Apple Announces YouTube Feature and 160GB Hard Drive for AppleTV

May 31, 2007

You tube is taking over the world. What's going to fall victim next? KFC, perhaps?

(I would just like to point out that in the first sentence, an "L" got horribly misplaced....)

dtm3dd · May 31, 2007

I like the update, mainly the hard drive, but you tube could be cool. Will be interesting to see how the interface pans out, searching could be pretty crappy without a keyboard.

I think the hard drive upgrade has pushed me over the edge to buy one tbh.

D

p.s. - Its good to be back

kernalzero · May 31, 2007

the hard drive upgrade should have been in the original version in my opinion. Hard drive prices haven't exactly fallen that much over the past few months so why wasn't this in the original (cost only?) and with downloadable media on the internet only increasing in popularity I think this upgrade is great but a little late to the stage. I do look forward to it though and will probably purchase one now that the HD is larger so I don't have to worry about streaming over a wireless G network. I'm indifferent over YouTube/Apple working together, maybe I'll check it out more after I get an appletv...

Paranoid Marvin · May 31, 2007

'tis the future

mac-mini · June 1, 2007

i thought you retired from posting news

Colonel · June 1, 2007

i thought you retired from posting news

Somebody has to post news and the News Team isn't doing their job.

INFNITE · June 1, 2007

also rumored that Apple TV will eventually receive IPTV. Maybe they'll even include DVR features when that comes out.

GBK.Xscape · June 1, 2007

Somebody has to post news and the News Team isn't doing their job.

not to be a jerk but thats the truth, whenever something like this would come up it would usually be the news team to post it, but now its left to the users. And its good that Sabr is doing the weekend news but they still cant compare to Colonel's. thats just me

also rumored that Apple TV will eventually receive IPTV. Maybe they'll even include DVR features when that comes out.

but the atv doesnt have a port for input if am correct, if this was to happen then a new model of atv's would have to be made.

dtm3dd · June 1, 2007

To be honest this next version was probably penciled in from the get go. Get all the people who will buy it any way first off, then introduce a better version to get all the people teetering on the edge to buy aswell as making everyone who really wants the upgrade to buy a new version.

But that could be a pessimistic look at it ^_^

Simania_NL · June 1, 2007

Somebody has to post news and the News Team isn't doing their job.

Hmms I thought I posted this already in the Readers News section.....

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=52694

Would have appreciated a link or at least a comment.

sev7en · June 1, 2007

It looks like Apple should be grateful to hackintosh community maybe it used some hacks to get it updated!

Danyel · June 1, 2007

To be honest this next version was probably penciled in from the get go. Get all the people who will buy it any way first off, then introduce a better version to get all the people teetering on the edge to buy aswell as making everyone who really wants the upgrade to buy a new version.
But that could be a pessimistic look at it

I agree with dtm3dd (at least about the 160GB Hard Drive option). 40GB is just not enough (especially if you are using this as media storehouse). On my OSx86 PC, I have an 80GB IDE Drive (but with two partitions 40GB each). Fortunately, I do not have too much media on either partition but I see how this would fill up fast.

As for the YouTube upgrade, this seems like a welcome addition for an upgrade. The interface looks really neat and slick.

http://www.apple.com/appletv/tour.html?section=youtube

--danyel