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Of course now I have to wait three-four months for it.]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 13th 2006 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
It seems they removed the HD comment in the keynote post - how odd...]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
This is far from innovative... really the XBOX360 Core System will do everything this does and look better doing... plus you can play games with it! PASS!!]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
If the iTunes movies are not Hi Def though, then what's the point of attaching this to a Hi Def TV?]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Very cool! :)]]>Sep 13th 2006 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
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USB - Can we connect a harddrive and stream off that?]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
I'm hoping I'm wrong with this, but I'm guessing the interface will require iTunes as the source.

If I'm correct, I'll be passing this up and waiting for a comprehensive solution... I'm not about to waste the 2TB of video I've collected. Guess we'll all find out in January for sure.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
-Hulk
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At 299 it could be seen as a veritable bargain compared to bluray or hddvd... but only if it supports 1080i or better.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 18th 2006 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/So basically it is a HD streamer from mac/PC to TV?
I suppose the USB port means you can hook up an ipod dock or external harddrive.

That would be very sweet!]]>Sep 12th 2006 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Now... if Apple put an HDTV tuner inside that 24" iMac, we might have something goin.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.itv.com ) may have some issues with that name...

But then it serves Apple right really after all that crap suing people who dare use the term 'pod' in a product name.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Looks like it could replace the slingbox and the squeezebox, although the latter at least is operable without a television for music, and has high quality components.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
It looks like Apple has the copy machines out today... trying to catch up with all the cool products Microsoft already has out there. Plus with Windows/360 you can use ANY media format not just crappy DRMed Apple crap!]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
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Sorry boys, but there's no reason I'd spend $300 for this box when I can put together a very decent media center PC for less than $1K.
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I still can't stop thinking about disney undercutting sony with bluray cause it this movies get 1080i and 720 that would be cool. I think I am gonna take my Ipod video back to the store and get and enhanced one]]>Sep 12th 2006 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
They have so much potential with the mini. get an HD tuner and some DVR software in that thing and they've got a killer. ]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Please explain to me HOW you have been streaming HD content from you PC using your 360. Not HD content you download from the marketplace. True idiot.

Everyone else, if you want to use other video formats with this why not just convert it to an iTunes format? There are plenty of programs that will do this and anything in your iTunes library should play like the next.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Now, that begs the question - assuming this thing is using Quicktime as the playback software (if its running iTunes, it is), then can you add your preferred codecs to the system, or do they come preloaded? Can you update the software on the box via the wireless network (and it also looks like there is an Ethernet port on the back)?

I'm betting you can at least update iTunes and Quicktime via your network, but I don't know about custom codecs.

Also, that USB port is interesting? It'd be nice if you can hook up an external hard drive full of movies to the box...]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
The HDMI port obviously means were looking at 1080p or 1080i capability for something. HD movies on the iTunes store? A Mac-Mini with a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive? Slap a Mac-Mini, with a large firewire drive and this in your stereo cabinet and voila'! A Mac-HTPC setup!

PC users seem to be left out in the cold. For starters, I have quite a bit of WMV (HD and SD), Divx and Xvid (HD and SD) over a few external HDs. Will this thing support multiple codecs? Or will this thing not care what codec you use, but just stream whatever media it is and read the ID3 tag info?

We'll know for sure come January.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=130&categoryid=18)
and just charging $200 more for a FrontRow-like interface...
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Not to be rude, but you really shouldn't call someone else an idiot when you are completely wrong.

With a Media Center PC, you can stream HD content to the 360, since it works as a Media Center Extender.

Really, it's kind of funny calling someone else a "true idiot" when you yourself are lack knowledge and are quick to insult others.]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/Sep 12th 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Go to your 360 Media blade and click the Media Center Icon (the 360 is a FULL MEDIA CENTER EXTENDER)... maybe you should have checked that out before you spoke up.]]>Sep 12th 2006 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Too little, too late. Not something I accuse Apple of too often, but they seem to have managed it this time.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Geeze.

No tuner/DVR?

It should be called IdontdoTV.

As I was listening to the announcement I was holding off on my Tivo S3 purchase. Not anymore. No Tivo killer here.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/


Jackasses.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
how about because : $300 != $1000.

that alone is a reason for a lot of people. that... and lacking the needed MCE for most other expanders. and not feeling like upgrading an otherwise functioning machine.

i'm hoping the USB port will be able to be used for a keyboard. those with large music libraries aren't going to want to scroll from A->? everytime. ]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/apple-to-release-itv-video-streaming-box-in-2007/
Those who mentioned XBMC are right, the 360 is a better option today because it can play more formats from a Windows Media Center box (and has that whole game feature thing). HOWEVER, no one out side of Apple has had any success with the whole "closed loop" content ecosystem where they control the purchase, the distribution, the rights management, and the playback device. That's going to be the appeal they'll attempt to commercialize - "It all just works..."

Interesting times.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:02PM