should I sell my ATV?

Hi I just bought an ATV at Xmas. So far I am loving it but feel I am missing a couple of things. I have eytv on my macbook which I love. Do you think that apple would ever allow you to plug the eyetv device directly to ATV? As i work it from a laptop it isnt always convenient to have the laptop connected to my roof aerial and a fixed position would be ideal.

Also I would love to have access to BBC iplayer (without hacking). Seems from the various other threads this isnt going to happen anytime soon.

so my question is should I ditch the ATV and get a mac mini? That way i can have it set up under my TV permanently (I only went for ATV to watch the HDef footage I shot on my camcorder but as I edit in imovie i cant seem to get it to play on ATV in hidef - major bone of contention) view iplayer when I want and also still have all my music etc available via front row.

Or will good things come to me if I wait ?

Hi
I noticed that you have a mac mini and atv. Do you see where I am coming from or am I missing something on atv?

ChrisA said:

Looks like this is what you want, and it's free too.
http://www.mythtv.org/detail/mythtv

ATV can play with this system as a client. Keep it.

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thanks for this. I will need to read through carefully to see how it works with atv (i'm a bit of a luddite). It might take some time but I will get there in the end!


thanks

mythtv?

huh? I dont get it.Even on their forums it seems they are not sure that you can get it to work and even if you do it sounds soooooo involved.

I'm a bit too thick for that I'm afraid. Anyone else got any suggestions?

Boxee?

hi
The intention of my thread was to get advice over the mini vs atv dilemma I have. I wasn't looking for offers.
Many apologies if the wording of my thread caused any problems
I have found this forum very informative and helpful I certainly don't want to break any rules

thinking about buying a mini to replace a tired old pc anyway. Anyone any ideas of what sorts of discounts will be available on the old versions once the new are released? Would getting acrefurb at that time offer any additional benefits? My MacBook and atv are returns ad so far I am happy with what you get