aTV Flash drive for Apple TV gets upgrade
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
May 21, 2008 at 4:14pm
Apple Core has released a new version (2.2) of aTV Flash, an US$59.95 USB flash drive that inserts into the Apple TV and will upgrade it to do various kinds of new things. The software installs automatically, and no modification or coding is required.
aTV Flash lets your Apple TV play most video formats (DivX, Xvid, AVI, WMV, RMVB + more) an play DVD files without converting them. It also lets you: sync, organize and watch non-iTunes video files; browse the web with a Safari based web browser; rent and watch Hi-Def movies from Jaman.com; stream media from UPnP(v1) media servers; view local weather forecasts; view RSS Feeds; and enable SSH access. Version 2.2 fixes problems with Mplayer, OpenAL and the Couch Surfer web browser.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
Donald Duvernoy Says:
I installed the update and I found that Couch Surfer still hangs on some pages and requires you to unplug the Apple TV to get out of it.
Posted on May 22, 2008