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Apple TV "Barely Watchable"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-was-baywatch dept.

lpangelrob writes "Peter Svensson of the Associated Press reviews the Apple TV, and comes away less than impressed.While the Apple TV gets solid marks for "a very iPod-like interface, commendably clear and easy to use", the Apple TV experience falls apart on an HD television. The reviewer notes that "videos from Apple's online iTunes store look horrible on an HDTV set. The movies and TV shows have the same nominal resolution as DVDs, but look much blurrier, approaching the look of standard-definition broadcast TV.'"

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  1. Re:Okay, modders by Fred+Ferrigno · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No. The "HD" trailers also look like crap on a real HDTV.

    I checked out the Apple TV at an Apple store and immediately commented that "everything looks like shiat!" The salesman informed me that more HD content was coming, but currently the only stuff currently available were movie trailers. Dutifully, the next thing I played was one of these movie trailers. It sucked too. They may be HD resolution, but they're compressed so much it looks terrible.

  2. seems so beta by CoolCat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is probably one of the few apple products that is beta and they have the balls to charge for it.