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aTV Flash (black) for jailbroken Apple TVs updated with NFS support, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2012)

FireCore just updated aTV Flash (black), an alternative software package for the second generation Apple TV. With a jailbroken Apple TV and the FireCore software, you can use the media device to surf the web, stream content from a NAS, play back popular media formats (MKV, AVI, MP4) and ...

TUAW Hands-on: POWER A turns your iPhone into a universal remote

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 17th, 2010)

There are a few options for turning your iPhone into a home entertainment remote control, but I recently got a chance to try out the POWER A, and it's become my current favorite. The hardware portion of the POWER A package has been available for a while now, but the iPhone App that accompanies it ...

Is the Apple TV on life support?

by Mel Martin (May 13th, 2010)

It seems so. The Apple TV was announced with some fanfare in 2006, and it's been pretty much downhill since then. Sales have been sluggish and new features are coming out very slowly. As it is, the US$229.00 Apple TV allows you to buy Movies and TV shows through the iTunes Store, look at ...

RedEye gives you a universal iPhone remote for your home entertainment center

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 2nd, 2009)

ThinkFlood has released RedEye, their universal remote add-on for iPhone and iPod touch. The RedEye remote is a combination of hardware and software that turns your iPhone into a truly universal remote control for IR-based devices. I received an advance unit to take for a spin, and tested it out ...