The same thing happens on the iPhone from time to time, it’s just more unnerving on the Apple TV since there’s one degree of separation between you and the actual device. In these cases the remote will be unresponsive for a few seconds (hopefully) and eventually you’ll get a burst of every input you’ve been tapping in happen all at once. The UI responds very well although like the original Apple TV there are occasionally hiccups where the OS scheduler is tied up doing something other than letting you move through menus. You can’t control volume via the remote so you’ll still need to pack at least one more in your arsenal. The Remote app controls the Apple TV over Ethernet/WiFi, which is a blessing because the physical remote that ships with the device is IR only. Pull out your iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone and using the (free) Remote app you can use the virtual keyboard to do all of the typing on the Apple TV.
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It’s frustrating to use when you need to type in your email address or password (to type in your WiFi password, authenticate with the iTunes Store, or login to Netflix), but wait - Apple thought of that too. You control the Apple TV with this wonderful feeling but awkwardly long aluminum remote. There’s no gaudy intro, just an Apple logo, a black screen and then a simple to use 10-foot-UI. Apple has to maintain appearances.Įven the startup is improved from what originally shipped on the Apple TV. It’s supposed to work as an appliance but the jailbreak community would probably appreciate a physical switch, it makes rebooting a lot easier. The Apple TV won’t remember more than one wireless password - despite its small size the new ATV isn’t designed to be ported around. You get WiFi (802.11abgn) but you can’t use 802.11b for wireless video streaming.
There’s an integrated power supply and a relatively long black power cable. HDMI, optical, power, 10/100 Ethernet and even micro USB for hac.upgrading firmware. It has all of the inputs/outputs that matter. The device is small enough to put anywhere. These are the things I like about the Apple TV. The plastic chassis is used as a heatsink and it barely gets warm to the touch, even after hours of use. I don’t think Apple even bothered to enable serious power management on the A4 in the Apple TV, it’s just not necessary. Unlike a smartphone it eats a good amount of power at idle - a whole 1.8W. It’s a smartphone in a box without the phone part.
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The new Apple TV draws 2.5W under full load. Despite not having any fans and using the chassis as a really bad heatsink, the device never gets more than warm. The original got uncomfortably hot, especially in an equipment shelf with little ventilation. The entire device is far more power optimized than the original Apple TV. Read/write latency is more predictable and power consumption is negligible. The new Apple TV has a single 8GB MLC NAND flash device. It was big, but slow and gave off a lot of heat. It also helps Apple keep costs down as memory doesn’t grow on the trees of Cupertino. The memory is a bit disappointing but with a small enough OS footprint it should be fine for simply decoding video. Inside Apple outfitted the new Apple TV with an A4 SoC (ARM Cortex A8, unknown frequency) and 256MB of memory. Technically, the new Apple TV is a significant improvement over the original - it doesn’t get stupidly hot, it’s very compact and it’s a lot cheaper.
You get the same limitations and the same plays-well-with-others* behavior (if by others you mean Apple products and iTunes). The new Apple TV is a lot like the old Apple TV, at least functionally. Apple puts up a tall enough wall that it can safely argue to the content providers there’s no way a user can easily get pirated content over to the device. I can’t help but think Apple wants you to hack this thing. You can argue that it’s for firmware updates but there’s also WiFi/Ethernet for that. I’m not even sure why Apple bothers to include a USB port on this thing. It’s the first Apple device to use a micro USB connector. The Apple TV is a hobby, because without stepping on the toes of the content providers Apple can’t turn it into anything more. It’s well designed, it even seems affordable. Apple’s stock doesn’t go down as a result, and the hype surrounding the aforementioned product only gets stronger. Steve Jobs is the only CEO I know of who can stand on stage in front of the world and joke about how one of the products his public company makes is just a hobby.
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