1080p For Apple TV
I’ve mentioned the Apple TV a few times before. One reason why I considered it to be mediocre is that it lacked 1080p, which lets face it is the likely future of TV. Seems that’s now changed as of the last software update. Awesome.
Tags: 1080p, Apple, apple-tv, HDTV, mwsf, television
February 16th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Yes it supports 1080p output. No it does not support playing 1080p movies. It only upscales 720p HD material so it outputs at 1080p on your TV.
February 16th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Andrew Sheridan: Understood, but you have to start somewhere. I presume no 1080p downloads on iTunes because of bandwidth and performance. This lays the groundwork for it.
There’s always the possibility that the CPU (1GHz Intel) can’t handle decoding 1080p, but nobody knows if it would use pure CPU to decode, or if there’s any other hardware to offload some of that to.
February 17th, 2008 at 3:29 am
One way to see if it supports 1080p media is to make your own home movie in 1080p using a new 1080p camcorder. Another way is to somehow rip a Blue Ray movie and play it. Another way is to play some quicktime movie trailers which are 1080p.