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Apple TV Unboxing and Hands on Video with Streaming and Netflix

kyjaotkb said:
PS3 must use proprietary technologies... The adapter you're looking for must cope with HDCP and digital-to-analogue conversion for both video and audio. Not an easy task for a dumb copper wire. Need electronics... you'd better use an AV amp or even buy an old used one for this...
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Thank You and everyone else who has replied to my question, they were all very helpful and informative.
 
It seems great and simple. For the first time I think the Apple TV is actually simple and easy to figure out. There should be an easier way for text input though, for people who don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch.
 
saving107 said:
Thanks for the reply.

I had already seen that website before, and I was trying to go a much cheaper route. I guess I was hoping for something like PlayStation 3 Component AV Cable that sells for $20 on amazon. I don't think this would work on the Apple TV and I can't find anything else similar to this that is sold for the purpose of converting the signal properly.
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I'm pretty sure this plugs into the PS2 style display connector on the back of the PS3, not the HDMI port.
 
Browser?

Does this nifty little thing have a browser or some interface to BBC's iPlayer?

I would love to get rid of my chunky noisy pc in the livingroom but have found the new Mac mini too expensive for that purpose.
 
FreeState said:
48 hours is for TV show rentals. 24 hour is movies which is set for all on demand service, not just Apple TV - it's an industry standard.
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Guess we in the UK must be outside of the industry standard - 48 hours for MOVIE rentals here
 
I can't believe this guy couldn't find a matte screen. The glare was killing me!
:D

Seriously, though. I would LOVE one of these hooked up to my big screen in the basement. That would be awesome.

Problem is, I already have a BluRay w/Netflix downstairs and a Roku upstairs. I could replace the Roku, I suppose...
 
FreeState said:
48 hours is for TV show rentals. 24 hour is movies which is set for all on demand service, not just Apple TV - it's an industry standard.
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It's the industry standard in the US. And a very infuriating one, for the reasons already expressed by many here.

What the content providers are too greedy/narrow minded/short sighted to see is how much it costs them. Can't tell you how many times I would have pushed the rent button if I didn't have some pause about whether I would have time to finish it before the 24 hours expired.
 
Thex1138 said:
If I can play my own kit of movies and videos by importing them into iTunes and playing them on the aTV box, then I am sold!
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You should be sold, then. The video demonstrated a home video playing on the movies menu. of his computer. What you are talking about is no different. Just need iTunes 10 (which as some other's have indicated - can be a bit of a problem if you are still stuck on 10.4.x).
 
X38 said:
Still messing around as a hobby product. Needs a DVR before it can be a serious product. Too bad, so close but still crippled. Maybe now that Zucker has been fired from NBC Apple will have a little less resistance to DVR's...
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There will never be a DVR on the AppleTV....again, it's like putting a CD player on an iPod.
 
clientsiman said:
Nothing to see really, just some little magical gnomes working inside. That's all.
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- amount of Flash memory inside (logically, 8+GB would be a serious hint of some apps underway to enhance the experience... 4GB would be enough just to fit the buffer of a 720p movie )
- wireless chip, whether it includes bluetooth or not
- what variant of the A4 powers the beast : how much RAM's onboard (check the model number)
- any internal expansion slot ? or empty space ? You know like that empty space in the iPad which strangely measures exactly like the webcam slot in the Macbook. After all, AppleTV being an iOS device, linking some external kind of iSight to it, used with a future Facetime functionality, would make some sense (think of those TVs with Skype integrated).

All that's why I'm looking forward to that teardown.
 
Freis968 said:
It comes with the same remote that comes with the new iMac? Hmmm, I guess Apple owes me a remote, I did not receive a remote with my new iMac...:mad:
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iMacs haven't come with remotes since the old 20" and 24" models.
 
I'm not interested until I see a video about how the thing operates with larger libraries because of the streaming. My current Apple TV goes to a grinding halt when I share my entire PC library out to it. Yes I have 70,000 tracks (i'm a DJ) but i'm kinda skeptical. The hard drive on the current one lets me add a subset to the thing and it keeps running. I just can't imagine A4 being that more powerful. We'll see though.
 
X38 said:
Still messing around as a hobby product. Needs a DVR before it can be a serious product. Too bad, so close but still crippled. Maybe now that Zucker has been fired from NBC Apple will have a little less resistance to DVR's...
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What does Zucker have to do with DVR? Makes no sense. May be NBC shows will be on $0.99 rental, but that's about it. Apple does not want to make a US only product. If they go with a DVR method, what is their source going to be - cable, OTA, satellite, what!!! Apple does not want to deal with all this. Apple wants to leap frog traditional distribution. It is getting a lot of pushback but eventually, it will prevail. What do you think the distribution is going to be 10 years from now.
 
aperture01 said:
I'm not interested until I see a video about how the thing operates with larger libraries because of the streaming.
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FWIW the new iOS Remote app seems to handle large libraries just fine, compared to my 1st gen :apple: TV so they must have figured this out.

B
 
donstenk said:
Does this nifty little thing have a browser or some interface to BBC's iPlayer?
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Me too. Needs BBC iPlayer for us UK users and DVR capability (a.k.a. EyeTV) in my book to make it a useful purchase. Otherwise I'll stick to my Mac Mini/EyeTV/Harmony Remote combo, which works a treat.
 
I don't know if this has been brought up, but there is no power button. ALWAYS ON!

This leads me to believe that we will soon be able to access our apple TVs anytime, anywhere. And guess what, we should also be able to access our media from computers connected to the same network....anytime, anywhere.

Exciting times.
 
Too bad, there is no usb port to connect external HDDs.

I have a Western Digital media player where I can connect my 2 external HDDs where I store all of my daughter's dvds to watch.

I'll pass on that apple tv
 
klittle32 said:
For the time being, the new ATV is pretty much exactly like the old ATV, which I have been using for the last 2 years (cut my cable 2 yrs ago and got a PS3, ATV, and netflix subscription and haven't looked back). The $.99 tv show rentals appeal to me, but that is really the only significant feature I would gain by upgrading to the new atv, but it doesn't have me all jazzed up to go buy a new $99 product. What does excite me, however, is the groundwork Apple has laid here by running the new device on iOS and creating Airplay. I think we'll see these advancements taken advantage of by both apple and other developers pretty soon, and I look forward to that.
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Can you speak to the picture quality of Netflix on ATV vs. the PS3? I'm wondering if there is any difference at all.
Thanks
 
Is there any chance of getting hold of a Apple TV in Manchester this weekend?

Or will they be sold out for a few weeks?
 
shuffleking said:
I always wondered, why some people out there still have OS X 10.4 running. Can please someone explain this to me?
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I've got an old PowerPC G5 running a ProTools audio editing/mixing program I use for my job. If I upgrade from 10.4.11, it sets off a very long domino effect of upgrades (lots of 3rd party audio software too) that I simply can't justify or afford. Everything works great, so why should I have to fork over $$$ just to run iTunes 10? Oh well, I'll just live vicariously through you guys for now...
 
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