"Apple TV?" I hear you ask?
Yes, I think most people were a little surprised when Steve Jobs announced the Apple TV back in Feb 2007. Pretty much every man and his dog has an iPod and even some of us more enlightened use Apple computers. However, Apple TV?
Well, the premise is quite ... Read review
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simplicity and power of the Apple hardware remote, with perfect controlof dozens of applications, to your iPhone or iPod Touch! Please read more below :) *You love the remote control which came with your Mac - so simple yet elegant, with easy control of Front Row, iTunes, Quicktime, DVD Player, Keynote, and more.Or, your Mac didnt come with a remote control or doesnt even have an infrared port. Buying a remote control, from Apple or a third party, would carry a significant cost!You carry your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you go... so why should you carry a second device just to control your computer? Furthermore, why should you need line-of-sight to do so?Enter Rowmote! Rowmote is like your Mac or Apple TVs remote control, but over the wireless network and even better! By tapping the Apps button, you get bonus abilities, switching between controlled programs, toggling the iTunes Visualizer, and more. Rowmote will even wake sleeping Macs.FEATURES- Control your Mac or Apple TV over a wireless network. No line of sight necessary.- Functions just like the hardware Apple Remote Control in:Front Row Adobe LightroomAirfoil VideoAmarraApple TV (after software installation. Keyboard currently works in some 3rd party apps)BoxeeDVD PlayereyeTV 3.xFirefoxHulu DesktopiPhotoiTunesKeynote 08&09kJams ProLast.fmLogic ProMicrosoft Powerpoint 04&08mPlayerMovistOpenOffice ImpressQuicktimePandoraBoyPandoraJamPlexSafariSkim SongbirdSpotifyThe TubeVLCxbmc (Xbox Media Center)- SWITCH: Access your Macs Dock, launching&switch between all controllable applications on the Mac, toggle the iTunes visualizer, and more. Order&display customizable.- Click-and-hold works just like on the physical remote in applications; for example, holding the right button fast-forwards, while a single click is next. This is a feature no other iPhone remote control I know of does properly!- SLEEP AND WAKE: Put your Mac to sleep by holding the Play button for 3 seconds while controlling any Apple application, just like the hardware remote. Rowmote automatically wakes up sleeping machines which are connected via Ethernet!- Automatically enables Front Row in Mac OS X 10.4, even if your computer doesnt have an infrared port.- Secure authentication- Optional dark interfaceREQUIREMENTSMac OS X 10.4.0 or later, or an Apple TVMac: The free Rowmote Helper program, which may be downloaded at www.rowmote.com, must be running on the Mac to be controlled.Apple TV: Apple TV installation requires a USB keychain drive and following the multistep instructions found at www.rowmote.com. Please review these instructions, which include installing free third party software on your Apple TV, before purchasing!The iPhone or iPod Touch must be on the same wireless network (a computer-to-computer, or Ad Hoc, network works, as well). If a firewall is enabled, Rowmote Helper must be allowed access or port 5842 must be opened.Rowmote is a steal! Couple it with Apples free Remote app to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into the ultimate controller for home stereo, mobile presentation, or casual video viewing.The artwork of Rowmote was designed by Rik Schennink.
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Advantages: small, plays the required content Disadvantages: hard disk size, limited content
...when Steve Jobs announced the Apple TV back in Feb 2007. Pretty much every man and his dog has an iPod and even some of us more enlightened use Apple computers. However, Apple TV?
Well, the premise is quite simple really. It's a very simple little box (more of that later) which you plug into your TV and allows you to watch and listen to the content you have on your computer.
What do you get?
----------------------- ...On the back of the Apple TV are the following sockets: USB, LAN, Component, HDMI, Analogue and Digital Audio sockets and power socket.
Setup:
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Well, firstly, you have to have a TV / LCD / Plasma, etc, that has either component (NOT RGB) or HDMI. I was lucky: My 4 year old Sony LCD did have component, but it's £100 for a converter that would allow you to connect it to a screen that had SCART, etc.
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"Apple TV?" I hear you ask?
Yes, I think most people were a little surprised when Steve Jobs announced the Apple TV back in Feb 2007. Pretty much every man and his dog has an iPod and even some of us more enlightened use Apple computers. However, Apple TV?
Well, the premise is quite simple really. It's a very simple little box (more of that later) which you plug into your TV and allows you to watch and listen to the content you have on your computer.
What do you get? ----------------------- In the box, you get an Apple TV with power lead (no brick: It's contained with the device) and a remote control. On the back of the Apple TV are the following sockets: USB, LAN, Component, HDMI, Analogue and Digital Audio sockets and power socket.
Setup: --------
Well, firstly, you have to have a TV / LCD / Plasma, etc, that has either component (NOT RGB) or HDMI. I was lucky: My 4 year old Sony LCD did have component, but it's £100 for a converter that would allow you to connect it to a screen that had SCART, etc.
However, once you are all plugged in, the setup is typically Apple. Took seconds and within a minute or so, it had found my iTunes Library, authenticated and started to sync my music. A word of warning.... The first time you sync, don't do this over Wi-Fi. It will take forever. Use the LAN socket on the back and connect this to your router along with your PC / Laptop if you can.
The Apple TV will work with both Mac OS X and Windows XP (and should, as we speak, work now with Vista).
It will also allow you to steam from 5 other iTunes Libraries also, which isn't bad.
Use: ------
Once the Apple TV had finished syncing (my 20GB's of iTunes took around 2 hours), using it was a breeze. As mentioned, you get a little Apple remote, which has all of 6 buttons on, and is the same remote you get with current Apple PC's / laptops. You use this to navigate backwards and forwards through your music collection in an identical way you do on an iPod.
The device is very quick at responding to your selections and music / movies start playing almost instantly!
Whilst playing, the display shows you the album art, which flips across the screen occasionally, saving plasma's from the dreaded 'burn in'.
There is also a screen saver, which can be your photos or all your albums.
Every time you launch iTunes on your computer, it will sync seamlessly.
Apple Content: --------------------
The first failure of the device. Whilst you cannot fault Apple for their music, in the UK, the amount of video content available sucks more than a granny without her dentures. It's just not available. Not only that, you can't buy it from the Apple TV display itself. You have to buy it using your iTunes then sync the content. A real PITA.
What does it play: -----------------------
The Apple TV is quite constrained by what it plays. It prefers MPEG4 / H264 content, but there are a myriad of software apps out there which will rip DVD's into Apple TV format. It also plays MP3's and AAC.
Gripes: ---------
Hard disk size. The one I have has only a 40GB drive, of which 33GB is available. However, Apple have now launched a 160GB drive. The drive is easily replaceable though, although you'll void your warrenty
Lack of content: Already mentioned.
lack of off button: A minor gripe. I have to put it into sleep, then power off at the wall.
Overall: ----------
I'm glad I bought it. It saves me having to have my laptop turned on all the time, and the 40GB disk I have at the mo seems to cope quite well. There are lots of things you can do to it though, for example, installing codecs allowing you to play AVI's, etc, installing extra HD space, and potentially booting into normal Mac OS X. I think we are at an early stage with this thing, and it could be waking from it's sleep as we speak.
Advantages: watch your photos, home movies, youtube, rent videos, listen to itunes through your tv Disadvantages: It does get very hot - make sure it is ventilated
...have found it very good. Apple recently upgraded the software to allow you to rent movies through itunes provided that the Apple TV is connected to the internet via either the ethernet port on the back or using the in built wifi. The only thing that I would say is that at the moment the movies are somewhat limited in the number of titles available. Provided that it is in a format that the box accepts, you can download home movies on to the box or ... ...it to the box.
Apple have also recently introduced a new application for the iphone called remote which allows you to connect to the box and control the apple tv from anywhere on your wireless network. This means you can change tracks even if you are not in the room. Additional feature include the ability to watch youtube on your telly. ...
gillyflash1 24.09.2008
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Advantages: small, easy to setup & use Disadvantages: the remote is a little basic
...my router i saw my apple tv appear in itunes., the next step was to follow the onscreen prompts within itunes to finish setup & allow it to sync with my photos/movies/music etc. it is really that simple., you can also view movie clips of the films that are out & buy or rent movies through the itunes store from the comfort of your sofa the included remote control looks a little basic but works really well & you can get around all the functions of ...
colin1110 25.06.2009
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Quick review of Apple TV
The Apple TV is an excellent device for playing all kinds of media. Superiour usability and user interface on my new flatscreen TV. Supports WLAN and comes with Apple remote.
The only disadvantage is, that you have to convert all media with iTunes and only can synchronize with iTunes. It's important to mention, that it's not a DVR.
The newest firmware version 1.1 also supports browsing in youtube, and also supports a searching for video, that's really maximum fun! ...
dkeller 25.07.2007
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Quick review of Apple TV
I own the bigger 160Gb version, which means you can easily sync your entire CD and photo collection to it. Your TV becomes a fabulous jukebox and the YouTube access is really fun too. It will only to connect to a flat screen TV/Projector with component or HDMI connectors. ...
DSellwood 03.09.2007
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Advantages: Good video and sound quality, a fantastic gadget to use anywhere and everywhere Disadvantages: No calibration
I have had the iPod touch now for around a month, and I love it. I was not sure if I should get this or one of the Creative Zens. But I decided to go for the touch, and I am not disappointed with it!
The features I use a lot are videos, music and safari.
The video feature is just a run of the mill video player you can find on any mp4 player. It is pretty good quality - not the best video player, but it has good detail and sound quality, especially if the film/tv programme is downloaded from iTunes.
I love the music app on there, Apple have designed a really unique way to find your music - by scrolling through your albums, as if it was on your shelf! If you have the new iPod Touch, or upgrade the old one, then you can get the genius playlist. I haven't used this yet, but I'm not sure of the point of it!
Overall, this is ...
Advantages: Massive capacity, Great games, Sleek looks Disadvantages: No TV compatibility with my AV cable.
Apple took away the compatibility with a TV. I bought a cable for my Ipod video (the AV cable that plugs in the headphone jack), it cost £15! And now it doesn't work, very annoying!
Hope my review was helpful! ...
from your Mac or Windows via iTunes. Use the Click Wheel to scroll through the thumbnails of photos the same way you do with the titles of music.
? Calendars and Contacts: With support for Address Book and iCal on the Mac and Outlook or Outlook Express on Windows, the more patterns of market vCalendar and vCard files, iTunes syncs your calendars and contacts, so you can to stop it with a quick click the Click Wheel.
? World Time: The Practical World Clock (World Time) iPod lets you check the time, sleep and wake to music.
? Stores up to 15,000 songs and covers of colored disk.
? Display bright TFT of 2.5 inches with resolution of 320 x 240 pixel.
? Up to 20 hours followed by battery life.
? Stores up to 25,000 photos.
? Play videos or photo slideshows, on TV via the optional Dock.
? Apple Click Wheel.
? compatible with Dock Connector ...
Your computer is the center of your digital life. Your TV is the center of your entertainment life. But what if you want to watch movies, TV shows, movie trailers, podcasts, and photos from your computer on your TV? Apple TV brings iTunes to the big screen.
