As even Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs admits, the digital living room has been a tough nut to crack. All of us have tried: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, TiVo, Vudu, Netflix, Blockbuster, Jobs said at the Macworld conference Jan. 15. We've all missed. No one's succeeded yet. The notion is intriguing: finding a way to move video from the Web and from the PCs in consumers' home offices to the big-screen TVs.

Apple TV: Trying to Make Itself Comfortable in the Living Room