What you need to know

This page is designed to feature content that will look good on the Apple TV and specifically has a resolution that is at least 640x360 (Apple's widescreen TV show resolution).

There is a lot of content (specifically Podcasts) specifically designed for the iPod. Most of that video is 320x240. Apple TV can play videos up to 1280x720 aka 720p and that is the resolution of most HD televisions. Video designed for the iPod isn't going to to look that good on the AppleTV (iTunes video excepted, of course).

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

TV

Meet the Ladies of Charm School
The Story - Grey's Anatomy
Thunderbird - Pimp My Ride
Acceptable.tv Tutorials
The Lost Survivor Guide - Lost
Casting Special - The Real World

Video Podcasts

Cool Hunting Video - coolhunting.com
A weekly series of webisodes, Cool Hunting Video goes onsite meeting artists, designers, and other innovators to get an inside look at their inspiration and process.

TERRA: The Nature of Our World
LIFEONTERRA is a collaborative filmspace and laboratory exploring the questions and ideas on the cutting-edge of science and at the farthest horizons of the natural world. The "TERRA: The Nature of Our World" video podcast launched in October 2005. TERRA films have been downloaded over one million times.

Wild Chronicles - Natural Geographic
A voyage of discovery of our natural world with National Geographic researchers, adventures, and some innovative scientists who strap cameras on animals to see what happens.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

TV

Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Sundance Channel
Joel Woolf, alternative-fuel enthusiast and inventor of Veg Powered Systems, drag races his truck fueled by the vegetable oil from a fried-chicken tailgate party; Colette Brooks, a fanatic for muscle cars and Prada shoes, leads a bio-diesel PR campaign that hooks up clients with diesel cars around the country; and Indy Racing League’s Jeff Simmons prepares for the 2007 season by suiting up for a test drive a car that runs on 100% ethanol.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

TV

Human Giant - Season Premiere - MTV
Child talent agents the Shutterbugs fire a little girl, Aziz, Rob and Paul sic attack dogs on themselves, the Illusionators cause mind explosions at a funeral, and guest star Ghostface Killah teaches Aziz a lesson with a baseball bat.

MLB Season Preview - Major League Baseball starts this week.
Join Peter McCarthy as he hosts MLB.com's 2007 Major League Baseball Season Preview show. We take a close look, Division-by-Division, at every ballclub, with player exclusive interviews and special on-location reports from Casey Stern and Seth Everett. Exactly what you need to prepare for the upcoming baseball season!

Spotlight 25 - Lifetime
What do today's 25-year-old women have to say about life, love, sex and trying to have it all? Willow Bay finds out in this revealing special about Gen Y that offers candid commentary from an engaging group of young women, including Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, on the hot topics that affect their lives.

Other Free Content

Animation

Frederator
Refrederator

News

Washington Post HD News
This video podcast includes the best documentary video in HD from washingtonpost.com.

Technology

Cranky Geeks
John C. Dvorak, whose crankiness knows no bounds, is a contributing editor of PC Magazine, for which he has been writing two columns, including the popular Inside Track, since 1986.

The Merlin Show - [iTunes Link