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 09 Jan, 2007 2:18 pm Apple introduces Apple TV |
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Apple introduces Apple TV today at Macworld San Francisco 2007. The product was code named “iTV" and first demonstrated during WWDC 2006 .
Apple TV allows users to watch movies in high-definition from iTunes wirelessly transmitted to Apple TV, then connected to users' television.
Apple TV works with widescreen, enhanced-definition or high-definition TVs capable of 1080i, 720p, 576p, or 480p resolutions, and has following ports and interfaces: HDMI (video and audio), component video, optical audio, analogue RCA stereo, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, USB 2.0, 802.11n wireless networking, built-in IR receiver.
Apple TV works for both Mac and PC.
System requirement:
iTunes 7.1
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
Windows XP Home/Professional (SP2)
AirPort Extreme, Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n wireless network (wireless video streaming requires 802.11g or 802.11n), or 10/100BASE-T Ethernet network
For more information, please see Apple TV web page.
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DJGM
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| 09 Jan, 2007 2:58 pm |
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Since all the digital video I have is in WMV, RM, MPEG and DivX formats, this is one Apple gizmo that I won't want.
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| 09 Jan, 2007 3:14 pm |
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Time to get H.264 videos, or convert to H.264, if I were you.
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Don_HH2K
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| 09 Jan, 2007 3:15 pm |
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| DJGM wrote: |  Since all the digital video I have is in WMV, RM, MPEG and DivX formats, this is one Apple gizmo that I won't want. |
Same here, and on top of that I don't have an HDTV to run the box on.
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DJGM
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| 09 Jan, 2007 4:17 pm |
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| Antony wrote: |
Time to get H.264 videos, or convert to H.264, if I were you.
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Nah, I'm happy with the video formats that I use now. Heck, I only just recently managed to able to play DivX videos!
And before you profess the wonders of HD, I don't have any HD ready TV equipment, nor can I afford such luxuries.
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Antony
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| 09 Jan, 2007 4:23 pm |
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| Don_HH2K wrote: | | Same here, and on top of that I don't have an HDTV to run the box on. |
| DJGM wrote: | | And before you profess the wonders of HD, I don't have any HD ready TV equipment, nor can I afford such luxuries. |
My television is still 4:3, and it's still CRT. Antony is poor.
Apple TV can be used on regular TV.
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| 09 Jan, 2007 5:03 pm |
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H.264 is a HD video format, is it not? As for my main TV, it's a nearly 7 year old Thomson 24" w/s CRT model.
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| 09 Jan, 2007 5:08 pm |
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| DJGM wrote: | | H.264 is a HD video format, is it not? |
You don't have to encode into High-Definition. High-Definition takes quite a bit of file space and computation power.
| DJGM wrote: | | As for my main TV, it's a nearly 7 year old Thomson 24" w/s CRT model. |
My Philips is 4 by 3, not wide screen format, and it's only 20" or 21".
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| 09 Jan, 2007 6:27 pm |
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| Antony wrote: | | Apple TV can be used on regular TV. |
Actually, it can't. You need at least a 480p/576p-capable EDTV set, depending on your location. Of course, you'd be best off with a true HD set rather than just an ED set. According to Apple's product page, the Apple TV doesn't support 480/576i, which means that you can't hook up the Apple TV receiver to a standard-def TV.
| DJGM wrote: | | H.264 is a HD video format, is it not? |
Actually, HD is a resolution, not a video format. It's commonly either 1280x720 or 1920x1080. H.264 is one common compressor for HD content.
| Antony wrote: | | High-Definition takes quite a bit of file space and computation power. |
This is why PCs ship with gigantic hard drives nowadays. Even I have videos in 720p, and I don't even have a widescreen display.
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| 09 Jan, 2007 6:45 pm |
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Basically, not only does Apple TV not support the video formats I regularly use, I would also have to spend several
hundred UK£ (that I do not have) on purchasing a HD ready TV set. So, I definitely won't be buying Apple TV.
(At least until I'm as rich as Antony is anyway!)
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| 09 Jan, 2007 6:53 pm |
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| Don_HH2K wrote: | | Antony wrote: | | Apple TV can be used on regular TV. |
Actually, it can't. You need at least a 480p/576p-capable EDTV set, depending on your location. Of course, you'd be best off with a true HD set rather than just an ED set. According to Apple's product page, the Apple TV doesn't support 480/576i, which means that you can't hook up the Apple TV receiver to a standard-def TV. |
From http://www.apple.com/appletv/connect.html ,
| Quote: | | Apple TV works with widescreen, enhanced-definition or high-definition TVs capable of 1080i, 720p, 576p, or 480p resolutions, including popular models from these manufacturers. |
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Antony
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| 09 Jan, 2007 6:55 pm |
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okay, you are correct.
But all TVs nowadays (from department stores) are all widescreen and high resolution.
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| 09 Jan, 2007 7:04 pm |
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| DJGM wrote: | Basically, not only does Apple TV not support the video formats I regularly use, I would also have to spend several
hundred UK£ (that I do not have) on purchasing a HD ready TV set. So, I definitely won't be buying Apple TV. |
You can do ED the cheap-b*st*rd's way and use a CRT monitor (with a VGA connector, not a DVI connector) and a colorspace converter. And if your monitor supports higher resolutions like 1280x1024, you can also get a 720p signal to it with the black bars on the top and bottom. 
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| 09 Jan, 2007 7:05 pm |
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| Antony wrote: | | But all TVs nowadays (from department stores) are all widescreen and high resolution. |
Are you kidding? Even the most expensive places still carry 480i CRTs around here.
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