The Apple TV screensaver is hot
Sure, everyone is looking inside the Apple TV and at it, but check out what it does on screen when it's twiddling its thumbs and waiting for you to command your library! Now I don't have mine just yet; it's still hanging out in a local FedEx distribution center, so I made a friend shoot this for me (thanks John!). I heard the Apple TV just powered down after a couple minutes of inactivity, but apparently it has a screensaver mode that you're seeing here. Pretty slick for a little box, eh?
For those who aren't into the Netscape player above, here's a link for the original.
Now: who's up to the challenge of getting a 3rd party screensaver on one of these?
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Sure, everyone is looking inside the Apple TV and at it, but check out what it does on screen when it's twiddling its thumbs and waiting...
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Does it exist for Mac OS X?
April 11 2007 at 8:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyis someone able to do transfer this screensaver from the apple tv to the mac?
March 24 2007 at 6:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust a quick tip: To turn off the Apple TV when you go to bed, press and hold the play/pause button on the remote for a few seconds. Voila...the screen goes black and the status light goes out, waiting for you to return.
March 24 2007 at 1:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt looks pretty typical of what Quartz Composer can do to me... no Core Animation (whatever that API looks like, I don't have a pre-release) needed. A couple hours of hacking and I turned the RSS screensaver into an iPhone commercial in Quartz Composer: http://www.samkass.com/blog/C512514691/E20070305221903/index.html
The screensaver doesn't look all that different.
Hahaha! Thanks south, this is the funniest thing I heard today - Hahaha !!!!
March 23 2007 at 8:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythat's just what i need -- my entire porn collection popping up as a screensaver in front of my friends while i'm in the bathroom. might have to do a little folder reorganizing.
March 23 2007 at 7:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI love Apple. I enjoy using my iPod, my (aging) iBook, and even my old Mac running OS 9.
However, I wouldn't pay a dime for the Apple TV. There's nothing on my computer that I really need to stream over to my television.
This is pretty easy to do with Quartz Composer already, it does not require Core Animation.
March 23 2007 at 3:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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