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homecinemachoice.com Professional Review.
Apple TV
QuickTake:
Pros: Typical Apple styling, Easy to use
Cons: Hindered by its ties to iTunes
pcworld.co.nz Professional Review.
Apple TV
Comments:
Wireless media streaming devices have come and gone over the past few years. During that time, various gallant attempts at merging your PC-based media library - be it videos, photographs or music - with your TV or home theatre system have all bombed miser
Review Verdict: This is a good thing. Wireless video streaming, even under optimum conditions, can prove troublesome at times. The new 802.11n wireless networking specification employed by the Apple TV should go some some way towards eliminating interference from other w
Wireless media streaming devices have come and gone over the past few years. During that time, various gallant attempts at merging your PC-based media library - be it videos, photographs or music - with your TV or home theatre system have all bombed miser
Review Verdict: This is a good thing. Wireless video streaming, even under optimum conditions, can prove troublesome at times. The new 802.11n wireless networking specification employed by the Apple TV should go some some way towards eliminating interference from other w
whathomecinemamag.com Professional Review.
Apple TV
Comments:
Apple TV takes the idea of a media streamer a bit further in that it allows you to store content on its 40GB hard disk, which you can then quickly access on your TV. This means you don't have to switch your computer on to watch slide shows or movies
Review Verdict: Restrictions on video quality are a downside to what is otherwise a strong AV offering
Apple TV takes the idea of a media streamer a bit further in that it allows you to store content on its 40GB hard disk, which you can then quickly access on your TV. This means you don't have to switch your computer on to watch slide shows or movies
Review Verdict: Restrictions on video quality are a downside to what is otherwise a strong AV offering
QuickTake:
Pros: Typically stylish Apple design, Supremely easy to use, Good general picture and sound performance
Cons: Limited video resolution, Restrictive format demands
zdnet.com Professional Review.
Apple TV (40GB)
Comments:
Back in September, in an unusual move for Apple, the company tipped its hand by demonstrating many of the features, as well as the availability and pricing, of what was then known as "iTV." But the show left us with as many questions as answers, and we wo
Review Verdict: Although the current lack of high-quality video at the iTunes Store is a major shortcoming, the Apple TV delivers a simple and elegant streaming media solution.
Back in September, in an unusual move for Apple, the company tipped its hand by demonstrating many of the features, as well as the availability and pricing, of what was then known as "iTV." But the show left us with as many questions as answers, and we wo
Review Verdict: Although the current lack of high-quality video at the iTunes Store is a major shortcoming, the Apple TV delivers a simple and elegant streaming media solution.
QuickTake:
Pros: Sleek external design and elegant user interface; simple, streamlined setup; streams music and video files purchased from the iTunes Store and free videos from YouTube; capable of HD video output; includes state-of-the-art 802.11n wireless networking whil
Cons: Only streams iTunes and YouTube content; current crop of iTunes movies and TV shows look much worse on a big-screen TV; no HD content on iTunes Store; no support for surround sound audio tracks; can't connect to older non-wide-screen TVs; oversimplified r
t3.com Professional Review.
Apple TV
Comments:
iTunes streamed to your box.
Review Verdict: A fault-free streamer for music and photos that's just itching for Apple's movie store to hurry up and deliver.
iTunes streamed to your box.
Review Verdict: A fault-free streamer for music and photos that's just itching for Apple's movie store to hurry up and deliver.
QuickTake:
Pros: >Clever syncing., Super-simple set-up. ,
Cons: No HDMI cable. No movie downloads.
computershopper.com Professional Review.
Apple TV
Comments:
Believe what you've heard: The Apple TV really is that good. Finally, a media extender that gets it right.
Believe what you've heard: The Apple TV really is that good. Finally, a media extender that gets it right.
QuickTake:
Pros: Syncs video, music, photos; streams content to TV; extremely simple menus, operation; works with Macintosh and Windows PCs.
Cons: iTunes video isnt currently in HD; doesn't stream Internet radio; can't create playlists on the fly; only plays content you can store in iTunes
pcworld.com Professional Review.
Review: Apple TV Just Plain Works
Comments:
With a 40GB hard drive, Apple's new device copies video, music and photos from your computer's iTunes collection and plays them on your TV
Review Verdict: With a 40GB hard drive, Apple's new device copies video, music and photos from your computer's iTunes collection and plays them on your TV.
With a 40GB hard drive, Apple's new device copies video, music and photos from your computer's iTunes collection and plays them on your TV
Review Verdict: With a 40GB hard drive, Apple's new device copies video, music and photos from your computer's iTunes collection and plays them on your TV.
pcworld.com Professional Review.
Reviewed: Apple TV Shows Its Quality
Comments:
Streaming-media hardware is simple to set up and use with iPod content, but imposes some limitations on the content you can play.
Streaming-media hardware is simple to set up and use with iPod content, but imposes some limitations on the content you can play.
QuickTake:
Pros: Included hard drive allows for smooth video play, Simple to set up and use
Cons: Plays a limited number of formats, Picture quality is good, but not great
pcworld.com Professional Review.
Apple TV
Comments:
Apple's video receiver is stylish and easy to set up, but you're confined mostly to iTunes-supported content. On the other hand, that content now includes downloadable movies.
Review Verdict: Apple's video receiver is stylish and easy to set up, but you're confined to iTunes-supported content.
Apple's video receiver is stylish and easy to set up, but you're confined mostly to iTunes-supported content. On the other hand, that content now includes downloadable movies.
Review Verdict: Apple's video receiver is stylish and easy to set up, but you're confined to iTunes-supported content.
QuickTake:
Pros: Very easy to set up, Smooth, block-free images
Cons: Limited to iTunes-compatible media, High-def capability maxes out at 720p
lordpercy.com Professional Review.
Apple TV Preview
Comments:
At last the Apple iTV box is revealed or the Apple TV unit as it is now branded. But is this anything more than a stylish media streamer that supports Hi-Def video? We get a brief play and try to find out.
At last the Apple iTV box is revealed or the Apple TV unit as it is now branded. But is this anything more than a stylish media streamer that supports Hi-Def video? We get a brief play and try to find out.
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Media streamers - even those claiming some compatibility with high definition video - have been around for a while, but Apple's latest seems one of the most advanced. On paper.
Review Verdict: It may look the part, but Apple TV is not the hi-def platform we'd hoped for and HD frustrates more than it entertains
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