If you don't use iTunes-DRMed media, it offers nothing new. Here's five reasons why it won't change much of anything. This might seem like a stupid reason most of us want it to be a near-invisible interface between us and our media, not a science project. Everyone else has finally, belatedly, decided it's hot.There's not a lot of high-profile, branded competition. a similar form factor at half-brick height.
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It goes spiffingly with the Mac Mini, using.
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It's currently the only easy way to get stuff locked away in iTunes streaming to a TV set.Here's why Apple TV will change the world, slightly. Packaging is one of the only things about the AppleTV that we haven't seen already. Noah Robischon has pictures of an unboxing: The Walt and "Katie" video review is now available.
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Although Walt expects the latter to change via a "software update" to give users the ability to stream or download a variety of content (like Google Video?) direct from the Internet. Oh sure, there were limitations: for example, you can't control the volume with Apple's remote and only trailers and "previews" of iTunes Store content can be streamed directly from the Apple TV interface. They tested on three Macs and three PCs (yes, running Vista too) running iTunes and successfully streamed data without stuttering over both 802.11n (as you'd hope) and even 802.11g WiFi. So naturally, he and WSJ colleague Katherine Boehret were first-up with a review on Apple's initial living room sally. Only Walt Mossberg's clout can muster up an Apple TV 10 days prior to its launch. Bummer for those of you not in the club yet (I’m in like Flynn and even know the secret handshake of the HDTV owner). You’ll need at least an enhanced definition TV in order to use it with your TV. However, it won't work with older TVs unless they can display widescreen-formatted content and accept some newer types of cables. And we didn't even use the fastest wireless network it can handle. We tried it with various combinations of Windows and Mac computers, with movies, photos, TV shows, video clips and music. Yet, in our tests, it worked great, and we can easily recommend it for people who are yearning for a simple way to show on their big TVs all that stuff trapped on their computers. And it has a carefully limited set of functions. Katherine Böhret helped Walt Mossberg write this:Īpple TV is tiny, just about eight inches square and an inch high, far smaller than a typical DVD player or cable or satellite box, even though it packs in a 40-gigabyte hard disk, an Intel processor and a modified version of the Mac operating system. Earlier this week, Piper Jaffray & Co.'s Gene Munster forecast that 2007 sales of the device would hit 2 million units. Wall Street analysts have also been bullish on AppleTV. Some technology analysts have big expectations for the AppleTV, with at least one predicting that the long-term market for the device will be considerably larger than that for the much-more-hyped iPhone, which is slated to go on sale in June.
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According to the online Apple store, shipping now takes place between three and five business days from the date the device is ordered.
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It sells for $299 and is available on Apple's online store or at the company's retail outlets. It also can sync content between as many as five home machines.
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is an 802.11n-draft wireless device that streams iTunes-purchased movies from a Mac or PC to a television. yesterday began shipping its AppleTV living room digital appliance to customers who had placed preorders - making good, more or less, on its promise last month to deliver the device by mid-March. Gregg Keizer snarks, "AppleTV ships late, as scheduled":Īpple Inc. Not to mention interactive animations to wiggle your mouse at. Boom! It's Thursday's IT Blogwatch: in which Apple TV finally breaks cover.