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Apple TV to support YouTube videos
Walt Mossberg knows how to get his Steveness to talk, it would seem. Jobs just announced that come mid-June Apple will be rolling out a new free feature for all Apple TVs: the ability to watch YouTube videos on the Apple TV. Hmm, and who owns YouTube? Oh, that's right... Google.I suppose this is one of those surprises that is meant to delight us. Works for me!
Some pics from Engadget after the jump.
A new YouTube menu item. And here is the interface for using it:
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jenny said 4:02PM on 5-30-2007
Youtube is one of the worlds top 10 website according to alexa. No wonder Apple is supporting it :-)
Jenny
http://www.spaml.com
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joe said 4:03PM on 5-30-2007
Oh yes, YouTube videos are going to look SO GREAT on my HDTV.
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Ken Humbard said 4:11PM on 5-30-2007
What is the point in this? Searching for videos without a keyboard doesn't sound like fun.
http://hungryseacow.com
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Josh Helfferich said 4:13PM on 5-30-2007
Well, I'm sold.
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deevee said 4:20PM on 5-30-2007
the wii with orb is a better appletv than the appletv
one word..opera.
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YodaMac said 4:33PM on 5-30-2007
Yeah, the AppleTV website already has a blurb up about upcoming uTube-ness. :)
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YodaMac said 4:41PM on 5-30-2007
And the Apple site has a new 'splash page' about it too.
So.... anyone know if uTube has any HD content.... lol
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Will said 4:51PM on 5-30-2007
160GB...now thats more like it!
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steergear said 5:33PM on 5-30-2007
Hey, when did 160GB become available? Looks like someone leaked a webpage early.....
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JeffDM said 8:58PM on 5-30-2007
The Apple press release says the 160GB version will be available tomorrow. The same press release says YouTube functionality will be released mid-June.
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quandmeme said 10:56AM on 5-31-2007
I'm not a YouTube fan personally but at times I find myself there so I'm with #3, It will all be about browsing, how to find the content is everything.
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Drupa said 8:28AM on 5-31-2007
The Apple TV is a cheap (not inexpensive) gadget. 720 resolution? why? 1080 isn't cutting edge these days - ITS STANDARD! 720 is native only on second tier TVs. This is a novelty only.
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PatrickBateman said 1:10PM on 5-31-2007
They better get some parental controls on this thing soon. The last thing you want is for an 8 year old to finish watching "Finding Nemo" and then click his way into the latest 19 year old whore stripping for her webcam on youtube.
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