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hey guys what's going on this is Jonathan with TLD bringing you the full review to the newly released Apple TV the little guy that's smaller than an Xbox controller as I noted in my unboxing I've heard some of you guys joke comparing it's like the size of a Klondike bar it is small you can really throw it in your backpack and take it on the go to be honest but I'm gonna run you guys through the specs the features show you guys how it works how it looks set up the interface of the actual Apple TV itself and let you guys know what's worth picking up okay so the second-generation Apple TV is available now for you guys to pick up it hits the shelves at 99 bucks taking a closer look at the Apple TV itself you guys can see aesthetically it's a little doesn't really pop out to the eyes the actual remote looks cooler in my opinion I almost wish they went with that aluminum look for the whole Apple TV unit but then again it's gonna sit next to your TV's so it's not a huge deal now on the rear I all you guys can see the power cable connection we got the HDMI out USB slot for firmware updates obstacle audio says that support 5.1 surround and in the Ethernet port if you guys don't want to do Wi-Fi now taking a closer look at the user interface we'll start with the movie section for the new releases in HD they come in at $4.99 for the older ones those are 399 overall it's still a little pricey for me to rent a movie I think I'd rather go watch a DVD writing at Netflix or Redbox or something like that and for the actual TV shows those were a little better price those come in at $0.99 for the HD and standard definition so it's kind of no brainer for the same price you get the HD version and you're going to be hooked up to an HDTV either way if you have the Apple TV now I'm moving on to probably my favorite part of the Apple TV is the Netflix streaming which is 10 bucks month if you guys haven't experienced Netflix not only do you get dvd's sent to your house but you get access to all these TV shows movies they've really worked it out you're getting a lot more access to some of the newer movies and TV shows so really I mean you guys could cancel your cable bill it's not all the newest shows but for 10 bucks a month you get a huge amount of content so I'm gonna give you guys a look of the actual interface which is really impressive to me as far as a Netflix goes some of the interfaces on blu-ray players don't look that good they don't work that well as far as picture quality like I said doesn't need 1080p but this is 720p through a Samsung 46 inch TV overall definitely impressed and it's very acceptable for 720p most TV shows are in 720p so it looks very good now you can actually also watch and view you to bond here you can sign in the actual interfaces okay you don't have that much control you guys can see the top viewed most viewed you guys can search for shows now the quality actually looks very good it's kind of amazing from YouTube videos two years ago that looked kind of left and crappy now it was 720 and HD everything looks good even on a huge 46 inch TV you guys know who Philly D is you guys haven't seen them go check them out you can also do a radio MobileMe podcast Flickr I'll take you guys to the radio section right now there's tons and tons of radio stations on here keep mind these are all free for you guys these are streaming on the internet so that's very cool as well now the remote app for the iPhone and the iPad work very well very seamless I do recommend this option if you can do that over the actual remote that comes with the Apple TV so airplay as of now only does audio the idea behind that is you can take music or videos which doesn't work at the moment from your iPad from your computer from your iMac your MacBook Pro and streaming it to your TV having those come out of those speakers right now so like I said only audio works right now we should get that update probably in November to do video so I'm looking forward to that but that's just a little quick rundown of airplay now one thing I want to point out for you guys is I see a lot of comments y can buy a blu-ray player 450 bucks and play blu-rays or I can buy an Xbox 360 or ps3 and the fact of the matter is you can do that but like I said some people maybe don't want a game or even pay the money for blu-rays so if you guys want a little small portable convenient package that's not going to draw a lot of power you can do Netflix at no charge that's one thing I want to point out to you guys with Xbox 360 you do have to pay for Xbox Live now if you want to arm one device to play games on maybe go for the ps3 or the Xbox 360 but if you want something small it's not going to really break the bank it's not going to draw too much power you can watch YouTube Netflix for free like I mentioned it's a great device and it's a great purchase it's not gonna really break the bank so like I said I win skeptical overall it impressed me definitely would recommend it if you guys are thinking about it hope you guys enjoyed this review thanks for watching if you haven't already feel free to subscribe go ahead and follow me on Twitter if you guys haven't done that all those links are in the description and I will catch you guys later you