Video of the Apple TV initial setup

I want one.

I need a new TV first...very sad.

That does look neat. I don't know how practical but still neat.

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"

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'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...

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

I think Apple TV is almost a great product but having only a max resolution of 720P is disappointing

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.

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.

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?

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

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)

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!

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.

does anyone know what kind of processor it has? apple just says intel processor.

I'll pass..

I'm pleased as hell with my DVR... plus I don't mind popping in a DVD...

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!

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

The apple TV runs a very moded version of leopard, as far as I can tell.

I'm waiting for someone to BT the hard drive image. I want to get my hands dirty

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

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.