apple tv

Apple TV is a digital media receiver made and sold by Apple. It is a small form factor network appliance designed to play digital content originating from the iTunes Store, Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, MobileMe or any Mac OS X or Windows computer running iTunes onto an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television. Apple TV can function as a home theater-connected iPod device or a digital media receiver.

Apple announced the device's existence in September 2006 and began shipping it the following March.[4] This initial version shipped with a 40GB hard disk; a second, 160GB version started shipping two months later. Since the launch, sales appear to have grown: in the fourth quarter of 2008, sales were triple that of the fourth quarter of 2007.[5] On September 14, 2009, Apple discontinued the 40GB model.[6]

On October 29, 2009, Apple updated the operating system to version 3.0 to better accommodate wide-screen displays, improve iTunes integration, and stream internet radio content.[7]

On September 1, 2010, Steve Jobs announced a smaller version of Apple TV that allows users to rent movies and TV shows and stream video from their computers