Comments on: Apple TV is for You and YouTube http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/apple-tv-is-for-you-and-youtube User Experience Strategy, Ruby and Rails Web App Development Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe T http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/apple-tv-is-for-you-and-youtube/comment-page-1#comment-30174 Joe T Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:31:48 +0000 http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/apple-tv-is-for-you-and-youtube#comment-30174 "In fact, you can make a very good case that 720p is a higher resolution than 1080i." Approaching the 19mbps that is OTA HD transmission, both standards look very, very good. 1080i's greater native horizontal resolution (to which our eyes are more sensitive), 1920 vs 1280, still gives it a distinct advantage. But this is academic-- the AppleTV is limited to a bitrate of 5mbps, which is far too low for any kind of HD. So while the resolution of the device might be 720p, the low bitrate (lower than a commercial DVD at 480i!) insures that such video will remain web-quality on any HD display. But the menus will be gorgeous. “In fact, you can make a very good case that 720p is a higher resolution than 1080i.”

Approaching the 19mbps that is OTA HD transmission, both standards look very, very good. 1080i’s greater native horizontal resolution (to which our eyes are more sensitive), 1920 vs 1280, still gives it a distinct advantage.

But this is academic– the AppleTV is limited to a bitrate of 5mbps, which is far too low for any kind of HD. So while the resolution of the device might be 720p, the low bitrate (lower than a commercial DVD at 480i!) insures that such video will remain web-quality on any HD display.

But the menus will be gorgeous.

]]> By: Michael Markman http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/apple-tv-is-for-you-and-youtube/comment-page-1#comment-27499 Michael Markman Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:03:20 +0000 http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/apple-tv-is-for-you-and-youtube#comment-27499 YouTube? Are you sure? I don't recall Steve saying anthing about general web videos. Looks like Apple TV is just a window into what you have in iTunes. Maybe someone will hack it and provide a browser. (Funny, the phone runs Safari, but not Apple TV.) It looks like the main purpose is to make it more attractive to buy videos through the iTunes store. Apple TV doesn't compete directly with TiVo... in fact, it was announced that Apple has licensed some unspecified intellectual property from TiVo. So it helps them. BTW: 720p is HD. It may not be H enough for Scoble. But it's H enough for ABC, ESPN, and Fox. In fact, you can make a very good case that 720p is a higher resolution than 1080i. YouTube? Are you sure? I don’t recall Steve saying anthing about general web videos. Looks like Apple TV is just a window into what you have in iTunes. Maybe someone will hack it and provide a browser. (Funny, the phone runs Safari, but not Apple TV.)

It looks like the main purpose is to make it more attractive to buy videos through the iTunes store.

Apple TV doesn’t compete directly with TiVo… in fact, it was announced that Apple has licensed some unspecified intellectual property from TiVo. So it helps them.

BTW: 720p is HD. It may not be H enough for Scoble. But it’s H enough for ABC, ESPN, and Fox. In fact, you can make a very good case that 720p is a higher resolution than 1080i.

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