| Technical Specifications | |
| Size and Weight | Height: 23 mm (0.9 inches) |
| | Width: 98 mm (3.9 inches) |
| | Depth: 98 mm (3.9 inches) |
| | Weight: 0.27 kg (0.6 pounds)1 |
| In the box | Apple TV |
| | Apple Remote |
| | Power Lead |
| | Documentation |
| Processor | Apple single-core A5 chip |
| System Requirements | Wi-Fi (802.11a, b, g or n) wireless network (wireless video streaming requires 802.11a, g or n) or 10/100BASE-T Ethernet network |
| iTunes Store account for renting movies and buying TV shows |
| For streaming media from a Mac or PC: iTunes 10.6 or later; iTunes Store account for Home Sharing |
| MLB.TV subscription required to watch live and archived games |
| NHL GameCenter Live subscription required to watch live and archived games |
| Ports and interfaces | HDMI2 |
| Optical Audio |
| 10/100BASE-T Ethernet |
| Built-in IR receiver |
| Micro-USB (for service and support) |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) |
| Environmental requirements | Operating temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F) |
| Storage temperature: -20° to 45° C (-4° to 113° F) |
| Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing |
| Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m) |
| Power | Built-in 6-watt universal power supply |
| Video formats | H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats |
| MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640x480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats |
| Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280x720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format |
| Audio formats supported | HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through |
| Photo formats | JPEG, GIF, TIFF |
| TV Compatibility | Compatible with high-definition TVs with HDMI and capable of 1080p or 720p at 60/50Hz,2 including popular models from these manufacturers: Hitachi, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Vizio, Westinghouse
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