Mac users simply plug in an ATI card with TV-out and be done with it?
Sure, it's not wireless, but Mac's have the perk of actually looking halfway decent next to a TV, a perk most PC's do not share.
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competition? rofl...just because it says apple on it doesn't make it gold...this product seems fairly useless and overpriced..maybe a better clarification of the product could be in order...
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Your TV can already tune to cable tv!! Why would you want to watch tv throught the appletv when you can already do it on your tv?!? You can look at your iPhoto library, your itunes library and the movies you downloaded...why tv??
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uhh...
Did you miss this whole HTPC thing going on? Ya know, where your home-built system can blow any TiVo unit out of the water(recording, time-shifting, etc)?
Might as well ask why anyone would want a TiVo or a DVR.
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What does it look like? Please don't tell me it looks like the thumbnail image... *snicker
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