apple tv-related stories
Posted Aug 25th 2009 2:33PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: HDTV, Hardware, Software, Reality-Free
Apple has left some fairly noticeable heel marks on the free throw lines of the computer, digital music and the cell phone industry.
So what technology business does Steve Jobs have next on his "To Dominate" list? Why TV, of course. What did you think I was going to say? Toasters? Did you not read the name of this blog?
A financial analyst with the Piper Jaffray investment banking firm speculated that
the company is eying at taking a stab at TV technology by releasing its own high definition television by 2011.
Continue reading Is Apple looking to take a bite out of TV next?
Posted Dec 22nd 2007 8:36AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Jul 28th 2007 2:30PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware
Digging the Apple TV, but not a fan of its anemic hard drive? Sure, Apple's released a 160GB version for $100 more than the 40GB AppleTV. But if you're a big movie/TV fan you might want to store more programming than you could fit on such a puny hard drive.
Lucky for you, the Apple TV hacking community has
released tools for enabling external storage. In fact, the hack is more sophisticated than that. It enables the Apple TV to boot off its internal hard drive while using an external hard drive as its primary storage drive. In other words, plug in your 750GB drive to store all the movies you can handle.
Remember to backup your unit before attempting the patch. This is certainly warranty-voiding stuff. But if you've got an Apple TV, and an intel-based Mac or Linux/Unix machine lying around to execute the script, we don't see why you wouldn't want to at least look into applying this hack.
[via
Gizmodo]
Posted Jun 14th 2007 6:56PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware
Archos is branching out from its portable media player roots. While the company unveiled an update to its line of portable media player/recorders, the big news as far as we're concerned is that Archos is getting into the set top box game with the
Archos TV Plus.
Here's what we know about the Archos TV Plus so far:
- Includes hard drives ranging from 80Gb to 250GB
- Includes UB 2.0, WiFi, and Ethernet connections
- HDMI and RGB inputs and outputs
- Functions as a standalone PVR
That's right, it's got a larger hard drive than an AppleTV, can record television shows, and has an electronic program guide. And it lets you stream video from your PC or the internet.
And of course, you can synchronize the Archos TV Plus with Archos portable media players. It looks like the Archos TV Plus will be available for €220 - €300, or $300 to $400 U.S.
[via
Engadget]
Posted May 31st 2007 1:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: OpEd, PVR Wire, Web, Hardware
Usually I don't mention technical stuff on this blog, mostly because such things cause my brain to freeze. Seriously, I can barely operate a manual can opener without crying.
Anyway, our pals over at the Unofficial Apple Weblog and Endgadget have been covering the All Things Digital conference, and one of their reports caught my eye: the new Apple TV will include an option to watch YouTube video right on your TV screen.
Continue reading Apple TV to offer YouTube video
Posted Feb 19th 2007 9:11AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire
While most of the news out of last week's 3GSM conference was understandably mobile phone-related. But i-mate took the opportunity to show off their upcoming
X-Stream Digital media Hub.
The unfortunately named X-Stream is basically an LCD TV sporting 720p and 1080i support with a built in Media Center PC running Windows Vista Ultimate. There's also a 500GB hard drive and a wireless router hiding in there. No word on pricing or availability yet.
i-mate also announced the X-Stream Dock, a small box running Windows CE that connects to your TV, allowing you to stream media from your PC to your TV set, and the Momento digital picture frame sporting 802.11b/g and supporting RSS feeds (think Flickr feeds).
Posted Jan 25th 2007 3:45PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Lee Goldberg has the list for TV shows and movies nominated for Edgar Awards (mystery awards). - Oscar is making a big marketing push to get you to watch the ABC telecast next month.
- Adjab is doing a great wrapup of all the news concerning the Super Bowl commercials.
- Jennifer Aniston has work done or her nose.
- TUAW has a video demo of the new Apple TV.
- A Top Chef contestant has just quit his job at a NYC restaurant. Does that mean...?
- TVGasm has a full list of all of the premieres, specials, and finales for the rest of the winter (constantly updated).
Posted Jan 19th 2007 2:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Jan 12th 2007 8:39AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Jan 9th 2007 4:24PM by Brett Love
Filed under: HDTV, Video
That low rumbling whirrr you heard coming from the west as you sat down to your Fruity Pebbles this morning was the sound of the generators for the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field coming online. The master took the stage once again today to wow fans, put an end to some of the recent speculation and introduce some new products.
As far as MacWorld's go, this one was a little odd. Most of the keynote was devoted to the new iPhone, with no mention of iLife, iWork, Leopard or any of the computer hardware. You can get the complete rundown on the show, including all the info about the iPhone, from our pals over at
TUAW. For our purposes here though, the big news is
Apple TV.
Continue reading Apple introduces Apple TV
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