Apple TV Gets YouTube And 160GB HDD May 31, 2007

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appletv 2.jpg Apple is determined to make the recently launched Apple TV device a success and thinks hooking up with YouTube is the way to go.

The company has announced that from mid-June, Apple TV users will be able to wirelessly stream videos from YouTube to their TVs. Thousands of clips will be available from the start and the whole lot will be accessible by Autumn.

The reason for the delay seems to be that Apple is converting the videos into the H.264 codec. New videos will be automatically converted by YouTube as they are uploaded but the older videos need converting – and there's quite a few of those.

More importantly though for many potential customers is the launch a 160GB version of Apple TV, which will no doubt really, really annoy those that bought the one with the weenie 40GB drive. It will cost £269 from tomorrow, just £70 more than the 40GB version.-Martin Lynch

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