Comments on: Apple TV first impression http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/30/apple-tv-first-impression/ Jon Lech Johansen’s blog Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AppleTV owner http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/30/apple-tv-first-impression/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 AppleTV owner Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:16:44 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/30/apple-tv-first-impression/#comment-1074 With respect to the video quality I absolutely agree. When I stopped by a local Apple store, the videos did not even appear to be 640x480. At the very least, they should have mounted the displays on the wall, to get them a bit farther away. Viewing the same quality video on my TV at home looks fine, because I am 12 feet away from the 46 inch screen. Being a foot away from a 32 inch LCD 720p display just doesn't look very good. Overall, however, irrespective of the way Apple is demoing AppleTV, I am very happy with my purchase. I have accumulated a large library of mp4 videos (mostly 320x240) that I had been viewing on my computer monitor. It is very nice to kick back on the couch and click away. The visual quality of most of my library is very watchable, and the few 640x480 videos I have look great. I can hardly wait for the higher definition stuff to arrive. With respect to the video quality I absolutely agree. When I stopped by a local Apple store, the videos did not even appear to be 640×480. At the very least, they should have mounted the displays on the wall, to get them a bit farther away. Viewing the same quality video on my TV at home looks fine, because I am 12 feet away from the 46 inch screen. Being a foot away from a 32 inch LCD 720p display just doesn’t look very good.

Overall, however, irrespective of the way Apple is demoing AppleTV, I am very happy with my purchase. I have accumulated a large library of mp4 videos (mostly 320×240) that I had been viewing on my computer monitor. It is very nice to kick back on the couch and click away. The visual quality of most of my library is very watchable, and the few 640×480 videos I have look great. I can hardly wait for the higher definition stuff to arrive.

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