Coming soon to your living room: Apple HDTV

When it comes to the fickle world of technology, very few companies have the intrinsic power to enthrall us with their novelty. In the past few decades, Apple has set itself as one of the major forces in spearheading technological advancement.
Having already conquered digital music industry with the iPod and shown serious intent on doing the same in mobile telephony, what could be next for this Tech behemoth? Probably the lure of TV and more specifically, the ever-growing rave of high-def TV.
Though not ground-breaking, Apple unveiled Apple TV, a fun and easy-to-use product that will seamlessly integrate all your favorite content iTunes content from Mac or PC into a wide-screen TV. This is not the first time anyone has attempted to do this, but there are a few aspects of this new spectacle that caught our attention. You can expect nothing short of a stunning, sleek user interface; which is undoubtedly an Apple trademark. Apple TV comes packed with a 40GB hard-disk that can not only store over 50 hours of video, thousands of songs, audiobooks, TV shows podcasts, and tens of dozens of photos, but also deliver a high-definition 720p output. Apple TV is fairly easy to use and is portable with most modern wide-screen televisions. Making use of a standard HDMI, a video, analog and audio port, Apple TV easily connects to wide-screen televisions and home theater systems. Furthermore, Apple TV comes with a high speed AirPort wireless networking facility capable of streaming media component from several PCs to a television.
Finally comes the Apple Remote, which lets users effortlessly browse through a vast media collection of full-length movies, TV shows, podcasts, music videos, audiobooks and photo albums on widescreen TV. This is not an entirely new concept to rant and rave about, but is certainly worth checking out. The product will be available at Apple stores and Authorized Resellers this February.
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO describes Apple TV as a “DVD player for the 21st century”. Only time will tell if this product can make a mark in the already crowded and aggressive home entertainment industry. But coming from a company which stirred up the PC revolution, portable music players like iPod, and is famed for those highly-esteemed notebooks and Mac OS, few will dare scoff at Apple’s latest creation. Keep watching this space. We think that Apple HDTV is certainly in the offing.