Apple TV Take 2: $229, No Computer Required, Direct Rentals (Netflix Is Screwed)

Click to viewHoly crap , Jobs admittedApple TVfailed at getting computer content to the substantial screen . Apple TV Take 2requires no computer , you’re able to rip from iTunes directly from the box — movies and music — and it ’s only $ 229 .

Movies are available in HD Dolby 5.1 ( finally ! ) , and it does podcasts , sound recording and video , and photos from Flickr and .Mac direct to the box . HD motion-picture show are a one dollar bill more than standard ( $ 4.99 , so deserving it ) . you could actually preview movies now . Startup even when cyclosis is libertine , under 5 seconds . Yay for hunting . Photo web browser is prettier , though functionally the same . And it ’s all a free software package rise . No new ironware require ! The cheaper Mary Leontyne Price starts today , software update is uncommitted in 2 hebdomad .

Apple introduce New Apple TV Software & Lowers Price to $ 229

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Rent High Definition Movies Directly from Your Widescreen TV

MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 15 /PRNewswire - FirstCall/ — Apple(R ) today unveiled all new software for Apple TV(R ) that provide movie devotee to rent pic on the iTunes(R ) Store directly from their widescreen TV , and lowered the price of Apple TV to just $ 229 . With iTunes Movie Rentals and Apple TV , users can just click a button on their remote control to effortlessly rent movies from a catalog of over 1,000 titles by the end of February , including over 100 deed in stunning high definition video with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround auditory sensation , with no computer require . DVD - quality iTunes Movie Rentals are $ 2.99 for subroutine library titles and $ 3.99 for new releases , and high definition reading are just one dollar sign more with library title at $ 3.99 and new releases at $ 4.99 . Apple will supply the new Apple TV computer software free of charge to subsist Apple boob tube owners when it releases the novel Apple TV price at $ 229 in about two weeks .

“ With the new Apple TV and iTunes Movie Rentals , movie lovers can rent videodisc - quality or stunning HD movies from their sofa with just a click of a push button , ” pronounce Steve Jobs , Apple ’s CEO . “ No more driving to the video store or waiting for DVD to arrive in the mail . ”

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iTunes Movie Rentals feature iTunes ’ fabled ease of utilization , which get discover and enjoying movie rentals as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes . Once a movie is lease , it starts downloading from the iTunes Store directly to Apple television , and users with a fast Internet connexion can start catch the flick in second . Customers have up to 30 days to start watching it , and once a picture has been started client have 24 hours to finish up it — or watch it multiple times .

With Apple TV , exploiter can also view exposure from their computer , Flickr and .Mac Web Galleries on their widescreen TV as slideshows or screen savers , and anytime photos are updated on Flickr or .Mac , they are automatically update on Apple TV . Apple TV users can now shop and enjoy the iTunes Store podcast directory of over 125,000 telecasting and audio podcasts , view over 50 million earlier create video recording from YouTube or choose from a excerpt of six million song , over 600 TV show and 10,000 music videos to buy directly from their Apple TV . purchase download to Apple TV are mechanically synced back to iTunes on the drug user ’s computer for enjoyment on their calculator , all current generation iPods * or iPhone(TM ) .

Apple television set easily connects to a wide reach of widescreen TVs and menage theatre systems and arrive standard with HDMI , component video , analog and opthalmic audio porthole . Using high - speed AirPort(R ) 802.11 radio networking , Apple TV now automatically spiel all of your iTunes depicted object without apparatus or management * * .

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