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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. Hack Job by Dionysos+Taltos · · Score: 0, Troll
    From the title of TFA alone, I presume this is Microsoft FUD being dispensed via this AP writer.

    I have a 35" TV from the mid-90's which accepts three-lead component cable. So I guess it would be the "less need", unless newer means TVs made in the past 20 years.

    Speaking of HDTV, you more or less need one of those sets for the Apple TV. It's not designed to connect via the older single-lead RCA video cable. You need a TV that takes either the three-lead component cable (the jacks are usually colored red, green and blue) or the all-digital HDMI cable. Newer standard-definition sets may have component inputs, but most TVs out there don't.

  2. Re: Okay, modders by toadlife · · Score: 0, Troll

    To Apple leghumpers, the truth is 'Overrated'.

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  3. Re:Technically simple, but usability could be comp by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Troll

    So you're saying that iTunes is essentially USELESS for anyone that's not interested in anything except for the fad du jour?

    That's pretty dang worthless.

    I didn't realize the selection on iTunes was so pathetic.

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