Apple TV

StirCrazy · #1 02-06-2009, 12:30 PM

I am building a media computer and my friend already has one set up. Simply it is another computer, that is in your stereo/TV rack and hooked to the TV and sound system. with windows media canter and a wireless card so you can run it in your home network it is simple and works good.

you could build one for cheep depending on what you have around the house for computer spares.

Steve

mark · #2 02-07-2009, 02:06 AM

wow, love or hate. Think a little more research is needed to see if worth the $249

TTT · #3 02-07-2009, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mark

wow, love or hate. Think a little more research is needed to see if worth the $249

I love my Apple TV. I have my whole iTunes music library now playing on my living room stereo. I have always been a Blockbuster movie rental person but since I bought the Apple TV I have never gone back to Blockbuster. Downloading is way better. Unfortunately the selection is not as good but I think that will just take time with the movie industry. The movie quality of a regular movie is great and the HD versions are excellent. If you rent a regular movie you can start watching it about 30 seconds after it starts downloading. If you rent the HD version than it usually takes about 1.5 hours before you can start watching (planning ahead helps). I would never go back to Blockbuster and would never give up my Apple TV.

lastlight · #4 02-07-2009, 05:10 AM

When I rent HD they start playing in no more than 30 seconds...

Also...I haven't had issues playing a lot of my movies on it. I have quicktime pro which i open avi, mpg, wmv files etc in. Save'em out as .mov and then into itunes. from there it streams to my apple tv.

BlueAbyss · #5 02-07-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

When I rent HD they start playing in no more than 30 seconds...

Also...I haven't had issues playing a lot of my movies on it. I have quicktime pro which i open avi, mpg, wmv files etc in. Save'em out as .mov and then into itunes. from there it streams to my apple tv.

Ah, I didn't think of that... well done, you found a way

Now I have to buy QT Pro and an Apple TV, thanks

mark · #6 02-08-2009, 07:40 PM

well after seeing the XBOX would work, looked into the kid's wii.

Not as slick as Apple TV and iTunes, but using winamp I'm playing my MP3s on my HT.

lastlight · #7 02-08-2009, 08:14 PM

Well I just ran into an issue trying to get a movie to play. It was .avi so I opened in qt and saved as mov. Went into my library no prob. But there was a flag when trying to sync to my apple tv. Must be the codec no idea. So in qt again...I selected export and saw a 'movie to apple tv' option. This create a .m4v and I KNOW this works flawlessly. Takes a while to do the conversion tho.