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Does the New iMac Foretell the Next Apple TV?

Written on October 23, 2009 by Alfredo Padilla and 26 people have commented

Apple’s brand new 27-inch iMacs come with an interesting feature: the ability to act as a display for connected devices via the built-in DisplayPort connection. This means that, with the proper adaptors, you can connect an array of home theatre devices to the iMac, including Blu-Ray players. The screen has also moved to the HDTV [...]

Is an Apple HDTV a Realistic Possibility?

Written on August 25, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 9 people have commented

Lately, there have been some murmurs that Apple is prepping an HDTV of its very own. Such a device would seem to be the logical next step for the evolution of Apple TV, the progress of which seems to have become somewhat stagnant of late.
Like our own Liam Cassidy, Michael Wolf over at GigaOM Pro [...]

Apple Developing Networked LCD HDTV/Apple TV Hybrid?

Written on October 13, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 6 people have commented

Perhaps tired of notebooks hogging the spotlight lately, Apple TV is the subject of new rumors that surfaced this past weekend.
Jason Calacanis is making claims that Cupertino is developing a line of network-ready HDTV’s with built-in Apple TV functionality.  The TV’s would offer the same feature-set as the current Apple TV peripheral, but would cut [...]