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Scoble: ‘Apple TV rocks’

“I bought an Apple TV tonight,” Robert Scoble, former Microsoft technical evangelist and prominent blogger, reports for Scobleizer.

“I’ve watched Ask a Ninja, Rocketboom, my show, and Ze Frank on it so far,” Scoble reports.

“Works as advertised. Easy to setup. It rocks,” Scoble reports. “It makes me want to put out a high res version of my show. But, it’s pretty watchable, even at the low resolution it is.”

“I think I’m going to use this almost wholly to look at Internet video shows. The integration with iTunes really is great. This is a winner. I take back anything I wrote about it before,” Scoble reports. “Oh, and it also supports 1080i HD.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son” for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Note: Apple TV specs:
• Video formats supported: H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): 640 by 480, 30 fps, LC version of Baseline Profile; 320 by 240, 30 fps, Baseline profile up to Level 1.3; 1280 by 720, 24 fps, Progressive Main Profile. MPEG-4: 640 by 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile
• Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV
• Photo formats supported: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG
• Enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen TVs capable of 1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz

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