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The 2nd Gen Apple TV 2010 Edition

This 2010 Apple TV is one of those little stuff I bought during my trip to Japan last month (took me about a month to finally unbox it). Since iTunes Music (and Movie) Store are not available in the Philippines, Apple did not put this in their Philippine Online Store.

The 2nd generation Apple TV is definitely smaller and sleeker with that black matte finish. I also owned a 1st generation Apple TV which has a built-in 40GB HDD. The new model does not have any built-in storage and will rely on your home network (Home Sharing) for storage (it’s got an 8GB NAND Flash for caching).

They’ve also redesigned the Apple Remote — this time, it’s bigger, longer and made up of aluminum. Much easier to find if you drop it under the sofa unlike the smaller, older one.

With the small form factor, the ports at the back of the device have been reduced to the bare necessities with the micro-USB and HDMI port being the most important of them. The LAN port and WiFi 802.11b/g/n are still there.

The interface of the new generation is still similar to the old one with some minor revisions for AirPlay and internal playback of videos (a phased out feature). What’s still underwhelming is that the device still cannot play 1080p videos (just 720p or lower).

Apple also reduced the price of the Apple TV down to $99 (got it for 8800 yen or about Php4,600). If you own the old Apple TV, there’s not much reason to upgrade to the new one. It’s cheaper (bought the old model for like Php12,500) but the removal of the internal HDD was the main reason for that.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

15 Responses

  1. Avatar for Homer Homer says:

    Did you use a transformer? Havent triedmplugging it into the main socket without the transformer. I got mine from japan and its indicated 125v. Help please:)

  2. Avatar for john john says:

    san kaya makakabili ng 1st gen apple tv?

  3. Avatar for Dave Kemick Dave Kemick says:

    Great post, I love the unboxing pictures! I have you noticed any buffering issues with iTunes rentals in particular? Here in the US it seems like the videos need to stop and buffer a few times during the course of a movie. Other than that I’m enjoying mine!

  4. Avatar for hd movie mania hd movie mania says:

    are all features working well here in the Philippines? Even movie rentals?

  5. Avatar for Manix Manix says:

    thank you for the advice Abe, now im interested in checking this out further.

  6. Avatar for Ralph Ralph says:

    ang ganda nito may remote pa. the same lang po ba to sa tivo?

  7. Avatar for Vance Vance says:

    no 1080P yet.. maybe next year.. does this support all types of media or you have to transcode the video to itunes friendly ones?

  8. Avatar for Quoted News Quoted News says:

    The modified remote is another reason why you have to upgrade your old model.

    Thanks for the post.

  9. Avatar for Angelo Angelo says:

    No 1080p, no love.

  10. Avatar for arnold arnold says:

    @Yuga – LOL! I just got my Apple TV today and currently trying out AirPlay from iPad. Can’t seem to make it work. Tamang tama matutulungan mo ako. hehehe

  11. Avatar for Abe Olandres Abe Olandres says:

    @Manix – connect it to my laptop or PC and stream media from there.

  12. Avatar for Manix Manix says:

    hi abe, how can you use it in phil setting considering iTunes dont support it?

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