Michael Knutson
10-06-2010, 03:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://notebooks.com/2010/10/04/apple-tv-unboxed-and-installed-in-15-minutes-video/' target='_blank'>http://notebooks.com/2010/10/04/app...-minutes-video/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Today I received the Apple TV and as we promised, here is the unboxing video of the device. In this video I unboxed it and had it installed on my HDTV in less than 15 minutes, including dusting off the furniture and taking an older DVD/VCR combo player out to free up a HDMI port on my TV."</em></p><p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/mY6D8wEeHN0&feature=player_embedded&ap=%26fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mY6D8wEeHN0&feature=player_embedded&ap=%26fmt=18" /></object></p><p>The hardest part of the setup may be peeling the protective film off the side of the new hockey puck-sized AppleTV. Plug in an HDMI cable to connect to a TV, power cable (no brick!), wired ethernet (if you choose to connect this way), and it boots. Select a language, your wireless network if you're un-wired, set up sharing with an iTunes computer, and you're done. From the internet you get a choice of streamed Netflix, YouTube, Podcasts, MobileMe, Flickr, Radio, but no Hulu. I heard a good description: an iPod for your TV. I can't wait to see what the future holds for this AppleTV iteration!</p>