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Is the iTV a glorified AirPort Express for video, or a hardware version of Front Row?

April 26, 2017Airport Express front row glorified hardware iTV version video

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Is the iTV a glorified AirPort Express for video, or a hardware version of Front Row?

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It’s actually a little bit of both. Like the AirPort Express, iTV lets you stream media from iTunes (running on a Mac or Windows PC) to a home entertainment system, and includes Ethernet and USB ports. But the iTV has a bit more intelligence than the AirPort Express, which plays only what a remote Mac tells it to: In addition to playing back audio, the iTV also displays video and provides an onscreen menu system that gives you the ability to choose what you want to watch or listen to without having to use a computer in another room. Instead, you can use an Apple Remote to browse all your media options via an onscreen menu that looks very much like the Front Row multimedia management software Apple includes on most current Macs.