Sorry, Pablo, not sure how my email ended up with you instead of Fanus. Anyhow, As somebody else pointed out, the Apple TV is not an actual TV with a screen. It's a small box sort of like an old VHS tape, but not as long. It only has 3 connectors in the back and 1 plug for the power adapter. You can hook it up to your home network either by plugging it into your router with a regular network cable or you can join it to your home Wi-Fi. The other 2 connectors are HDMI which allows you to connect it to a TV (it has to be an LCD or Plasma that has HDMI ports) or a home theatre receiver with HDMI inputs. HDMI delivers both video and audio through the same cable. The other plug/connector is an optical audio connector which delivers only audio and many receivers and amplifiers have such an input.
The Apple TV let's you stream music, movies and other media from your iTunes library on the computer to the TV, it also gives you access to the iTunes Store where you can buy or rent movies, you can search for and watch YouTube videos on the connected TV and, if you have a Netflix subscription, you can watch Netflix movies. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pablo Morales Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Apple TV Sieghard. It is not my eMail, even though your answer made me to do this question to you. I understand that the apple TV is a device, as a regular TV of 27 inches, right? If it is true, the apple TV has voice over installed? so it is friendly for blind people? Thanks Pablo Sent from my iPhone On Jan 29, 2013, at 3:04 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fanus, > > You can use the Apple TV to stream content from your iTunes library to your > TV and also access content from Netflix (with a subscription and I'm not > sure if Netflix is in SA), you can also watch YouTube videos via the Apple > TV, rent movies and TV shows and play internet radio stations and Podcasts. > The Apple TV is also Airplay capable, so you could Airplay from your iPhone > to the Apple TV and the connected TV. > > It is not a device which allows you to access regular TV programming, > however, there is talk that at some point you might be able to install apps > on it similarly to how you install apps on your iDevice and this would mean > you could probably install apps like maybe from BBC, CNN, Discovery Chanel > and so on. I could see how this could create an entirely new area of apps > similarly to iPad apps which often are different from iPhone apps. But of > course if and when an Apple TV will be capable of this nobody knows. > > I think given it's relatively low price tag, the Apple TV is definitely > worthwhile having even just for the convenience of the Airplay feature and > the ease with which you can stream from your iTunes library to your > bigscreen TV. If you have a bunch of DVD's you could invest $50 into Magic > DVD Ripper which allows you to rip your DVD's to your hard drive and add > them to your iTunes library. Instead of having to find a particular DVD and > stick it into the player you could access all your movies via the Apple TV > and now since this most recent iOS update you can use a Bluetooth keyboard > with the Apple TV which means it is a lot easier to type in searches for > looking up something on YouTube etc. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
