AppleTV finally has a good use for its USB port
It seems someone has finally been able to do a useful hack involving the AppleTV's USB port. When Apple announced the AppleTV and all of its features one of the things that had people scratching their heads was the inclusion of the USB port. Why include a port on the back of the device if it isn't to be used.
Well there have been a bunch of hacks to let people use the USB port, but until now you couldn't use it as the source for all of your media. Out of the box Apple makes you use a PC with iTunes as the source for your content. Now with this latest hack that obstacle has been removed.
Now you can plug an external USB hard drive into the back of the AppleTV and stream all of your favorite content. Of course you are still stuck with using Apple approved content only, but hey, its a start right.
We love the amount of cool hacks coming out for the AppleTV and we can't wait to see what is done next. Who knows, maybe someone will figure out a way to stream ANY content they want to the AppleTV. Hey we can dream right!
When we get more details about this we will be sure to post them.
via Engadget
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Posted by David Ficocello at July 28, 2007 9:58 PM
I think the reason is that Apple wants very tight control over how their device is used. The Mvix is a great product precisely because of its flexibility. With the Mvix you have so many other options for how to play back and store your media.
Maybe the next version of the AppleTV will have more freedom, but as for now it is up to people hacking the device to make it more attractive to people like us.
We like choice and that is what the Mvix offers and the AppleTV does not.
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