There’s no longer a digital media player called simply “Apple TV” in this company’s product line up. But it wasn’t discontinued, just renamed, pobably to prevent confusion with the upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service.
Welcome to the Apple TV HD
As of this morning, this company’s base model media player was redubbed Apple TV HD. This supports at most 1080p video and sells for $149, like it did when it was called just Apple TV.
There was no need to modify the high-end version of this device, as it was already named Apple TV 4K.
With this change, there are no longer any products dubbed simply “Apple TV.” This will hopefully reduce the chances of confusion between this company’s video hardware (Apple TV 4K and HD), software (Apple TV App) and services (Apple TV+).
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 26 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh SE/30 (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer.
That’s because he’s a “tablet first” type of guy. Rather than use a Macbook, he connects a keyboard case to the iPad. And instead of a desktop Mac, he connects his tablet to a 27-inch display and full-size keyboard. (So don’t try to tell him that everyone has to use a Mac to be productive.)
Before coming to Cult of Mac, Ed wrote for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
