Apple TV to receive upgrade

May 31st, 2007

Barely a year after its release, Apple has dropped an announcement concerning a hardware upgrade to the Apple TV. Available in a few weeks’ time, the upgraded Apple TV will ship with a 160GB hard drive, four times the capacity of current 40GB models. This new model will retail for a rather steep $399, enabling users to watch online videos when the service starts in the middle of next month, with more videos to be available as time goes by. Does anybody else think that the revamped Apple TV will be a contender with the Xbox 360 when it comes to media-centric features?