New Apple TV – The Ultimate Streamer?
Yesterday, Apple announced the next generation Apple TV, a product line that has been unchanged and virtually ignored by the company for several years. With this newest product introduction, our imagination is re-ignited with possibilities. Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, has been eluding to the magic “cloud” as the future of content distribution and management for some time and the new Apple TV delivers on that vision.
The original Apple TV provided a cost effective method for bringing media from your computer to your home theater. Not only was it a fraction of the cost of more complex and sometimes cumbersome high-end media servers, it’s simple integration with iTunes made syncing content a snap.
So, how does the new Apple TV differ from the old, and will it make a difference in the world of downloadable media?