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Apple TV

What is it?

Apple TV gives you access to the best content — blockbuster movies, TV shows, sports, your music and photos and more and displays it to an HDTV or projector. You can even play content from your iOS device or Mac wirelessly using AirPlay.

Key Features
  • Hit movies and TV shows on demand
  • Live sports, news, and weather
  • Your photos and videos
  • Family Sharing
  • iTunes Radio
  • AirPlay
  • iCloud
Who uses it?

Faculty, staff, or students using the room can mirror displays from a Mac or iOS device.

How does it work?

Uses as an Educational Technology

Apple TV can be used to wirelessly mirror other devices to a classroom projector. A Mac computer or iOS device (iPad or iPhone) can connect wirelessly to an Apple TV via AirPlay to a classroom projector. Images, video, and audio can be carried.

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Apple TV is a digital media player and a microconsole developed and sold by Apple Inc. It is a small network appliance and entertainment device that can receive digital data from a number of sources and stream it to a capable TV for playing on the TV screen.

Apple TV is an HDMI-compliant source device connected to an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television via a HDMI cable to the TV’s HDMI port, and the TV is put into HDMI mode. The device has no integrated controls and can only be controlled externally, either by an Apple Remote control device (with which it is shipped) using its infrared capability or by the iTunes Remote app (downloadable from App Store) on iOS devices, such as the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Apple Watch, using its Wi-Fi capability. Its Wi-Fi capability is also used to receive digital content from the iTunes app using AirPlay or directly from iTunes Store, which is then streamed to the TV. It also plays digital content from the iTunes Store, Netflix, Hulu Plus, Now TV (UK only), YouTube and Vevo, along with the TV Everywhere portals of several cable and broadcast networks, and the video subscription portals of three of the four major North American sports leagues: MLB.tv, NBA League Pass and NHL GameCenter. It plays content from any OS X or Windows computer running iTunes.

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