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Apple TV3 - Review of Apple TV (March 2012)

By df
Apple is all about quality products and intutive design. Not so far is Mr.Apple TV. Not sure still why the Internet TV revolution is still not caught up, but there is great opportunity out there.

Thought of putting forward my review about latest Apple TV, released in March 2012. (let's call it Apple TV3)
Some details which could be interesting for you
Size and Weight


Height: 23 mm (0.9 inches)
Width: 98 mm (3.9 inches)
Depth: 98 mm (3.9 inches)
Weight: 0.27 kg (0.6 pounds)1

Detailed specs: http://www.apple.com/uk/appletv/specs.html

Some tech details

  • 1080 full HD support, airplay full support even with new ipad , use facility of Apple Cloud etc..

  • Sleek design that’s small, quiet, and energy efficient. (less than 6W)

  • Video formats supported: H.264; M-JPEG; MPEG4 ..m4v, .mp4 and .mov. Hence youtube, high quality movies easily playable. (Only H264 supported at 1080p)

  • Image formats supported: GIF; JPG; TIF (Great to watch your digital images)

  • Wi-Fi (802.11a, b, g or n) ( 802.11n is really important for fast device interactions)

  • HDMI2

  • Optical audio -- Great for multimedia sound

  • (Sound formats: HE-AAC (V1), AAC, MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through)

  • 10/100BASE-T Ethernet


I still believe xbox as a platform is better than apple TV.

XBox vs Apple TV is something we really need to investigate more. Xbox has lot of future.
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