Apple announcements round 2
mijlee (501 pencils) | Wed, 2005-10-12 19:04
Well here it is, finally the iPod with video!
No feature films yet but there are Music videos and TV shows available in the iTMS but I am guessing that as the format is just MPEG-4 that it will play anything that is ripped to that format.
Bizarrely there is also an upgrade to iTunes only weeks after they released 5.0? Not sure why they couldn't have waited and bundled it into 1 release?
The iMac also get a speed bump and some features that make it more of a home entertainment system like built-in bluetooth and a iPod mini like remote. It has a built in camera for video chat and is the first Mac to ship with a Mighty Mouse. No Intel chips though.
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I think the series feature will be a hit. The TV tuner is really missing from the new iMac.
I love the new iPod. I think video is a great idea... only prob is internet connections have to catch up with the content!
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I've been waiting for a service where I could legally download episodes of my favorite shows, e.g. The Daily Show, BSG, etc. This is a step in that direction.
One thing I'm looking forward to seeing is the HDTV version of this. The QVGA resolution will be enough for basic TV but for HDTV you'll want something better. h.264, which is supported on the vPod, is able to scale quite nicely that high, but Apple have yet to do much with it from a service point of view. What I'd like to see are HD episodes available (maybe a buck more expensive per episode) and then an option to choose between the QVGA and HDTV formats when you pay for them. HDTV support would require more horsepower (iMac vs vPod) and more bandwidth than QVGA so there will be multiple factors involved in the decision.
Anyone remember if the h.264 format allows for resizing like JPEG2000 whereby you can display a partial copy of a file when it hasn't downloaded fully (forget the technical term).
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that front row thing would be nice for my powemac ... just a gimmick but still nice. they should've added something like coverfront though
Well I was adding a 20" iMac to my office so this has just sealed the deal. The only downside is the omission of the modem as I'm still on dial-up for long periods. Have an old usb modem which should do instead.
For TV Tuners I'd recommend TV Mini from http://www.miglia.co.uk
Picked one of these up at the Paris Expo. It's a shuffle sized USB2 Digital TV receiver which is integrated with Eye TV. Comes with an option to use a mini aerial or plug into your main TV aerial. Works perfectly and means I can watch TV reltively smoothly on the Powerbook while recording at the touch of a button.
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oh man i'd love to have DVB already here in austria, but it's probably going to take another 2 years :(
Apple are obviously targeting the imac g5 to the average home user, and quite a lot of people are running dial up. I noticed when I was on the customise your mac page of the online store, Apple have a usb modem that they ship with the imac?
Also.... imac g5... 500gb HD ? - Whooooooo!!!
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I tried at work, at home, on XP, 2000, Running IE6 or Firefox 1.07 Each time I try to see the photo, video, DVD,... video of Front Row, the browser crashes... How should we let them know... Not good to get switchers!
EDIT: now that I b1tched, it works? well...
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Just a comment... you might wanna take a closer look at the reflection you gave to the iMac in the background on this post's header image. Not only is the reflection different, but the reflection's perspective is off. ;-)
It was a race against time as I new someone else would post up very quickly on this and I wanted to be the first ;)
I also wanted a good looking image that had the new iPod, iMac and iTunes in one comp'd graphic. I noticed the mistake straight away but decided to leave and see who would be the first anal enough to point it out. So congrats you win the prize for being CBs most anal member :D
As far as the reflection being different, did you not know that the new iTunes is in fact ‘vampire’ software?
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