They have arrived at the "HD" format that plays on an iPod, a PC and AppleTV! They call it their "large format":
It's an H.264 encoded Quicktime file. It's shot in HDV, has a 16x9 aspect ratio, saved as a 640x360 sized movie. Datarate is 1.5 megabit/sec. (sound is 44khz, 16 bit AAC).
I have tested it on the iPod and PC/Mac, although not (yet) with an Apple TV. It's within the Apple TV specs, and should look a lot better than the demo podcasts they had running at the Apple store in Palo Alto.
Note, GeekBrief is taking in money from sponsors (a coffee company, of all things!) and donations from individuals (direct to PayPal). Sound like a plan?
I've uploaded a the segment I tested to my own server, so you can right-click to download the file. Or, watch it by clicking on the picture below:
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