I bough an Apple TV 2 off of Craigslist not to long ago, primarily for the use of AirPlay Mirroring from my iPhone and iPad, and so I could finally watch my iTunes videos easily on my TV without having to first strip them of DRM and convert them, as well as all the wonderful features of jailbreaking. I also wanted a small device I could easily carry between TV's in my house.
From this point on, everything went downhill for my Apple TV. My lovely seller had decided to upgrade, meaning that I now only have a tethered jailbreak availible. So now the convinient lightweight little box requires me to bring my laptop along with me to do a tethered reboot whenever I switch TV's.
Secondly, I realized that I had poorly researched the topic and wasn't aware that the iPad 1 can not take advantage of airPlay mirroring. So while my iPhone 4S will mirror wih no problems, my iPad cannot, which is the device I really wanted for mirroring. I instead downloaded Cydia apps to my iPad, hooked up a Bluetooh mouse and video mirror through component cables.
Finally, I very recently discovered just how easy it is to use VGA to VGA cables to run Media Centers and similar video services (i.e: iTunes) to my TV. There went my last reason for the Apple TV.
If anyone can give me a solid reason why I shouldn't just hock this thig on Craigslist, please tell me so. I know sixty bucks isn't much, but this thing is just collecting dust.
From this point on, everything went downhill for my Apple TV. My lovely seller had decided to upgrade, meaning that I now only have a tethered jailbreak availible. So now the convinient lightweight little box requires me to bring my laptop along with me to do a tethered reboot whenever I switch TV's.
Secondly, I realized that I had poorly researched the topic and wasn't aware that the iPad 1 can not take advantage of airPlay mirroring. So while my iPhone 4S will mirror wih no problems, my iPad cannot, which is the device I really wanted for mirroring. I instead downloaded Cydia apps to my iPad, hooked up a Bluetooh mouse and video mirror through component cables.
Finally, I very recently discovered just how easy it is to use VGA to VGA cables to run Media Centers and similar video services (i.e: iTunes) to my TV. There went my last reason for the Apple TV.
If anyone can give me a solid reason why I shouldn't just hock this thig on Craigslist, please tell me so. I know sixty bucks isn't much, but this thing is just collecting dust.
