Apple to bring YouTube to your widescreen television
By John Pospisil
You too will be able to watch low-resolution, user-generated video content on your expensive, wide-screen television, thanks to a new partnership between Apple and YouTube.
Beginning in mid-June, Apple’s set-top box, the Apple TV, will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user’s widescreen TV.
According to Apple, viewers will be able to easily browse, find and watch free videos from YouTube in the comfort of their living room.
“This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it’s really, really fun,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.
“YouTube is a worldwide sensation, and Apple TV is bringing it directly from the Internet onto the widescreen TV in your living room.”
Thousands of the most current and popular YouTube videos will be available on Apple TV at launch in mid-June, with YouTube adding thousands more each week until the full YouTube catalog is available this fall.
YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favorite videos.
The YouTube feature for Apple TV will be available as a free software update in mid-June.
While I’m sure it will be quite amusing to watch YouTube in your lounge room, I find it quite odd that Steve Jobs seems to thinks that it will be particularly great to watch YouTube on a widescreen television.
Aren’t most YouTube clips quite low resolution? And aren’t most widescreen televisions, well, wide? Isn’t there somewhat of a disconnect… perhaps someone should tell Steve.
Still I guess it sounded good when the PR agency was trying to work what Steve should say in the press release.
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