thinking about purchasing the apple tv

poipu420 · Dec 3, 2007

and i have some questions. can i have all my itunes content stored on a usb hard drive connected to my mbp, stream to the apple tv?

are also my favorites lists can be viewed on the apple tv? id like to create a playlist of my favorite music videos and stream them to my tv.

if the videos are from youtube, do they look odd when displayed on a 50" tv?

thanks!

imlucid · Dec 3, 2007

poipu420 said:
and i have some questions. can i have all my itunes content stored on a usb hard drive connected to my mbp, stream to the apple tv?

Yes

are also my favorites lists can be viewed on the apple tv? id like to create a playlist of my favorite music videos and stream them to my tv.

Apple TV doesn't support video playlists at this time.

if the videos are from youtube, do they look odd when displayed on a 50" tv?

thanks!

Some videos look better than others. None of them are great quality but are generally watchable.

Kevin

cohibadad · Dec 3, 2007

streaming from a usb drive was slow for me when I tried it. It might have improved as streaming in general has improved for me (now I exclusively stream). Youtube quality is junky however you watch it. I watch on a 50" and it is fine for what it is. I enjoy Youtube on :apple:

TV.

imlucid · Dec 4, 2007

I stream from a PPC laptop whose iTunes library is on a SMB shared NAS volume without troubles.

The biggest area of concern for streaming is the network connection you have between ATV and the iTunes host; wired or N connections should work flawlessly and many people have had great experiences over G connections.

Kevin

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