Steve Jobs unveiled the next generation Apple TV at the media event in San Francisco yesterday.
The new Apple TV brings several enhancements to the functionalities as well as considerable reduction to the size and pricing of the device.
The new Apple TV is considerably smaller than the older model and measures just one-fourth of its size. As speculated, the new model will run on Apple's natively built A4 processor and is equipped to handle HDMI output for 720p HD video and 5.1 audio. However, unlike popular speculations, the Apple TV has not been rebranded as iTV and will not be integrated to the Apple App Store.
Here's a rundown on all the salient features of the new Apple TV
Dimensions: Apple's new set-top box is extremely small and only measures 0.9" x 3.9" x 3.9". The device weighs around 0.6 pounds. According to Steve Jobs, "You can hold it in the palm of your hand."
Hardware: As mentioned, the new Apple TV will run on the A4 processor. The device will do away with the 160GB storage drive and will instead relay content from the cloud. The set-top box will contain ports for HDMI2 and optical audio to support audio and video playback. Additionally, there is also an Ethernet port, a built-in IR receiver and a micro-USB port for service and support. The new Apple TV can interact wirelessly and has 802.11n Wi-Fi with a/b/g compatibility.
Video Streaming: Content consumption on the new Apple TV will be based on a rental model instead of a purchasing model. Users can rent first-run HDTV movies at a price of $4.99 while HD TV shows from Fox and ABC will be available for $0.99. Content from other producers are likely to be available in future. In addition to this, users may also stream video content from Netflix, YouTube and access photos from Flickr. Content streaming shall also be possible from a Mac, PC or a MobileMe account.
iOS Integration: Though Apple TV will not run iOS, the device is integrated with iOS devices using the new AirPlay technology so that users can stream photos, music and video from any iDevice running iOS 4.2 or later.
Remote Access: The new Apple TV comes with an aluminium Apple Remote for remote access. Additionally, the Remote App for iPhone and iPod Touch will help you navigate content on Apple TV using your iDevice. Users may also search particular titles from inside the app interface for viewing over Apple TV.
Pricing And Launch: The new Apple TV will be available at a price of $99. The device is expected to start shipping later this month.
How do you like the new Apple TV? Are you planning to buy one? Tell us in the comments.
[via Apple Insider]
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you forgot to mention your also a sad twat, you tosser
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So if I have video files on my mac already, I will be able to stream them to apple tv?
What's a first-run movies?
Pretty sure it means the first day of release I believe like as soon as a movie comes to DVD it will be on the store the same day just with like a dollar premium.
And I am pretty sure I will buy one, kinda wanted HDD support somehow though : (
I'm planning to get the new Apple TV, but how is the Netflix partnership going to work??? Wouldn't that eat into Apple's sales if people are going to be able to use their Netflix accounts to download the same content that will be available in iTunes?
Do you know if is there going to be a software update for the existing Apple TV users? Hope I don't have to buy the new $99 one when I already bought the $300 one.
Unfortunately, old apple TV users will not see an update with the new features as i read on another website, "take it with a grain of salt though" i placed an order for one yesterday, looking forward to see how it works since i haven't tried one before and i mainly bought it for Netflix streaming in my bedroom.
Will you be able to stream avi from a shared folder on a pc? Or is this only going to be via ituned m4v files and only from itunes?
i dont think so if ppl like u for eg bought apple tv just for netflix,the fact that yur buying apple tv in the first place is a big win for apple,dont u think?
yes ,i also want to know if we can stream avi or wmv etc from my mac!!!!!
if i need to convert them to stresm then it sucks!!!!
netflix instantly watch only shows some newer movies.. the newest movie is normally like 6 months on dvd already.. some its not the same content… and there is no downloads on either its all streaming..
Yes can't wait to get my
That should be "you're also a sad twat". You're English should be grammatically correct if you're going to insult someone, otherwise you just look stupid.
On sale in UK for for £99($152) this is taking the Apple exchange rate too far for me.
Why bring it out without 1080p? Was excited until I read 720p
Seems out of date already!
I already got an Xbox360 so I don't really see anything for me with the Apple TV
My very thoughts will wait till some one I know goes to the States to get me one
I take it that was an ironic "Your English should be grammatically correct"?
LMFAO! FAIL
Hmm I dunno.. I mean 4.99 for hd movie rentals hell I hit the red box still..movie for 1.00 is hard to beat…I don't think I care to much for HD to spend the 4.99…guess I'm a cheap prick ..:)
iphonehacks.com posters are getting lazy. write your own article or atleast get the information from the source. most of my video files are MKV and AVI which apple does not support. no support for avi which is very disappointing. just about every device out there supports avi.
here are the tech specs straight from the apple site.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html
U guys r nuts 4 buying it mainly 4 netflix cause you can get a blu ray player that streams it fir about same price
Don't forget, the £99 price probably already includes VAT, right? (17.5% still or has it gone up to 20% yet?) U.S. price is before sales tax as it varies from state-to-state, and even city-to-city
Don't forget, the £99 price probably already includes VAT, right? (17.5% still or has it gone up to 20% yet?) U.S. price is before sales tax as it varies from state-to-state, and even city-to-city
hi there i wiched for 3d suport and a 128 gb solid state flash drive for about $300 too $500 becuase the world gone coco for 3d and solid state flash drives ir ssd’s
WTF is he talking about? Lol
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