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I know I've mentioned this new gadget in a post at least once or twice, but has anyone else paid any attention to it? I watched Steve Jobs give the 2 hour Macworld Keynote yesterday, and though most of the time was spent talking about and demonstrating the iPhone, he did demonstrate Apple TV as well and I was further entrigued by it.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
Apple hasn't actually released this yet, but will begin shipping them in February. The device connects to your TV via HDMI or component as well has having digital and analog audio outputs I believe. It will sync via wireless or ethernet to 1 iTunes computer to its built in 40 GB hard drive and can stream content from up to 5 computers. This makes your music, movies, and TV shows from iTunes available to watch on television (which I'd much rather do than stare at my computer screen). It also will let you go out over the net and watch trailers/previews as you can at http://www.apple.com/trailers
I think if they get more contracts for selling movies (currently only two motion picture companies sell through iTunes) I can see this getting a lot bigger. Plus they already have such a huge number of television series that you can purchase.Â
Basically if your computer is close to your TV and Home Theater you wouldn't really need such a thing, but it's a neat idea I think.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
Apple hasn't actually released this yet, but will begin shipping them in February. The device connects to your TV via HDMI or component as well has having digital and analog audio outputs I believe. It will sync via wireless or ethernet to 1 iTunes computer to its built in 40 GB hard drive and can stream content from up to 5 computers. This makes your music, movies, and TV shows from iTunes available to watch on television (which I'd much rather do than stare at my computer screen). It also will let you go out over the net and watch trailers/previews as you can at http://www.apple.com/trailers
I think if they get more contracts for selling movies (currently only two motion picture companies sell through iTunes) I can see this getting a lot bigger. Plus they already have such a huge number of television series that you can purchase.Â
Basically if your computer is close to your TV and Home Theater you wouldn't really need such a thing, but it's a neat idea I think.