Got your attention . Following up on a recent comment about the possibility of running music visualizerson the Apple TV, the issue of heat build up came up. The Apple TV runs really hot as you’ve probably noticed. I thought I’d post a note here about a really interesting article at Digital Trends showing infra-red pictures of the Apple TV running full tilt and in so-called “standby” mode. Apple seems to have a real talent for packaging fairly powerful devices without fans (without obvious passive cooling either) but you have to wonder if this has any long term effect? I also would like to see better power management in a future device, surely running this hot in standby is not green.

Credit to Digital Trends and Jason Tomczak for the photo linked here.

iTunes SD Rentals New Release and Removals for 10-01-08.

22 New SD Releases were added today. Nothing too exciting except for Dust To Glory. This movie had a decent Rotten Tomatoes review. Even if you’re not a desert-rat and don’t really like motocross racing, I think everyone can appreciate the struggles and sacrifices these competitors go through for the prize of glory.

Click the link below to view today’s list.
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[Apple TV Hacks] Two alternative open source media centers have been released for the Apple TV. By way of Apple TV Hacks, XMBC Media Center and Boxee are now available to install on your Apple TV. XBMC supports a very complete spectrum of of audio and video multimedia file formats and codecs right out-of-the-box. Boxee will play any non-DRM content, and let users share information with each other and their existing social networks about what they’re watching or listening to.

So if your still jonzing for that Apple TV update that never was, head on over to Apple TV Hacks and learn more about these alternative media centers for your Apple TV.

Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.

We have 5 new HD titles for the beginning of October, and Marvel finds a way to sneak yet another comic book character movie in the mix, this time in the form a cartoon in Doctor Strange.

Alien Autopsy
Death of a President
Doctor Strange
Jeepers Creepers
The River

Head on over to the HD Rentals page to see this weeks entire list of new titles.