Macintosh TV
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The Macintosh TV is a personal computer with integrated television capabilities released by Apple Computer in 1993. It was Apple's first attempt at computer-television integration. It shares the external appearance of the Macintosh LC 500 series, but in black.[10] The Macintosh TV is essentially a Performa 520 that can switch its built-in 14" Sony Trinitron CRT from being a computer display to a cable-ready television. It is incapable of showing television in a desktop window, although it can capture still frames to PICT files.
Also known as | Mac TV LD50 Peter Pan[1] |
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Type | All-in-one |
Release date | October 25, 1993; 30 years ago (1993-10-25)[2][3][4][5] |
Introductory price | US$2,097 (equivalent to $4,423 in 2023)[6] |
Discontinued | February 1, 1994 (1994-02-01)[7] |
Units shipped | 10,000[8][9] |
Operating system | System 7.1 - Mac OS 7.6.1 With 68040 upgrade, Mac OS 8.1, or with PowerPC upgrade, Mac OS 9.1 |
CPU | Motorola 68030 @ 32 MHz |
Memory | 5 MB RAM (80 ns 72-pin SIMM), expandable to 8 MB, 1 MB ROM |
Storage | 160 MB HDD, 1.44 MB SuperDrive |
Display | Built-in 14" Sony Trinitron CRT |
Graphics | Video: 512 KB VRAM; supports 640 × 480 at 8-bits |
Dimensions | 17.9" × 13.5" × 16.5" |
Mass | 40.5 lb. |
Successor | Power Macintosh G3 All-in-One |
Website | support |
It comes with a small credit card-sized remote control that is also compatible with Sony televisions. It was the first Macintosh to be made in black and comes with a matching black keyboard and mouse. Later Apple would issue a custom black Performa 5420 in markets outside the United States with many of the features of the Mac TV. Apple's similar TV tuner card was a popular option for later LC, Performa series, and select models of Power Macintosh G3 beige computers.
Only 10,000 were made in the model's short time on the market.[8]