Macintosh TV
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. 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.

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.

Specifications
Source:

 Processor: 32 MHz Motorola 68030 central processing unit
 Bus: 16 MHz
 FPU: none
 Performance: 7.0 MIPS
 RAM: 5 MB from factory (4 MB on motherboard, expandable to 8 MB using a single 100ns 72-pin SIMM; can use 1 MB or 4 MB SIMM)
 L2 cache: none
 CD-ROM: AppleCD 300i (2x)
 ADB ports for keyboard and mouse
 DIN-8 serial ports on back of computer
 DB-25 SCSI connector on back of computer
 Antenna In (F-type RF Connector)
 Composite Video-In, Stereo Audio Input (RCA-type)
 No expansion slots
 PRAM battery: 3.6 V lithium
 Gestalt ID: 88
 Addressing: 32-bit
 Upgrade path: none

Upgrades

See also
 Apple Interactive Television Box
 Power Macintosh G3 beige 
 Apple TV
 iMac

References

External links

Macintosh TV at EveryMac.com

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Computer-related introductions in 1993