“With last minute graphics-related issues seemingly sorted out, Apple Inc. expects to begin manufacturing ramp up of its long-awaited Apple TV wireless media hub as early as Monday,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider.
“The move comes exactly 6 months from the day in which the Cupertino-based iPod maker first unveiled the $299 device to a crowd of media folk and analysts at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Calif.,” Jade reports.
Jade reports, “Although Apple has never offered an official explanation for the delays… people familiar with the matter have instead fingered NVIDIA as the source of the last month’s delay, explaining that quirks in the embedded graphics software raised some last minute red flags over in Apple’s quality assurance department.”
“Apple TV will drawn its graphics capabilities from NVIDIA’s G72M graphics chipset with 64MB DDR2 video memory — essentially the firm’s GeForce Go 7400 chip,” Jade reports. “At the heart of Apple TV device is a 1.0GHz Pentium M-based Intel chip with 2MB of L2 cache (code-named “Crofton”), which will be under-clocked to run on a 350MHz bus. The device will also pack 256MB of non-upgradable 400MHz DDR2 main system memory, a 40GB 2.5-inch PATA hard disk drive, and a 802.11n capable wireless card.”
Full article with more about the reasons for the Apple TV delays here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Adam W.” for the heads up.]
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it’s about time I get the one I ordered… 🙁
Oh oh, the time has come for these “AppleTV whine” threads.
Whine: The trademark Apple hardware sound.
One Question for macula …
Can you name just one other Company which garners as much anticipation for their products as Apple does ??
I think not !!
Statements like yours reveals your IQ as being the same as your waist size
Careful there Oh My,
Some people’s waist sizes are pretty large!
>Apple TV will drawn its graphics capabilities from NVIDIA’s G72M graphics chipset with 64MB DDR2 >
What does that mean–in English?
Oh oh, the time has come for these “AppleTV whine” threads.
So then, are you going to buy one, Mr. I’m-More-Mature-Than-You? AppleTV would be a great idea, if only it played videos other than those purchased from the iTS. As it is, I just don’t see the point.
Man, I hope someone hacks this thing so it can play XviD.
Last time i checked it can play non purchased videos.
MW: doubt, as in i doubt you know what you are talking about.
@ Careful
“….Some people’s waist sizes are pretty large!..”
Yeah, true …. I knew I shoulda referred to his hat size, instead, but I already hit the “Submit” button !!
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@ ron
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I think, basically, it has a video card which sports 64 mgs of VRAM ….
Considering the 128 mg — the 256mg – and the 512mg Video cards available today… I wonder if the 64 mg will be enough ?
On the other hand …
Maybe those cards would make the TV more price-restrictive..
Pop the DVD into Handbrake, and throw it into iTunes. BAM! It will play on iTV… uh… Apple TV. I hate when I do that.
When Apple sells enough of these, more and more people will put video out that will play on AppleTV natively without the need to transcode it. Less XViD and Divx, more H.264!
Apples Leads. Other include every codec known to man.
IQ has to do with Waist size? Phew! I’m glad I’m from a metric country. We measure in cm.
“Oh My:”
With a nickname like yours, I would think twice before bringing up the issue of IQ.
LordRobin:
The TV, in theory — as no one can confirm it yet, can play anything iTunes can. iTunes, in turn can play anything Quicktime (with a little hack) can.
To play DivX in iTunes open the video in Quicktime (must have DivX QT component instsalled) do Save as a referenced movie. Take the referenced file and put that into iTunes. Now your DivX movie will play in iTunes via Quicktime.
Will this same hack work for TV? I’m not sure. If you can copy over the source file as well as the reference I don’t see any reason why not.
Hey ArchAngelNix . . . thanks for the tip. Learned something new today.
A Pentium chip at the core of AppleTV???
Wow.