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08-13-2007, 06:54 AM
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<span style="float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 4px;"><script> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/How_Would_You_Change_the_Apple_TV'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span> Any time Apple enters a new product category it's obviously a fairly major development -- we're still getting bombarded with iPhone news over one month post-launch -- so now that you've had some time to play with it, it's only fair that we give the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/apple%20tv/">Apple TV</a> the same vulture-like evisceration that we do any other high profile consumer electronics product. The little box seems to have <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/mossberg-reviews-apple-tv-simple-and-elegant/">received a warm welcome</a> for the most part, with hackers quickly tearing it apart and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=apple+tv+hack">adding all sorts of new capabilities</a> to boot, but what we're interested in is how you'd change the device out of the box. Would you make it more or less integrated with the iTunes ecosystem? Should it be friendlier to a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/">wider variety of codecs</a>? Maybe <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/apple-tv-finally-hacked-for-usb-storage-expansion/">open up the USB port</a>? Okay, have at it...<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/08/12/how-would-you-change-the-apple-tv/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/963618/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/08/12/how-would-you-change-the-apple-tv/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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<span style="float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 4px;"><script> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/How_Would_You_Change_the_Apple_TV'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span> Any time Apple enters a new product category it's obviously a fairly major development -- we're still getting bombarded with iPhone news over one month post-launch -- so now that you've had some time to play with it, it's only fair that we give the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/apple%20tv/">Apple TV</a> the same vulture-like evisceration that we do any other high profile consumer electronics product. The little box seems to have <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/21/mossberg-reviews-apple-tv-simple-and-elegant/">received a warm welcome</a> for the most part, with hackers quickly tearing it apart and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=apple+tv+hack">adding all sorts of new capabilities</a> to boot, but what we're interested in is how you'd change the device out of the box. Would you make it more or less integrated with the iTunes ecosystem? Should it be friendlier to a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/">wider variety of codecs</a>? Maybe <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/apple-tv-finally-hacked-for-usb-storage-expansion/">open up the USB port</a>? Okay, have at it...<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/08/12/how-would-you-change-the-apple-tv/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/963618/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/08/12/how-would-you-change-the-apple-tv/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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