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Instead of waiting for Apple TV, I took an old PowerBook G4 and hooked it up to my HD TV with an S-Video cable and and audio splitter. Now I can watch videos on my TV and browse the web. The picture quality is amazing. Parts List: PowerBook G4 S-Video Cable Audio Splitter Audio A/B Cable TV Installation Steps: Plug the S-Video cable from the back of the PowerBook G4 into the S-Video input of your TV. Then from the Apple menu, choose System Prefernces, Choose Displays, then click on Detect Displays. After the computer detects the external display, the TV, turn Mirroring on and what you see on your computer will be displayed on the TV. Then plug the Audio Splitter into the Audio out port on your computer. Connect the white and red cables to the TV audio inputs. Watching Video: QuickTime - Play a video and choose View, Full Screen and the video will play full screen on your TV. Other video players you can try are FireAnt and Democracy. Front Row: Newer Macs have Front Row with an IR remote you can use to control viewing videos on your Mac. Here's a blog post that explains how to intall Front Row on older Macs. How To Install Apple’s Front Row 1.3 Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) Tags: appletv, itv, stevegarfield, video, vlog, videoblog
