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iTunes Movie Purchases and Rentals Go to UK and Canada

Apple’s finally taken their movies to the UK and Canada, giving them 700 and 1200 films respectively to buy or rent. The flicks will be available the same day as their DVD release, and if you’ve got an Apple TV, you can watch 100 (UK) or 200 (Canada) of them in HD on your TV.…

Tech News Jason Chen

aTV One-Step Apple TV Hack Gizmo Discontinued

It was just the other day that we brought you news of the aTV single step Apple TV flash-drive hack, bringing cool functionality to your Apple TV. But now a notice on Apple Core’s website says the device has been discontinued (voluntarily, according to the company) over questions about the fair use of some of…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Hack Apple TV In One Step With the aTV Flash Drive

The idea behind AppleCore LLCs aTV Flash Drive is that users can reflash their Apple TV and add all sorts of cool and useful functionality without having to waste time scrounging around the internet looking for hacks. According to the product website, all you need to do is install the drive and it will do…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Analysts Predict Apple 2013: That’s One Wonky Crystal Ball

Foretelling Apple’s next grooves is the national pastime for (some) geeks and an occupational obssession for analysts, who trip over themselves with crazy predictions in “notes” and reports to people with lots of money who want to make more. Forrester just released its big report on what Apple will be like in 2013, and it’s…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Is Apple Developing a Wiimote-Inspired Controller For Apple TV?

A newly published patent filing has revealed that Apple is considering a 3D remote control system that combines features found in the Wiimote and their own multi-touch technology. According to the filing, the system could detect the position of the remote control and be used to manipulate objects as well as “zoom into and out…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Buy Movies Directly on Apple TV (No Computer Required)

Following up Apple’s same-day DVD release purchasing announcement, they’ve added a feature to buy movies directly on Apple TV without the need for a computer. Before this, you could only rent on your Apple TV and have to buy movies on your computer first, then stream it. [MacRumors] https://gizmodo.com/apple-to-sell-movies-on-dvd-release-day-confirmed-386026

Tech News Jason Chen

Warner Bros. to Release Movies for Apple TV and On Demand Same Day as DVD

The format war over, and Blu-ray safely enthroned as the victor, Warner can now turn its sights beyond—to downloads and the infinite format war. Time Warner’s chief executive announced today that Warner Bros. will release movies for on-demand systems like Comcast’s and Apple TV on the same day they are released on DVD from now…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

iPhone Getting iTunes Remote Control App?

TUAW’s tipsters tell it that, based on code found in the latest iPhone SDK beta, Apple’s working on an app called iControl to hook up with iTunes libraries. Their guess is that it’ll enable your iPhone to connect wirelessly to your iTunes and play back music, videos and podcasts (supposedly on the phone). That’s interesting…

Tech News Jason Chen

Netflix Working With Three Secret Hardware Partners: No Names, Just Hints

We already know that Netflix has partnered up with LG, but a recent conference quarterly call has revealed that there are three other players in the mix: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-and-lg-bring-netflix-movie-streaming-to-tvs-339845 At this point, I can tell you we have LG plus three additional partners actively working on integrating our technology into their products. Three of the four…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Apple TV Firmware 2.0.2 Released, Nobody Knows What It Does

Apple issued v2.0.2 update for Apple TV today, but nobody is quite sure what it does except add a Genre sort button to the movies sections and a Flickr update that lets you see galleries of favorite photos tagged by your friends. Jason O’Grady of The Apple Core said the download took 9 minutes over…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Myka Brings BitTorrent to Your TV

The Myka is what many Torrent fans have been waiting for—a device that makes it easy to download torrents and play them on your living room TV. You can connect to the internet via LAN or WiFi, it has HDMI, Composite, S-Video and SPDIF ports (nice), your choice of 80, 160 or 500 gigabytes (and…

Tech News Sean Fallon

AppleTV DVR Patent Points to AppleTV 3.0 Features?

We’re not sure whether this patent will actually be implemented or if it’s one of those cover-our-asses sort of filings, but Apple’s had a DVR-like patent in the works since at least 2006. The figures show a TiVo-ish program that records TV, but then makes the recorded files available to watch on their iPods. There’s…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony CEO: $200 Blu-ray Players Coming

Click to viewEverybody clamoring for a cheap Blu-ray player now that the format war is over might wanna bide their time with a sweet DVD upconverter—the $200-player Blu-ray cavalry is at least a year away, according to Sony Electronics CEO Stan Glasgow, who we talked to today in New York. “I don’t think $200 is…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Apple TV vs. Vudu vs. Xbox 360: Video Download Battlemodo

Click to viewIf you’ve been wondering how to compare the video-download options of Apple TV, Vudu and the Xbox 360, I think today is your lucky day. A few weeks back, I wrote up a piece on Vudu’s high-definition video falling short of my expectations. Today I bring you a more thorough report of the…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Apple TV Web Browser Safari HD Rechristened “Couch Surfer”

That awesome little native web browser for Apple TV, Safari HD, is no more. It emerges from the crucible of Apple Legal as Couch Surfer—as we like to say, more original, more better. [Apple TV Hacks] https://gizmodo.com/web-browse-on-apple-tv-with-safari-hd-out-now-357626

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Web Browse on Apple TV With Safari HD, Out Now

If you have a burning desire to surf the internets on your TV with Apple TV and its crappy little remote, Safari HD has you covered. It’s actually a native Apple TV browser coded with the WebKit rendering engine, and it supports Flash plus anything else Safari can handle. After downloading the installer, you’ve gotta…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Apple TV 2.0 Review

Click to viewEver since our Apple TV 1.0 review decided that Apple’s thrust into the living room wasn’t pantsworthy, we’ve been waiting for them to step up and make a revision that was. Apple TV 2.0 is their answer. (Let’s stop calling it Take 2, please!) It’s everything Apple TV should have been when it…

Tech News Jason Chen

Apple TV Guided Tour

Those of you who aren’t quite sure whether the free software upgrade is worth your while (it is) or if it’s time for you to invest in an Apple TV (stick around for the review) should take a look at Apple’s Guided Tour of the new UI. It’s not as thorough a video as a…

Tech News Jason Chen

Vudu Update Brings 80 More HD Movie Titles, Other Goodies

The Vudu software has just been updated to version 1.2, and with it comes 80 new HD titles for rent. The new additions will be in the price range of $3.99 – $5.99, but the upgrade will also bring added functionality, including instant HD, (an indicator that alerts the user broadband speeds are high enough…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Official: AirBook Shipping Now, Apple TV Update Delayed

Click to viewAccording to Apple, the Air is officially shipping and the Apple TV update due two weeks from Macworld’s Keynote (yesterday) has a week or two left in the oven. Release after the jump. MacBook Air Now Shipping Apple TV Update Coming Soon CUPERTINO, California—January 30, 2008—Apple® today announced that MacBook Air™, the world’s…

Tech News Brian Lam

iTunes Movie Purchases and Rentals Go to UK and Canada

aTV One-Step Apple TV Hack Gizmo Discontinued

Hack Apple TV In One Step With the aTV Flash Drive

Analysts Predict Apple 2013: That’s One Wonky Crystal Ball

Is Apple Developing a Wiimote-Inspired Controller For Apple TV?

Buy Movies Directly on Apple TV (No Computer Required)

Warner Bros. to Release Movies for Apple TV and On Demand Same Day as DVD

iPhone Getting iTunes Remote Control App?

Netflix Working With Three Secret Hardware Partners: No Names, Just Hints

Apple TV Firmware 2.0.2 Released, Nobody Knows What It Does

Myka Brings BitTorrent to Your TV

AppleTV DVR Patent Points to AppleTV 3.0 Features?

Sony CEO: $200 Blu-ray Players Coming

Apple TV vs. Vudu vs. Xbox 360: Video Download Battlemodo

Apple TV Web Browser Safari HD Rechristened “Couch Surfer”

Web Browse on Apple TV With Safari HD, Out Now

Apple TV 2.0 Review

Apple TV Guided Tour

Vudu Update Brings 80 More HD Movie Titles, Other Goodies

Official: AirBook Shipping Now, Apple TV Update Delayed

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