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FCC Filing Reveals New, Slightly Smaller Apple TV Model
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Airport Express
Does this size line up with the new Airport Express box? Still haven't seen one.
Another thing, and this is a software issue (or possibly a rights issue), I can buy movies and TV shows on my Gen 2 +3 Apple TV. Why can I not buy music via the Apple TV if all of it is hosted in the clouds anyway? Always been curious about that.
Does this size line up with the new Airport Express box? Still haven't seen one.
Another thing, and this is a software issue (or possibly a rights issue), I can buy movies and TV shows on my Gen 2 +3 Apple TV. Why can I not buy music via the Apple TV if all of it is hosted in the clouds anyway? Always been curious about that.
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If they release a smaller Apple TV just to support 4K TV or other trivial update, I predict the stock will crater.
I'm wondering if we are going to see Analog out on the device, OR an HDMI passthru, so Apple TV isnt taking up an HDMI input on TVs where they are at a premium. I can't imagine they are going to shrink the box, just to shrink the box, not enough gain in that small of a shrink.
New remote too, maybe?
Well, it's nice when you stand closer to it. That always makes things seem bigger.
Well, it's nice when you stand closer to it. That always makes things seem bigger.
They should put the hard drive back in or at least give us an option to plug one in. My kids still use the 1st gen one everyday. Why stream the same shows over and over when you can have them stored on the device for pennies a megabyte.
The AE is the same size of the current Apple TV so this would make the sizes not match up again (unless there is a new model of the AE too).
What makes me crazy is my crappy Samsung SmartTV has an app store and the company who pretty much coined the term app store does not have one on the ATV!
Gigabit Ethernet
Apple tv could use an update to a Gigabit Ethernet. Currently it only has a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet connection. Would speed up loading from our libraries a bit faster and match some of the higher internet speeds.
Apple tv could use an update to a Gigabit Ethernet. Currently it only has a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet connection. Would speed up loading from our libraries a bit faster and match some of the higher internet speeds.
You obviously don't know how to use it then.
XBMC brings up the ability to connect to a DMS (HDHomerun Prime?) and live stream video.
All I want is the capability for 3D movie playback and 3D content in the iTunes Store so I can throw out my blu ray player.
I agree, I got an Apple Tv2 for free last year when I bought my Macbook Air and I scoured craiglist ever since looking for another one for my upstairs TV and found someone selling it for 80 bucks, now I have Plex on both TVs and XBMC is the best!
If you are not going to use it, sell it and make yourself some money and upgrade to the ATV3.
I envision Apple TV becoming a dongle that connects directly to TV's HDMI input, with a dock connector that draws power from nearby USB port or 5W power adapter.
The elephants in the room are Apple-branded TV and App Store. I suspect both have been ready for some time, getting a ton of refinement as negotiation with content carriers drags on.
The elephants in the room are Apple-branded TV and App Store. I suspect both have been ready for some time, getting a ton of refinement as negotiation with content carriers drags on.