Will iTV be ready for Macworld?

I'm very, very interested in this thing. I just hope it's what I'm looking for. I'd like to have it mostly to watch movies and TV shows I have on my HDD...but a lot of those have multiple audio channels (thanks, Handbrake!)...and the standard version of Quicktime can't play them properly. I get the same problem in iTunes. So I use VLC to watch all my movies and TV shows.
So, yeah. I really hope this thing at least supports multiple audio channels...

Front Row doesn't rely on iTunes for video, so, why assume that iTV will?

I don't know what all this "Pushing 802.11n to it's limits" nonsense is. I stream 720p video over 802.11g every day with no drops whatsoever. Ideally, one would not max out their wireless network for a single stream of compressed 720p, so 802.11n will ease the burden quite a bit, but HD video will certainly not "push it to it's limits" atleast in a compressed format.

#6, it's pretty easy to wire the component output down to s-video.

I understand where Dan Riley's coming from, but I feel I have to point out that you can very easily include all of your video files in iTunes - not just the movies or shows from ITS.

Granted, just like with music, many people seem to think that you have to buy your content from ITS in order to play it in iTunes, so I expect many other people would have the same reaction. I wouldn't be surprised if such an announcement was met with significant complaining.

But wouldn't it be nice if Apple introduced a new part of iLife dedicated to video? Pop in a DVD, and it's in your library a H.264 just a few hours later? I'm not holding my breath for a solution like that from Apple (thanks to the DMCA), but it sure would be nice.

Agree completely with Dan Riley (#7). If it's tied to ITS movies in iTunes then not only will they be going the M$ way, but they'll effectively be making zero sales in non-ITS countries.

That said, I suspect it wouldn't be long for a 3rd party developer to find a way around it - much like Rogue Amoeba enabled users to send any sound to Airports using Airfoil.

Yeah, I agree with you Dan. There's no way I'd buy one if it was restricted to iTunes. More likely it'll play whatever Front Row can play.

If it only moves iTunes content, it will not be successful.
This means we will all be tied to the iTunes store. This is not
a good strategy. It makes Apple look more and more like Microsoft.
Let's hope it moves anything that can playback in Quicktime
to where ever in your house you have a TV.

Dan

I haven't purchased a HDTV yet. My TV has a S-Video in. I wish the iTV would have at least a s-video output. Then I would get one.

if it is shipping in feb. there is no reason why it wont be announced at macworld