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Product Description: Your computer is the center of your digital life. Your TV is the center of your entertainment life. But what if you want to watch movies, TV shows, movie trailers, podcasts, and photos from your computer on your TV? Apple TV brings iTunes to the big screen.Say you've just downloaded Cars from iTunes. Instead of huddling around your computer to watch, you pop some popcorn while your computer wirelessly syncs your new flick to Apple TV. Then you pull up a seat, put up your feet, and pick up the included Apple Remote to play your movie on TV. Give yourself a hand: you've just changed the way you watch digital media.Apple TV connects to your TV via an HDMI port or component video and audio ports. Its built-in, superfast 802.11 wireless capability syncs your iTunes library to any Mac or PC in the house. Best of all, what's on Apple TV stays in sync: anytime you change your library in iTunes, it changes on Apple TV - wirelessly, automatically.Apple TV puts your iTunes library - movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts - plus movie trailers from Apple.com on your TV. And your digital photos from iPhoto on a Mac or Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Album on a Windows PC appear in high definition, so you can put on a stunning big-screen slideshow.
Amazon.com Product Description: Amazon.com Product Description With the Apple TV, you'll have instant access to a whole world of entertainment. Whether you want to rent HD movies, buy HD TV show, listen to your iTunes music collection, or show off your photos, Apple TV will bring all of it into your living room and onto your television without any computer required.

Choose from the largest selection of on-demand HD movies. | Put more HD on your HDTV. HD movies. HD TV shows. HD podcasts. With Apple TV, they’re all on demand. You get instant access to newly released Hollywood hits and popular classic and library titles, including the largest selection of on-demand HD movies. And now you can also purchase and watch your favorite TV shows in brilliant HD one day after they air.
The largest selection of on-demand HD movies. Apple TV gives you instant access to the largest selection of on-demand HD movies. Choose a movie, and in minutes, you’re watching the opening credits with theater-like Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. HD rentals start at $3.99, and you have 30 days to start watching. Hit Play, and it’s yours to watch as many times as you want in 24 hours.

The elegant Apple TV lets you instantly access a world of entertainment. View larger. | 
Despite the small size, Apple TV has a full complement of outputs. View larger. | Rent or buy standard-definition movies. Choose from the most popular Hollywood titles, from comedy to drama, romance to classics, independents to thrillers. Standard-definition movie rentals are $2.99 for library titles and $3.99 for new releases. Short films — including popular Pixar animated shorts — are only $1.99. And if you like the movie you just rented, you can make it a permanent part of your digital collection. Movie purchases start at $9.99, and most titles are available the day they’re released on DVD.
Play your music through your home theater system. With Apple TV, iTunes syncs wirelessly to your TV, so all the music you’ve collected can now be played on the best speakers in your house. The new Genius feature studies your iTunes library to automatically create a playlist of songs that go great together. You can also browse and buy music videos on the iTunes Store. And sync songs and videos purchased on Apple TV to your computer and iPod or iPhone.
Now appearing on HDTV: Your photos. YouTube videos. And podcasts, too. Your photos deserve a bigger stage. And Apple TV puts them on your widescreen TV, where everybody can see them in stunning high definition. Select My Photos to browse photos that are on your Mac or PC. You can also access your Flickr or MobileMe galleries. And you no longer have to gather around a computer screen to see YouTube videos and podcasts — Apple TV plays them big and bold on your TV’s spectacular screen.
Lots of Features in a Small Package The Apple TV features a 160GB hard drive for storing content locally, and has an HDMI port, component video, optical audio, analog RCA stereo audio, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, USB 2.0, and 802.11n wireless networking. All this in an elegant box that measures just 7.7 by 7.7 x 1.1 inches (WxDxH). A remote control is included so you can navigate all your choices from the comfort of your couch.
System Requirements Apple TV requires a Mac (running Mac OS X 10.3.9 or 10.4.9 or later) or PC (running Windows XP Home or Professional (SP2) or Vista), iTunes 7.6 or later (iTunes 8.0.1 recommended), and either an Airport Extreme, Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n wireless network (wireless video streaming requires 802.11g or 802.11n) or 10/100BASE-T Ethernet network.
Apple TV is backed by a one-year warranty.
What's on the Box Apple TV, remote, power cord, documentation.

Apple's legendary ease-of-use makes the Apple TV fun and easy to use. |
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Features:- Multimedia device connects to television for instant HD movie rentals, TV show purchases, and more
- Play iTunes music on your home theater speakers
- View all your photos in HD on your widescreen TV
- Built-in 160 GB hard drive for local content storage
- Measures 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches (WxDxH); backed by a one-year warranty
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Apple
EAN: 0885909179404
Item Dimensions: 1.17.707.7
Label: Apple Computer
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Model: MB189LL/A
MPN: MB189LL/A
Publisher: Apple Computer
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Studio: Apple Computer
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Customer Reviews
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Does just an ok job at playing music videos.
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I mainly like using the Apple TV to play music videos. I love to reminisce over the videos I watched growing up, generally in the early 90s, when MTV was still good. I think that was their golden era and they never play any of that material any more. So I am glad that there is now a way to watch it again.
iTunes provides a very limited selection of music videos. I usually can only find about 25% of what I am looking for. It is not too uncommon for a band with 10 or 20 music videos to ... Read More
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