This past Saturday night Carin and I went to the mall which — as far as myself and this blog are concerned — means only one thing: a trip to the Apple store. I had been wanting to go since Steve Jobs announced a $100 store credit for early iPhone adopters, and what better time to pick up the last Apple gadget needed to complete my family of Apple products: Apple TV.
As always the in-store experience was very pleasant, we’ve made acquaintance with one of the Apple Reps so now whenever we go we get treated very well, and this time was no exception. I asked the rep a number of questions related to the Apple TV, we chatted about our iPhones, and discussed some support issues related to Carin’s PowerMac G4 and Sony MiniDV video camera. All-in-all a good time, and I walked out with an Apple TV.
When we got home I began the process of unboxing and setting up the Apple TV with the TV downstairs. The process was pretty straightforward and simple. The one snag we had was the HDMI to DVI hookup wasn’t working due to what appears to be either a faulty cable or TV hookup, so we switched to component cables and everything worked fine.
Configuring the Apple TV was a breeze, a couple of on-screen menus to select from and a code to type into iTunes on your computer. After that all the syncing is done between your main computer and Apple TV and you can begin watching your content. Also, you can connect additional iTunes libraries (5 maximum) and stream directly from them to Apple TV.
One final note: be sure to go into your Apple TV settings and run the update software function, as there is a newer version than what ships by default on the Apple TV. In order to use YouTube on the Apple TV you will need to run this update.
Here are some pictures (I apologize in advance for the poor quality in some of the pictures, the iPhone camera isn’t always the greatest) and screen shots of the Apple TV unboxing and configuration:
1) Apple TV in its original packaging.
2) Apple TV and remote control.
3) Power cord, Apple TV, remote control.
4) Apple TV instruction manual.
5) Component cables for Apple TV hookup to TV.
6) Select a language for Apple TV.
7) Choose a screen resolution for Apple TV.
8 ) Apple TV sources sceen.
9) Apple TV listed as a device in iTunes.
10) Apple TV registration.
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