[Stranger]

Oh snap!!!
Hopefully once hacked it can handle bluray rips and not some low bitrate only 1080p...

A $99 device that could handle full Bluray .m2ts would be a dream come true (a miracle). It has to be able to handle 1080p p2p scene releases and your own H.264 encodes, but i highly doubt it will handle raw VC-1 .m2ts files straight off the disc. Maybe raw H.264 bluray files will play, but then wi-fi is always a problem. Sometimes I wonder if I should stop buying Bluray discs and just start pirating scene encodes instead, i hate my conscious. Can't wait to put it the test regardless!

[krish_2k4]

ATV3 supports 1080p

http://mashable.com/2012/03/07/apple-tv-1080p/

[Antioch]

Thought I'd kick off the XBMC on ATV3 thread.

Does anyone know of any plans to get XBMC running on the ATV3? Any ideas how well it will run? I don't know that they updated any hardware, but it now has support for 1080p output.

Thanks.

[deanmv]

Has a single core A5 chip. Bit lame, http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

[Ozymandyaz]

Note the A5 CPU, but a picture of an A4...

http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

[thejon]

Has a single core A5 chip. Bit lame, http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

Quite lame. Oh well; guess I'm still building a full htpc after all :/

[onizuka]

If it actually is the quad core.....will XBMC be able to take advantage of it?

[Hitcher]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=1039804

[deanmv]

If it actually is the quad core.....will XBMC be able to take advantage of it?

It's only single core, says so on the spec page.

Note the A5 CPU, but a picture of an A4...

It shows the A5 for me :S

http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

[thejon]

It's only single core, says so on the spec page.

Yep. Bummer. I'm seeing the A5 image too.

[Ozymandyaz]

Well now the picture has changed to an A5 on the tech specs... Shoulda taken a screen shot =)

[GnarusLeo]

So safe to say that for instance a xvid/divx 720p/1080p on a ATV will never happen?

[maruchan]

The tech specs on that page don't seem to be updated yet. It still says that it outputs at 1280x720, which doesn't match up with the announcement.

Edit: nevermind, they're updated now. Single core A5 indeed. Davilla or Memphiz may be able to weigh in on what performance benefits (if any) we'll see.

[Maetrik]

So the new ATV3 is an iPad2 without a screen. Not that bad, but i'll stay with my ATV2s.

[deanmv]

So the new ATV3 is an iPad2 without a screen. Not that bad, but i'll stay with my ATV2s.

Nope the iPad 2 had a Dual-Core A5 chip.