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Apple TV to Become a Real TV?

Cult of Mac: News and analysis for the Mac, iPod and iPhone communities - Aug 7, 2008

In February next year, receiving over-the-air television signals will require either a digital converter for current analog TVs or a digital TV set, creating a huge potential market of people looking to upgrade home …

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Can Apple and the Mac mini learn from Dell’s Studio Hybrid?

Cult of Mac: News and analysis for the Mac, iPod and iPhone communities - Jul 30, 2008

Although once famously proud of annihilating its R&D budget, it appears Dell is now in some cases reading from the Book of Apple, in taking existing ideas and—at least in some ways—improving them. In recent weeks …

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Apple offers movie rentals for the UK and Canada

Cult of Mac: News and analysis for the Mac, iPod and iPhone communities - Jun 6, 2008

Brits (and Canadians) finally got to join the iTunes movie party this week, with Apple unleashing movie rentals and purchasing for the two territories. I’d actually been mulling over grabbing an Apple TV for a while …

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aTV Flash Unlocks your Apple TV

Cult of Mac: News and analysis for the Mac, iPod and iPhone communities - May 28, 2008

The AppleTV is great for playing video from iTunes, but can’t play video from alternative sources like file-sharing networks. Now, a software update from Apple Core, called aTV Flash promises to unlock tons of great …

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Apple’s Movie Rentals Great In Theory, Sucks In Practice

Cult of Mac: News and analysis for the Mac, iPod and iPhone communities - Jan 16, 2008

Steve Jobs’ much-ballyhooed movie rental service looks all fine and dandy, but the question in my mind is: “How long will it be before the service offers a single decent movie to rent?” At present, the movies on offer …