Upcoming Apple TV loses 1080p playback, gains apps... and will be renamed iTV

Re:Upcoming Apple TV loses 1080p playback, gains apps... and... by adolph on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @10:41PM (#1597020)

Nintendo seems to sell a lot of devices at lower resolution (480p). It'll be interesting to see what kind of cost/performance tradeoff Apple makes.

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Re:Upcoming Apple TV loses 1080p playback, gains apps... and... by Tamerlin on Thursday August 12, 2010 @11:40AM (#1598354)

Nintendo is specifically targeting the mainstream consumer. Apple likes being a premium brand. Not supporting 1080p doesn't fit with being a premium product.

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Re:Upcoming Apple TV loses 1080p playback, gains apps... and... by MrRage on Thursday August 12, 2010 @12:16AM (#1597194)

I think that's acceptable for video games, especially the sort of video games that Nintendo makes. For video content I don't think so. I'll watch upscaled DVDs for certain types of content (e.g. don't really care if episodes of Big Bang Theory are in 1080p), but for movies with great cinematography I want as much resolution as possible.

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