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Apple TV Orders Being Charged to Credit Cards

Several individuals who ordered the Apple TV early have noticed that today (March 12th) their credit cards have been charged the full amount for their Apple TV order. No shipping notices have yet been issued and the "ship date" on the order status page still reflects a March 20th shipping date. A discussion thread at Apple also reflects these happenings.

Retail Apple stores are expecting their Apple TV shipments by the 20th or 21st for display to the public.

The Apple TV was original scheduled for shipment in February but was delayed until "mid-March".

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64 months ago
good news! hopefully they'll be shipping soon :) :apple:
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64 months ago
Does anyone think that Apple will announce 720p downloads soon, to coincide with, or jumpstart, the sales of ATV?
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64 months ago

Does anyone think that Apple will announce 720p downloads soon, to coincide with, or jumpstart, the sales of ATV?


i sure hope so
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64 months ago
I started a thread on this earlier. Anyway, I had reason to call Apple about this earlier today, and was told specifically that AppleTVs are shipping March 20th, but I was also told that my card wouldn't be charged until my order shipped. It was charged just an hour or two later. So we'll see...
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64 months ago
This is great news! I can't wait to start reading the reviews. Oh yeah... and the unboxing photos... [drool]...

Will the Apple TV really "change the way we watch TV?" Time will tell.
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64 months ago
Yay! Maybe we won't have to wait for next week!

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64 months ago
How long will it take to download a movie in 720p?
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64 months ago

How long will it take to download a movie in 720p?


At the 5Mbps the AppleTV supports? A bloody long time I would think.

A DVD converted to AppleTV format via Quicktime kept it's native resolution and was encoded at 2.5Mbps in H.264 and it was massive.
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64 months ago
AppleTV is the only viable option right now for savvy consumers who want to view their high definition home movies on their HD sets.

I'll buy the moment it comes out. I did some test exporting some HDV footage to AppleTV 720p video and it looks really good. I'm excited by this.
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64 months ago

At the 5Mbps the AppleTV supports? A bloody long time I would think.

This is high definition at DVD bitrates. Really amazing considering 720P has about 3 times the resolution of 480P.
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