Maculous > Apple Upgrades AppleTV

Apple has apparently listened to some of the criticism of their Apple TV product, and has introduced an upgraded model that includes a 160gb hard drive. This seems very much appropriate since a 40gb hard drive is a bad joke on a device meant to store an entire collection of digital music and TV and movie content as well. I’ve got about 38 gb of digital music, mostly ripped from our 600 music CDs (that we bought, I’m nae a pirate). Then there are the legitimately owned MP4 videos that I’ve ripped from our DVDs. And the ancient Simpsons MPG videos from our dearly departed ReplayTV. I could easily fill a 160gb Apple TV!

Apple has also added support for YouTube videos on the Apple TV. I YouTube, you YouTube, it’s a good thing.

Now that Apple has gotten serious about the Apple TV, I think I’ll put it on my wish list. And a certain gift I had wanted for my birthday is out of stock (a Canon SLR lens) so maybe I’ll ask a certain person to get me an Apple TV instead of the lens. Woo hoo!

We have a Panasonic Plasma HDTV with an open HDMI connector, and we have a Gigabit LAN with an existing hub in our TV room too. I’m glad Apple decided to treat their Apple TV as a serious product.

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