The New Mac Mini is All About (HD) Movies...

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Mack McKinnon <MckinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote:

> ...downloaded via broadband internet, according to this writer. He thinks
> that Steve Jobs' new Mac Mini computer is envisioned to be the hardware for
> a new business scheme by Apple. The idea is that Apple will sell the Mac
> Mini as a media computer under the Sony brand name. Then, we will use it to
> download HDTV movies via broadband internet and play them on our TV's
> through a DVI connection.

Or hook up a firewire el gato HDTV sat receiver. This will allow direct
display of the 1920x1080 signal on your (Apple 23" ) full resolution
monitor too. Currently in Europe, the Euro1080 broadcasts are not free
to air anymore, but the few previews I've seen (using a Dreambox as
receiver, playing the movies on a tft monitor via my computer) were
impressive to say the least. ElGato is stating that you need a G5 with
considerable processing power though.
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