The day that AppleTV came out, I eyeballed it and sunk my eyes into just about every single piece of literature, propaganda, review (both positive AND negative) and publicity sheet there is to see what it was, how it was doing it, and why Apple decided to spend so much time, effort, dedication and thought to something that I can see potential in, but clearly, the resolution to push HDTV is NOT yet there.  I was interested to see this note from IMDB.Com’s News Section about it.  What are YOUR thoughts on this?  If you’ve got HD are you going the Apple TV way?  Do you KNOW what AppleTV is?  Let us know here at the 2GuysTalking TelevisionReviewBlogs!  –Mike2GuysTalking

Wire Service Gives Thumbs Down to Apple TV
Source: IMDB.Com News

Apple TV, the $299 device that Apple began distributing last month to link home computers to TV sets, does not deliver high-definition quality to HDTV monitors, according to the Associated Press. Warning that an HDTV set is almost a requirement in order to connect with Apple TV, the wire service commented, “It’s surprising, then, that videos from Apple’s online iTunes store look horrible on an HDTV set. The movies and TV shows have the same nominal resolution as DVDs, but look much blurrier, approaching the look of standard-definition broadcast TV.” By contrast, Microsoft’s competing Xbox, although offering a confusing interface, provides pictures from download video that are “absolutely stunning,” A.P. said, “better than most broadcast HD, and almost indistinguishable from HD DVD or Blu-ray discs.”