FROM BACK SEAT TO FRONT ROW
What was the Apple TV? No, seriously , we still can’t work it out
Keeping the dream alive
Apple Got TV a Software first–gen 2.0 Apple TV? removed Apple the may requirement have deemed for a it separate obsolete, computer. but jailbreaking it and using Rowmote (regularrateandrhythm. com) can get you remote access with an iPhone, AirPlay control, as well as certain third–party apps which make it at least partially useful as a second–TV streamer even today. Don’t expect improved resolution or super–fast speed, though. It is what it is.
THE FIRST APPLE TV HAD NO TV TUNER — YOU DIDNT GET A STAND–ALONE
PRODUCT, YOU GOT AN
ACCESSORY
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APPLE’S INVOLVEMENT IN the TV game had been a long time coming. The company had dabbled with TV–adjacent devices in the past, but to limited success. Whether or not you think 1993’s TV tuner–equipped Macintosh TV counts, the justified bomb of the Apple Bandai Pippin multimedia platform, released in 1996, definitely does. It likely put people within the company off non–computer hardware, and of course, Apple was a computer company.