Apple TV Hands-On
- January 10th, 2007
- 4 Comments

If you missed our previous coverage of Apple TV, here’s a second chance to take a look at Apple’s new product that changes the way we can experience our digital media. Apple TV features HDMI, component outputs, built-in 802.11 g/b/n, Ethernet, an Intel CPU, 40GB of space and can support 720p resolution. On top of all that, Apple TV can also wirelessly stream media from up to 5 different computers.
The first thing you’ll notice about the Apple TV is its size. Apple’s new product is not only small, it’s fairly thin, light and easy to integrate into your entertainment system. Steve Jobs made it very clear during the keynote that Apple TV is here to make things easier, and it does a great job of doing so. Physically, the only downside about Apple TV is that it looks more like a desktop accessory than it does an entertainment system add-on. Apple has been doing a great job of making things look new, sleek and hip, something in which Apple TV does not deliver as well as Apple’s other products
By far the best feature of Apple TV is its interface. You will be navigating through your media via an included remote control, and all of your menus and on-screen options are intuitive, look great and there aren’t any lag issues when navigating through any of the synced media. Keep in mind though, the lag issue may start to change when you start syncing a larger amount of data to your Apple TV. Hit the jump to see what Apple TV’s interface looks like, as well as additional shots of the product itself.






Apple TV [product page]










Ayan (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I am really disappointed that the Apple TV does not support web browsing.
It does everything else that an average home theater PC is used for, why did Apple leave web browsing out?
Would have been reaching for my wallet otherwise by now.
pankaj (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Apple TV is very tightly coupled with iTunes. Basically whatever iTunes understands, will be played on this device. So for example, if you have old video files (.dat format), you can’t play them. Similarly for music, your windows media files won’t be played.
Rob the Drummer (Who am I?)
1 year ago
screw appleTV, get a Mini and hook it to the Television.
Duh.
Who needs AppleTV when you have Front Row?!?!
Patrick (Who am I?)
8 months ago
AppleTV = $299
Mini = $599
Duh.