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Or will it play movies stored on the harddrive in any format. They say it does work with the PC. If it's only quick time or Apple propierty DRMed formats then yup this is useless. Now if it is a portal to my content on the PC then it's got a use.

Here's what I found.

Supported video codecs:

* H.264, Protected H.264
o Baseline profile LC (640x480x30p)
o Baseline profile (320x240x30p)
o Main profile (1280x720x24p)
* MPEG-4 simple profile (640x480x30p)

Supported audio codecs:

* AAC, Protected AAC (16-320 kbps)
* MP3 (16-320 kbps, VBR)
* Apple Lossless
* AIFF
* WAV

Supported image formats:

* JPEG
* BMP
* GIF
* TIFF
* PNG

I would tend to think of this as a more media savy version of Airport Extreme.
It isn't really a replacement for a media center, because it can't play dvds, HD-Dvd's Bluray media, games, cd's etc. It seems more like a foot in the door for Apple into the home media market.
Quite frankly, I don't think becoming another Xbox or PS3 is a direction Apple should to go in. Ultimately it might behoove Apple to keep this as a low cost hub/adapter type device that just connects the computer to the rest of your living room media equipment.
This thing should get smaller and smaller. Perhaps ultimately going inside the TV. Future TV's will infact, probably have wireless built right into the unit to connect to any computer. Apple should concentrate on building iTunes media dominance that can be accessed by any number of devices.
Posted by: Tigertank   Posted on: 01/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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How do Apple turn old products into Apple inventions...?  mrmckeb@... | 01/16/07
You is stupid  Reverend MacFellow | 01/16/07
Funny  voska | 01/16/07
The first poster was correct in his assesment.  ShadeTree | 01/16/07
Innovative  Stuka | 01/16/07
I don't agree at all  tic swayback | 01/16/07
re: The first poster was correct in his assesment.  shidokan@... | 01/16/07
I'd say the Zune is innovative  voska | 01/16/07
Don't forget the interface  tic swayback | 01/16/07
Sure the was  voska | 01/16/07
Whon is more stupid?  ShadeTree | 01/16/07
Um, I think it was meant as a joke  tic swayback | 01/16/07
Perceptual ergonomic software is an invention - or does only hardware count  raycote | 01/16/07
re: How do Apple turn old products into Apple inventions...?  shidokan@... | 01/16/07
That's innovation  voska | 01/16/07
iTunes integration is the key...  doctorSpoc | 01/16/07
Exactly  voska | 01/16/07
What you are is a shameless Apple fanatic ...  ShadeTree | 01/16/07
Did you reply to the wrong post?  tic swayback | 01/16/07
Don't own a Mac  voska | 01/16/07
I guess that makes you a zealot  tic swayback | 01/16/07
Apple is a predatory monopolist  NonZealot | 01/16/07
True, the Apple TV is just a basic media system but...  Tigertank | 01/16/07
I've got a Play Station  voska | 01/16/07
Where are the Media Center PCs?  Mr_Dave | 01/16/07
Why isn't Apple TV called iTV?  PB_z | 01/16/07
Here's Why  tekspek1 | 01/16/07
I don't see much use for this product  tic swayback | 01/16/07
Is it I-Tunes only?  voska | 01/16/07
Apple TV Support  Tigertank | 01/16/07

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