Anyone have an Apple TV?

[leowyatt]

Just heard about this (http://www.applecorellc.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=27) on MacBreak Weekly so thought I'd share. It's a great solution and if I had an Apple TV I'd use this and the 360 would never be used for media every again.

[Mark]

If I'd have known about that I might have bought an AppleTV instead of the solution I did go for as it supports more formats. Still, at least what I did get cost less than the 40GB model but has 250GB available. :)

[Feek]

Now that's very very interesting - I'd love to be able to rip all my DVDs out to a media box and get all the disks stashed away somewhere but still have access to them. I don't know if it's possible to add an external disk array to the AppleTV but if so then this is seriously worth considering.

[leowyatt]

You can hack the apple TV to use USB storage :)

[Feek]

--aTV Flash Unavailable Until Further Notice- Thursday 29 May, 2008

Due to questions arising regarding the fair use of a particular file present on the aTV Flash, and conflicting opinions as to whether or not it falls under the fair use category, we have VOLUNTARILY discontinued offering the aTV Flash at this time.

In our interpretation of the fair use doctrine, our software does not cross any lines, but since this is a grey area issue, we have taken a proactive approach and decided to seek clarifcation directly from the rights holder before we offer the product again.

We are working with them to resolve this, and will have updates posted here as they become available.

Current orders have been canceled and refunded.

Sorry for this inconvenience.

Apple Core, LLC

And there was me planning on going and looking at the AppleTV as I drive past Lakeside later today...

[karbon]

you can load stuff from your network i believe. you could get a NAS box and use that.

a friend of mine has one and certainly picks up stuff from one of his other machines.

[Del Lardo]

My housemate has a great hack for Apple TV that is very good for indexing TV show and films from network shares/NASs but it doesn't support all formats most notisably mkv files.

I have an Istar HD which is the dogs doodahs. $250 delivered from the US and will play pretty much everything you can throw at it including 1080p mkv files. Will play back from network shares, esata disks and USB drives.

[petemc]

I looked into the Apple TV but it can't play mkv files for some reason so I ended my search. I've heard something about a new Asus eeeeeee thing but its only a 1.6ghz Atom processor. I have no idea how that'll cope with 720p video.

[Flibster]

I looked into the Apple TV but it can't play mkv files for some reason so I ended my search. I've heard something about a new Asus eeeeeee thing but its only a 1.6ghz Atom processor. I have no idea how that'll cope with 720p video.

As my freshly softmodded Xbox can play 720p rather smoothly at 733mhz/64mb ram over a lan - the Atom in the Eee shouldn't be stressed at all with that.

All I need to do is re-case the xbox to make it a bit prettier and I'll be sorted for now. :D

Simon/~Flibster

[petemc]

O rly? Original Xbox with no cpu updates? I've tried and mine fails. It stutters like a mofo after 16 pints.

[Daz]

To be fair you'd stutter after 16 pints as well ;D

[leowyatt]

Just checked my link and you can buy it again Feek :D \o/

[Del Lardo]

Just checked my link and you can buy it again Feek :D \o/


Quite tempted as a DVD unit for my Gran so I can unbrick my Apple TV but it still fails big style by not being able to play mkv files above 480p.

If you're looking to buy an Apple TV to go with the software then I still think that the IStar HD (http://www.istarhd.com/) is a far better bet. If you already have an Apple TV then it could be a good bet though from my brief look it looks like they have collected and made an easy install for a load of software that is available for free and has been for quite a while.

[Flibster]

O rly? Original Xbox with no cpu updates? I've tried and mine fails. It stutters like a mofo after 16 pints.

Yup. I think it depends a lot on the format of the video. Mov files fail badly. Many of my 720p avi's work fine though.

Simon/~Flibster

[petemc]

I only have mkv. Not many really. Planet Earth, Matrix, Transformers & Superman. None work well. Shame cos Planet Earth is stunning in HD.

[Flibster]

I only have mkv. Not many really. Planet Earth, Matrix, Transformers & Superman. None work well. Shame cos Planet Earth is stunning in HD.

Got Planet Earth and the Matrix Trilogy on HD-DVD. :D The cave Planet Earth episode is one pf the best things I've ever seen in HD.

Once the price of BluRay disks comes down they will get converted.

[Del Lardo]

mmm, best I not post my mkv list here but the films are well over 500GB :D