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We’ve got a new Apple TV in the house, and are putting the streaming only slimline set top box through its paces as you read this. You’ve already seen the unboxing photos, so now it’s time to tell us: What do you want to know about it for our full new Apple TV review?

New Apple TV unboxed: photos

Wondering what formats the new Apple TV plays? What British broadcasters are onboard for rentals? Or just simply pondering what the scope for jailbreaking the new Apple TV is? Whatever you want to know, just jot it down here in the comments, and we’ll bring you an answer ASAP. Stay tuned for our full new Apple TV review!

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  • Chris

    Really not sure about streaming stuff from my mac also, isn't this pretty much pointless in the UK with no tv rentals on board from US and fact that we can't buy HD Movies here from Apple store and then stream those (only rentals). SkyHD and BBC iPlayer covers best of everything else so I do not see the point anymore unless Apple actually delivers better content to the UK and stops using this as a gimmick outside US. I bought the old AppleTV and hardly gets used, when bought it thought they would have improved content but reality is it has not improved much at all. Roll on Sky Anytime+. Hope your review changes my mind as I love Apple products and would like AppleTV to be the centre of my home entertainment but very much doubt it ever will.

    • bensillis

      We share your concerns Chris – for this reason we'll be checking it out to see whether it is worth it given all the points you make. What's actually got me most excited is the potential of this thing when jailbroken – it's so damn small, fairly cheap, and you know a huge community will get all sorts running on it ASAP. Flash though? Hmm….

    • James Holland

      I read the BBC was on board… although it wasn't clear if that's BBC America or not. Rest assured Chris, we'll dish the dirt very very soon.

      • Chris

        I was looking at jailbreaking potential last night…..sounds really good and I still get to use an Apple product, your right…that really might tempt me in given the price! They have got to get something sorted to compete with likes of the Boxee Box and all of the other media streamers out there.

        • bensillis

          Having played with the Boxee Box yesterday Chris I can tell you the Apple TV has some serious competition – the Boxee Box is phenomenally slick.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rob-Hague/1481050425 Rob Hague

      If you are happy feeding Murdock then why would you want this? For the rest of us who aren't interested in giving him all our cash for the channel upon channel of junk we don't want then AppleTV works great at streaming content recorded from Freeview using EyeTV.
      Rentals just won't work until the industry wake up and price match the DVD rental people. I'm paying £15 a month for all the DVDs I want (usually 2 discs of serial stuff and a movie each week). At current Apple rates that is only 5 shows a month isn't it?
      Also you're not clear how you are getting your iPlayer content onto the big screen – for me that is download it to iTunes and again stream to AppleTV.
      I was in there from the beginning using the AppleTV in this way and now have the iOS AppleTV doing the same job. I have had great value for money from the old box.
      An added bonus is that initial readings are indicating we're using 30p a day less electricity with the new version. At that rate it will pay for itself in one year.

      • Chris

        I had to build myself a MediaPC for our living room which has Blu-Ray Player, BBC iPlayer and of course 4OD and ITV on demand from the web while also using first gen AppleTV/iTunes for my movie purchases (not in HD though) and some US TV I buy, but the offering in this country through AppleTV is so inconsistent and behind the US. Everything else I use is Apple (all our photos on iMac and music streams from itunes to our living room using Airport Express from our iMac) and I love their products but I just think we are sold short on AppleTV compared to the US, otherwise I would be with it all the way regardless of the competition. Its probably not even Apple's fault, guessing the movie companies and tv networks restrict them as they get more lucrative deals from the likes of Sky. I can't argue about the power consumption, Apple's environmental policy is great and sure well ahead of the rest. I have to admit, Ben now has me very interested in the Boxee Box though! ;)

  • Choodalls

    I have a relatively slow broadband (500kbps) – if this is streaming only how fast a connection do you need to have for this to actually work when renting?

  • 1kkk

    So wheres the review then?

    • bensillis

      Coming today 1kkk – we have to test these products fully in order to give them a fair score. Look for it in a few hours.

    • bensillis

      Coming today 1kkk – we have to test these products fully in order to give them a fair score. Look for it in a few hours.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rob-Hague/1481050425 Rob Hague

    Optical cable now fitted and AppleTV in full working order – 5.1 sound from a locally stored file is spot on. Video quality fine on a 768-line LCD (so 720p is as good as it gets). Tried watching the movie trailer for 'Burried' which played fine ok after the initial pause. I'm not rich enough to try the rental movies when I already have a £15 per month Lovefilm sub. Syncing to multiple macs is much easier – I can leave the screen saver grabbing photos from one Mac yet stream tv and movies from another – the old AppleTV got graunchy trying that and would do one or the other but not allow both. Seems more tolerant of movie file format – I'm sure the old one refused to play 'odd' resolution but otherwise correct format files. Not seen that here.
    Great piece of kit and old one now on eBay.
    Daily power saving looks to be settling out at 20p per day with a few more readings in the bank.

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