Macintosh TV

Not to be confused with Apple TV.
Macintosh TV
Release date October 1993
Introductory price US$2,097
Discontinued February 1994
Operating system System 7.1-System 7.1.1, System 7.1.2 (PowerPC upgrade), System 7.5-Mac OS 7.6.1, or with PowerPC upgrade, Mac OS 9.1
CPU Motorola 68030
Memory 5 MB, expandable to 8 MB

The Macintosh TV is Apple Computer's first attempt at computer-television integration. It shared the external appearance of the Macintosh LC 500 series, but in black. The Macintosh TV was essentially a Performa 520 that could switch its built-in 14" Sony Trinitron CRT from being a computer display to a cable-ready television. It was incapable of showing television in a desktop window, although it could capture still frames to PICT files.

It came with a small credit card-sized remote control that was also compatible with Sony televisions. It was the first Macintosh to be made in black and came with a custom 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 and Performa series computers.

Only 10,000 were made in the model's short time on the market.

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