MacWorld 2007 Keynote pt. 2: Apple TV

...when last we left our hero, he had braved Starbucks Grandmas and bad wifi to get a glimpse of the keynote live blog from Macrumors.

KEYNOTE Apple TV

I have been waiting for the iTV (its code name). This is the one device that I know I can't live without. I watch more video podcasts than I actually watch regular TV. I am so tired to sitting here holding my roasting MacBook Pro on my lap watching podcasts. It's so much nicer to see them on my TV. I want the TV experience and that's what I think Apple TV will do. Let's see the text of my chat when the TV was announced.

1117AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Freekin' wifi networks are down
1117AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Took me this long to get in
1122AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Nothing much
1122AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: So far
1123AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Paramont rumor confirmed
1123AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: (doing this to keep notes for my blog)
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: blah blah blah
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: iTunes up
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Blah blah bha
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: bha
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: hbla
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: ?
1126AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Can't type still!
1127AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Apple TV?
1128AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Looks the same
1128AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: You think someone out there would of thought of that name
1128AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: (myself included)
1129AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: ALL WIFI
1129AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Rulz
1129AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: 40 Gig drive
1129AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: HOT
1130AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Syncing is the right way to go
1130AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: True ipod video
1131AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Pretty much standard otherwise
1131AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: People are going to nipick that 40 Gig drive
1131AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: People will have old 60 gig ipods slaved into it in a second.
1133AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: or external drives? hmmm
1133AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: NO STEVE showed ZOOLANDER
1133AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Ahhhh
1133AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: I bet he doesn't even know who Ben Stiller is
1134AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Ahhh Heros...much better
1134AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Great, now my two apple remotes are going to duel each other
1135AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: These "near" realtime pictures are a little slow
1136AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Episode summary is a good thing.
1136AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Bet it would be cheaper than cable if I did the math
1137AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: What the "F" is up with John Mayer.....everyone take a drink
1138AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: I bet the streaming was too slow....had to get the hard drive in there
1138AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Only thing that would make sense.
1139AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Why couldn't they make it round like microsoft....?
1139AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: I want round.
1139AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Hope Phill doesn't have porn on the Mac
1141AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: $299
1141AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: I'm up for one.
1141AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: That was fast....more coming.
1142AMTuesdayJan 9, 2007 suntagma: Ship FEb

And that's pretty much it.

For those that are "unenlightened" the Apple TV is an iPod for your TV. You can use it to stream content from the computers in your house directly onto your big screen high def TV. It also includes a 40 gigabyte drive to store movies on as well. This is a good thing for people that use the iTunes store to purchase their music/videos or watch podcasts. Now you can watch them at home as they were meant to be. You can also use several third party resources to download your movies so it will work with iTV. In my case, I will (through the help of yet more third party software) be able to pull content off my TIVO and watch it on my Apple TV.

I know there are probably a zillion "experts" out there that are already discounting it. This might not be the solution for everyone, but it's a product that I feel is just going to get more and more innovative. Heck, you paid $12.99 for a movie. You should be able to watch it whereever you want.

We need to break down the walls to our devices. They need to work together. Through the master controller (iTunes) the Apple TV does just that. I links the iPod (portable), the Mac/PC (the productive), and the TV(the time waster).

The Apple TV will ship in Feb. I'll be on the list to pick one up. I'll make sure and grab one hopefully immediately after release. At that time I will do a proper video podcast.

Meanwhile, back at Caribou....

I think I had one sip of my coffee the whole time.

...get ready for the exciting conclusion....the iPhone.