Swad Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Gizmodo has a short video of a new Apple TV going through the initial setup. For those with "unpacking pr0n" fetishes, feast your eyes. Even as a poor college student with a 20" TV that I hardly ever watch... I really want one of these... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I want one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artistan Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I need a new TV first...very sad. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_4e Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 That does look neat. I don't know how practical but still neat. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac86 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 The only reason I havent purchased one is the fact that that Apple will make that thing ONLY play purchased content. I hate the fact that I cant convert songs I have purchased from iTunes to MP3. If you buy something, you should be able to do what you want with it. AppleTV is a great concept but they should let it sync with your computer and play all types of video formats. They are not the police of content, so why should they care what you're using the Appletv for? Apple is a "hardware company" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'm fairly certain we'll get some hacks pretty soon that allow most any content to be streamed. But that'll be a battle. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'm fairly certain we'll get some hacks pretty soon that allow most any content to be streamed. But that'll be a battle. Well, that battle could certainly be won. The people of this site has already scored one huge point against Apple, another 0.1 for the Apple TV couldn't be that hard Just wait and see... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_nugget Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Cool, Apple TV looks interesting. Does anyone here have one? Does it come with a setup CD? If it does, and you have one, please get in touch. Cheers, Josh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technobob Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I think Apple TV is almost a great product but having only a max resolution of 720P is disappointing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernalzero Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I don't think apple would care if it got hacked. Steve jobs has already spoken out about protecting music. Doing this was probably something the music industry wanted so apple did and I wouldn't expect apple to be against it getting hacked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 AppleTV is a great concept but they should let it sync with your computer and play all types of video formats. I was actually wondering about that. I don't intend to ever buy a movie of iTunes and if i was going to buy Apple TV it would it would ideally be to stream divx movies. Can this not be done yet? I've never bothered wondering this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac86 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Well, I buy alot of DVD movies and put them onto my hard drive in order to keep them organized. If I cant play this content on an AppltTV then I wont bother getting one. MS or Sony will release a competitor that doesn't limit their hardware soon... I could've sworn that in that video there was a choice for 1080? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I think Apple TV is almost a great product but having only a max resolution of 720P is disappointing it needs 1080p my 17" dell LCD run 720p Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocares Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Cool, Apple TV looks interesting. Does anyone here have one? Does it come with a setup CD? If it does, and you have one, please get in touch. Cheers, Josh Just got mine today. It conatins the following: one remote one main unit one power cord assorted documents (all paper) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 haha i have a modded xbox with a 500 gig hard drive that will do 5 times as much as this and the only thing i paid for was the hd. it can stream music and video over the network from any computer connected. i can go on the internet with it it. i can install lunux on it... and of course get free games off bitorrent! i think i forgot some stuff but my xbox still kicks this little piece of junks but hands down! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-329945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technobob Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 haha i have a modded xbox with a 500 gig hard drive that will do 5 times as much as this and the only thing i paid for was the hd. it can stream music and video over the network from any computer connected. i can go on the internet with it it. i can install lunux on it... and of course get free games off bitorrent! i think i forgot some stuff but my xbox still kicks this little piece of junks but hands down! I agree Xbox with XBMC blows Apple TV out of the water and at a lot cheaper price, just find a used one for $100 then load the soft mod and save yourself a couple hundred dollars. Also if they ever find away to load XBMC on the Xbox 360 then I will be in media center heaven. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 does anyone know what kind of processor it has? apple just says intel processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrimes80 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'll pass.. I'm pleased as hell with my DVR... plus I don't mind popping in a DVD... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Like The Wind Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I'm fairly certain we'll get some hacks pretty soon that allow most any content to be streamed. But that'll be a battle. I just want to know whats in the guts and see if it can run MythFrontend. I do not care about apples crazy gimpified hardware besides I have nearly 1tb of PVR content on myth so why not I want a nice mythfrontend and the appletv may deliver! somebody please tear one apart! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_nugget Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Just got mine today. It conatins the following: one remote one main unit one power cord assorted documents (all paper) Hmm interesting. I'd be interested in the alleged Mini Mac OS on it. An amazing thing would be if it contained a Mac OS Kernel built for Pentium 3 with no TPM... Wishes... Hopefully a HD image will be available soon so we can all see. I'm guessing most people who get these won't want to dismantle their shinies quite yet! (Although I see someone has - appleinsider has links) Cheers, Josh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayklor Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 The apple TV runs a very moded version of leopard, as far as I can tell. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro547 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I'm waiting for someone to BT the hard drive image. I want to get my hands dirty Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkona Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 love to see this box running skype /ichat would make a nice little video conf setup with webcam.. just need to get that one usb port working on it.. http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2951 fun.. GeForce Go 7300 chipset, Mobile 945G, Pentium M Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-330831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_nugget Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I'm waiting for someone to BT the hard drive image. I want to get my hands dirty Snap! Unless someone wants to buy my Pippin Dev unit for £200.. lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46041-video-of-the-apple-tv-initial-setup/#findComment-331226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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