The Apple TV: A Quick Look
I had a quick look at the Apple TV just before I went to The Netherlands for a short holiday. Set aside the big selling points of the Apple TV (Music, Series, Movies) there are two major features that I have to note.
- The interface (above) looks a lot like Front Row, but then better. And this is what excites me: is Front Row in Leopard going to be like this? I sure hope so, and I think it actually might because Apple announced a major Front Row update at WWDC2006.
- The guys from TWiT noted that Podcasts are in the main menu on the Apple TV. In other words this means that videopodcasters can now literally compete with mainstream TV. I think we will be seeing new HD vodcasts that are encoded with the special Apple TV Quicktime export soon.
