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I thought the hardware was way too underpowered for that sort of thing, hence the price. screens are expensive, but that wouldn't explain the > $300 price diffe

I thought the hardware was way too underpowered for that sort of thing, hence the price. screens are expensive, but that wouldn't explain the > $300 price difference the apple tv and an iphone or ipad. now an apple tv 2... edit: the ipod touch is only $229, but that's still $129 more than apple tv. anyone have more info about the possibilities of apps?

mambodog 16y ago
The current Apple TV contains the same cpu and graphics chip, and amount of memory as the iPad[1] Given that the iPad has decent games performance at 1024x768, I could see the Apple TV handling most iPad games at 720p, or running them at a lower resolution and upscaling (as the consoles do with many games, for example Halo 3/ODST[2] and GTA IV[3]). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Technical_specifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Technical_specificatio... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3#Graphics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3#Graphics [3] http://www.ripten.com/2008/04/29/confirmed-gta-iv-ps3-is-not-630pits-640p/ http://www.ripten.com/2008/04/29/confirmed-gta-iv-ps3-is-not...