KwiVenkile yeApple sinokufumana inani elikhulu lemidlalo esivumela ukuba silawule isithuthi ngelixa siphepha kwaye sitsibe imiqobo eyahlukeneyo. Le midlalo ngokukhawuleza iphindaphindeka kwaye iyadika kwaye iya kuthi shwaka ngokukhawuleza kwi-iPhone okanye kwi-iPad yethu, kuba ulawulo alulunganga ngendlela ebesingathanda ngayo. Nangona kunjalo, xa simi phambi kwekhibhodi, izinto zitshintsha kakhulu, kuba ukuchaneka okubonelelwa ngamaqhosha, Inkulu kakhulu kunento esinokuyifumana ngescreen sokuchukumisa, nokuba ichanekile kangakanani na. Uvavanyo olugqithisileyo lwe-ATV, ngumdlalo wolu hlobo kodwa uyafumaneka kwi-Apple desktop ecosystem.
Kuvavanyo lwe-ATV oluGqithisileyo kuya kufuneka sibeke izakhono zethu ze-quad kuvavanyo kuwo onke amanqanaba angaphezu kwama-80 akhoyo kumdlalo. Njengokuba siqhubela phambili kwinqanaba, sinako ukwenza ubuqu kunye nokuhlaziya isithuthi ukuze ukhuphiswano lwethu lungachaphazeleka. Amanqanaba okuqala omdlalo alula, kodwa njengoko siqhubeka, siyabona ukuba kanjani ubunzima bonyuka kakhulu. Icebo esilifunayo ukuze sikwazi ukoyisa imiqobo eyahlukeneyo ayisoloko ifana, ke kuyakufuneka siyiphucule njengoko sisiya phambili.
Kwezi ntlobo zemidlalo Ayisivuzi isantya, kodwa ubuchule, ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza akusoloko kufana nokugqiba ngokukhawuleza ukhenketho lwethu. Uvavanyo lwe-ATV olugqithisileyo ngumdlalo wasimahla esinokuwukhuphela ngekhonkco ekupheleni kwenqaku. Ukuze uyonwabele, iMac yethu kufuneka ilawulwe yi-macOS 10.6.6 okanye kamva, ayifuni processor ye-64-bit. Indawo efunekayo yokukhuphela umdlalo yi-85 MB, ke ayizukuhlala kwindawo ebalulekileyo kwi-hard drive yethu nokuba siyalibala ngayo okwethutyana.