Boxee now running on AppleTV 2.3

The amazing folks at Boxee have done it again.  They have now figured out how to make it run on the newly upgraded AppleTV 2.3 OS.  More info in the boxee blog post.

It is now for the feint of heart but well worth the trouble I think.

I have captured a quick screencast of what the current version of [...]

Apple TV failure due to it’s limited video format support

The Apple TV has been a bust for several reasons. The Apple TV is fettered to the embarrassingly anemic and expensive library of third-rate movies available in the iTunes Store. Enter the iPod.

“People already had huge amounts of music when the iPod came along,” said Jorge Gonzalez, editor of Zeropaid, a news website devoted to file [...]

Apple future product… a Smart Media Commander?

This is pure speculation on my part, so let it be clear.

With Apple releasing the iPhone and now possibly the “iPod Touch” with 16:9 large screen touch display wouldn’t it make sense if Apple also turned those devices in “Smart Media Commanders”?

OK, what is a “Smart Media Commander” you might ask. Good question! What [...]

YouTube Live on Apple TV Today; Coming to iPhone on June 29

CUPERTINO, California—June 20, 2007—Apple® today announced that iPhone™ users will be able to enjoy YouTube’s originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube’s content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone’s stunning 3.5 inch display.

In addition, [...]

MyTVPAL.com, Yet another TV over the web provider

In the age of Internet TV the battle over eyeballs will be won by the service provider who can provide a wide variety of content with high video quality that plays instantly over low bandwidth over both PC and TV.

With MyTVPAL.COM you can view over 1000 + free live TV channels and thousands of video on [...]

YouTube moving to h.264 for better AppleTV and iPhone support

The relationship between Apple and Google keep showing it’s head more and more! Something tell me that the recently announced YouTube support of h.264 will also enable the Apple iPhone to play YouTube content when the phone launch on June 29th 2007.:

According to Moody, the YouTube update will take place in stages, beginning with the free [...]

Rumor: AT&T planning IPTV for Apple TV in 2008?

Maybe this shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise, but when AT&T execs talk about having a long and close relationship with Apple, they’re not just planning on putting out future iPhones. A well-connected source tells Engadget that AT&T and Apple are working on adding IPTV capabilities to the Apple TV beginning sometime next year. [...]

YouTube Coming to Apple TV

CUPERTINO, California–May, 30, 2007–Apple® today announced that it’s bringing the Internet’s most popular originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TV™. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user’s widescreen TV. Using Apple TV’s elegant interface and simple Apple Remote, viewers can [...]

Want Joost on your Apple TV? Here is how

Details on how Joost can be launched on AppleTV can be found in awkwardtv.org wiki. Joost seems to behave normally under AppleTV once it is set up. However setting up and configuring channels is not easy and it is recommended that you do your channel configuration on an a mac before transferring the files to ATV. [...]