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The first Apple TV Video

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The first Apple TV
Created: 10/10/2007
Video description: Long before the doomed little silver box, Apple promoted a way to watch TV from a computer.

The first Apple TV Video Transcript

>> Silicone Valley is full of stories. Some pretty; some not. This is one of those stories. Bruce Damer, curator of the DigiBarn, reveals the ancestor of the Apple TV.

>> This black Mac is the Macintosh TV for -- made for college dorm rooms. It was sold with a Matt Groening's School is Hell poster. And it was -- you could play music and remote control over to cable, and then it was a Mac as well.

>> Look for more Tales of Silicone Valley at cnettv.com. ^M00:00:42[ Music ]

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