Apple TV

Apple TV allows consumers to use an HDTV set to view photos, play music and watch video that originates from limited Internet services or a local network. The first generation (white) had iTunes, Flickr, Mobileme/.Mac, and Youtube. The second generation added Netflix. Both models supported downloading/streaming podcasts.

Apple TV Programming
Apple TV Programming can sync or stream photos, music and videos from a computer running iTunes.A user can connect a computer on a local network to maintain a central home media library of ripped CD, DVD or HD content, provide direct connectivity to photo organization software such as iPhoto,limit home video access to a local network only, play Internet radio, or preload content on Apple TV to be used later as a non-networked video player. For users who wish to connect the Apple TV to a computer, synchronization and streaming modes are supported.

In Apple TV Programming Users can access the iTunes Store directly through Apple TV to rent movies and TV shows and stream audio and video podcasts.

Apple TV Programming can display photos from Flickr and MobileMe in a slide show.

Netflix streaming integration is now avaiiable in Apple TV Programming new version.

YouTube videos can be viewed directly on the Apple TV.

In synchronization mode, Apple TV Programming works in a similar way to the iPod.

Apple TV can also function as a peer-to-peer digital media receiver, streaming content from iTunes libraries and playing the content over the network.

Apple TV Programming supports the following audio, video, and picture formats:

Video
  • H.264 up to 720p at 30 frames per second
  • MPEG-4 up to 720 x 432 (432p) or 640 x 480 pixels at 30 fps
  • Motion JPEG up to 720p at 30 fps

Picture
  • JPEG
  • GIF
  • TIFF

Audio
  • HE-AAC (V1)
  • AAC (16-320 kbit/s)
  • FairPlay protected AAC
  • MP3 (16-320 kbit/s, with VBR)
  • Apple Lossless
  • AIFF
  • WAV

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