<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">For those not following Apple's event today, Apple announced the iTV (temporary name) which will ship in a few months. Its a wireless HD set-top box to send media from your Mac or PC to your HD TV. Looks like just what the doctor ordered... $299. From the event transcript:<DIV>---</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">802.11</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">USB2</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Ehternet</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">HDMI connector for all new big-screen flat panel TVs</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Component video (RGB)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">analog audio RCA jacks</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Optical audio</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Controled with the familiar white remote</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Hooks directly to your screen or to your set-top box as another input, or to your receiver.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">---</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.2px;">Roughly the same size as, but shorter than, the Mac Mini. I likey, hopefully it will accept an video source from the host computer and send it so that I can run the Mac frontend.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>