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Look inside Apple TV

You've seen the unboxing pics, and the setup pics, and now you can check out what the Apple TV looks like on the inside. Those wacky people at TechRestore got their hands on an Apple TV and did what any of us would, ripped it apart. There isn't anything too shocking in that little box, but it looks like the hard drive won't be too hard to swap out.
[via Digg]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RaVeNouS said 9:35PM on 3-22-2007
it looks like it could fit another HDD in there. Any mod ideas?
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Aron Trimble said 10:18PM on 3-22-2007
So did they put the hard drive in an enclosure and mount it up to see what's going on?
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Ray Valdez said 10:28PM on 3-22-2007
That unit is set upside down, so that HDD is mounted to the bottom plate...seems like it acts as a heatsink, right?
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raindogg said 11:21PM on 3-22-2007
I saw it running today at the 5th ave store. I think the HD only was a bad move, the video looks like crap. It's so blown up that my old VHS tapes looks better. They should have made it work on all TV's.
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Stephen said 3:02AM on 3-23-2007
@raindogg: I agree... I want an Apple TV very much but I'm happy with the Standard-Def TV that I have right now as I'm not a big TV person. I can't comment on the quality as I haven't seen one in person yet but Erica Sadun and Engadget seem to like it enough.
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artifex said 3:38AM on 3-23-2007
If the drive is just a "staging area" as some claim, 40 ought to be enough. You really want to put the big drives on your home media server, which this does NOT replace.
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sam said 7:54AM on 3-23-2007
Aww i realy want one! just need to wait for someone to get it to work on non sd tv with scart!
Come on TUAW make it work!!!
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sam said 7:56AM on 3-23-2007
Aww i realy want one! just need to wait for someone to get it to work on non sd tv with scart!
Come on TUAW make it work!!!
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Speedyrev said 9:53AM on 3-23-2007
Why not HD. Everything is going HD (2009). You sound like the guys that used to complain about not having a floopy drive.
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driz said 1:20PM on 3-23-2007
"do what anyone else would do and rip it apart"
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you are kidding right! no i would not start ripping £200 hardware apart to see a load of electronic components.
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Occh said 12:27PM on 3-23-2007
Not everyone has the money for a TV that does HD.
The TV (Apple TV, don't know if will show up on here) works with standard-def TVs, it just doesn't look as nice.
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