My Apple TV has arrived
Cory Bergman March 22nd, 2007
I haven’t had a chance to plug it in yet, but CNET has put it through its paces, and you can watch a video demo. “Apple TV gets big points for ease of setup, its superslick on-screen interface, and its impressive features — specifically, supporting up to 720p HD video output and superfast 802.11n wireless networking,” writes CNET’s John Falcone. The downsides are the fact it only works inside the iTunes world, only connects to TVs with component or HDMI ports, and the hard drive is just 40GB. “At this early stage, the fact that Apple TV brings iPod-like convenience and ease of use to the network-streaming media market is really its trump card,” Falcone concludes.
8 Comments Add your own
1. LR Fiance | March 22nd, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Oh great. ANOTHER remote. Could this one be any smaller? It really is quite wimpy.
Why doesn’t it come with an HDMI cable? It should come with everything you need to get it working.
2. Cory | March 22nd, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Yes, we have quite a collection of remotes, but would you expect anything else?
Glad I bought the HDMI cable along with the box.
3. Ed | March 22nd, 2007 at 7:16 pm
So, as far as I was able to figure out, you still need a computer as an Itunes server, that you can’t just connect directly to the itunes store to get tv shows or movies.
Is that true?
4. Kerry | March 22nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
I was all set to buy one, but then saw it only supports widescreen TVs. Why not have an option for 4:3?
5. Cory | March 22nd, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Right, you need a computer with iTunes.
I just hooked it up and it’s syncing all my content over to the Apple TV hard drive. This is going to take forever because I have a TON of video. We’ll see how fast that 40GB fills up.
6. Ed | March 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 am
So, wait, once it’s synced, you don’t have to have the computer on any more?
That might not be quite a dumb as it originally appeared. It’s still pretty damn stupid, though, that you can’t connect directly to itunes store.
It is, after all, a farking computer.
7. Hussman | March 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 am
I will be waiting for Round 2 of this. Of course, if I can download shows on my Wii or save it to a SD card, I can play it from there too.
8. Joe | March 23rd, 2007 at 9:53 am
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/posts/Article/appleTV-2007-03-22-21-30
According to that weblog, you can use non-widescreen and non-high-def TVs, as long as your TV has component inputs.
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