macrumors.com — In the press released for YouTube videos for Apple TV, Apple also reveals that they will be introducing a 160GB Apple TV for $399.Apple TV, which includes the Apple Remote, is available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple�s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested ret...
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mikeosxMay 31, 2007
Now how about an upgrade option for those of us that already own an appleTV?
unionjackerMay 31, 2007
What's the big deal about ITUNES anyhow? You can get all the content you want for free off trackers. Video. Music. And buy this for $170 from Ebay:Tvisto USB 2.0+FW PORTABLE Media Divx player+300GB HDDAt least it plays all your Divx content out the box as well as DVD-R iso images, and now you can get HD content from trackers already and this too will play it on your TV up to 1080Still those Modded Xboxes I see people advocating here seem to do all this and more. I wonder why Microsoft doesn't mod their boxes themselves and sell the Xbox units as an all in one with a hybrid Blu-ray and HD dvd player to boot. Why are these companies are so far behind? How long did it take APPLE to release the IPOD for MP3 when Mp3 was already the rage since 1998. They should do the same with Divx. Stop holding out. They can't stop Divx. It's just superior quality to Itunes content. Torrents are a better distribution system and has been for years. If they just switched to using Divx and were able to get the content to us as effectively as the pirates I'd think we would then pay for that kind of service. All of you are still waiting for HD content when this has been available on torrent sites for a while now, including full Blu-Ray and HD dvds ready to download. But of course we know this already. Any one smart enough would just find a way to download this without worrying about getting notes in the mail or lawsuits. There are plenty of ways to do this and keep yourself anonymous even if you do have a big business and are worried about lawsuits. Torrents are just better that this ITUNES. Period. You just need to learn how to use it.
35263526May 31, 2007
No, it's not. Not when the drive in question is a 2.5" notebook drive (which is what is used in both the Xbox 360 and the aTV).Seriously, go check the OEM prices for those; they're considerably more expensive than 3.5" desktop drives. It _is_ around $100 for a 160 GB model.
lo0olMay 31, 2007
"Sure it makes sense, but YouTube doesn't *have* any higher quality content, it's all FLV-encoded video, so in order to support new devices it'd have to basically rebuild itself"They are. YouTube is converting uploaded videos to H.264 so Apple TV can tap into it:<a class="user" href="http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/30/youtube-on-apple-tv-to-use-h-264/">http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/30/youtube-on-apple-tv-to-use-h-264/</a>
soogyMay 31, 2007
Bah, bad reply.
soogyMay 31, 2007
@blizaineReally? XBMC has an "Apple TV" skin. <a class="user" href="http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24617">http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24617</a>XBMC can fetch IMDB info, posters, cast, description and tags -- and allow you to group, search and sort your films through that criteria. It can be extended through perl scripts (like the wonderful Apple Movie Trailers script, which allows you to download/stream trailers from the apple.com/trailers site). In short, if XBMC were a regular operating system for x86 PCs, I'd have it installed on my HTPC right now. The ONLY thing that bugs me about it is the inability to play HD videos, but that's a hardware limitation, not of XBMC.Software-wise, there is no media player better than XBMC. Period. And it looks pretty, too.
mikeosxMay 31, 2007
Uh yeah, they are using h.264 for the youtube videos that are on the appleTV. RTFA.
leesoongJun 1, 2007
GREAT!Now that is more useful.To Reach Perfection:1. 1080p recording / playback HDMI/composite in/out.2. Double RAM to 512 MB3. Run OS X - WebTV Safari - surf the internet with your Apple remote and wireless keyboard.