The iTV – Apple’s Media Center
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Published September 12th, 2006 in Apple, Internet, Movies, Noteworthy, PC, Podcasting, TV's, Technology, Wireless
This is the one product which hasn’t been released, as in it is not on Apple’s website. The name iTV is not official yet, so it is subject to change. I think that is good because iTV sounds a bit plain, and similiar to Elgato’s EyeTV line of products. So people could get confused. Down to the details:
- It looks like a flatter Mac mini.
- No power brick, but there is USB 2, Ethernet, 802.11 Wireless, HDMI, Component and RCA jacks as well as optical audio.
- Controlled via the Apple remote.
- Hooks up directly to your TV, set-top box or other input device.
- An enhanced version of Front Row, with windows media centre style browsing. The right hand side has menu and the left has images.
- “You can do movie trailers form Apple.com right from your couch. This is big screen over the internet, live as we watch. [demo]“
- Movies, TV Shows, Music, Podcasts, and Photos
- Coming Q1 of 2007
- Works with Macs and PCs
- $299
As Apple doesn’t have an official page, I’ll link you to Engadget’s live coverage of the “It’s Showtime!” event.
This certainly seems like a very interesting idea and because of the price point even more so. Now we just have to wait for it to come out, doh!
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I think iTV (the code name for whatever it’ll be called) is going to be a big hit. Everyone enjoys downloading music from the iTunes library, but at the same time, almost everyone’s entertainment center (the TV and it’s components) has the best sound system hooked up to it these days. With Apple aware of this, and making this device, I feel consumers will want to purchase this item. This item will allow them to use there living room TV with surrond system to listen to music, watch photo slide-shows, and at the same time, watch movies they purchased from iTunes that has a much better resolution. The only things I wish they would do with this it allow you to (A) hook up an external hard drive to this so you can pull from saved documents and files off of that, and (B) allow you to browse the Internet since you are already hooked up to the network in your house. But time will tell on what the final product may look like.
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Would love to know if the device will allow streaming of TV shows, broadcast to Powerbooks, Macbooks. I would like to know if it will work both ways (content on macbooks is displayed on TV, TV can be displayed on Mac.).
Sony has a product that allows TV on your powerbook, and it is now mac friendly.
Hey there,
I think the iTV should have the ability to transmit cable signals to computer, and a new version of iTunes that allows one to record TV shows!
Check out my blog post: http://www.jeremydavid.com/letters/?p=39
wheres the blue ray drive ??