Jaman Pushes Commercial AppleTV Hack

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on September 28, 2007

One of these days I really need to sit down and try Jaman.com. Maybe by then I’ll have picked up an AppleTV, which I admit I haven’t tried yet either. But I certainly like the idea of a combination of the two. I wrote about Jaman while I was at the DEMO Conference earlier this year, and if you’re into foreign films and indy stuff and what not, it certainly looks like a lot of fun. (You can see a video of its DEMO presentation here.) I heard about an earlier version of this hack, and at the time I called Jaman CEO Gaurav Dhillon about it, and he was a little circumspect about in talking about it then. Seem’s he’s not worrying anymore.

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Reader Comments

theconsumerdude

September 28, 2007 04:30 PM

I have use Jaman.com.

Interesting, fun when you want to try some movies off the beaten path. UI is easy, and downloads are fairly smooth.

There are many genres to choose from and if you feel adventuresome?!

I would recommend it to those who are looking for something new to try to avoid all the same old crap.

try it.

TCD

Luck Kanthatham

September 29, 2007 01:59 AM

Arik, Jaman has just released the JamanTV plugin to allow their rented movies to be played on the Apple TV.

You can check it out on http://appletvhacks.net

NewsReader

September 29, 2007 11:15 AM

Would you please detail this Jamon/AppleTV hack or at least drop a pointer as to where to find it?

Going to the Jaman site FAQ has the Apple TV "due to be released soon", so no help there ...

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