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iPod Apple Tv seriously missing out? . . .
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How are you using EyeConnect?
Maybe it's that ATV needs to support more EyeTV formats?
Surely most of that downloadable content isn't in the limited MPEG-4 (H.263/H.64) formats that ATV currently supports.
It may not be "so was cool" as you think it is. If you'll be converting EyeTV MPEG-2 recordings to H.264 or MPEG-4 on a regular basis it may become unreasonably s l o w. My EyeTV 200 can record to MPEG-4 but the quality was noticeably worse than MPEG-2 when I tested that a couple years ago.
A lot can change in a couple of year 
Currently I have my Eyetv 401 firewire recording DVB-T programs whilst Im out. Eyeconnect is running and I have tried 2 different ways to connect to the TV. The best is with a Cat5 cable 100Mbps which works well, but I dont want a cable running over the house. The other is with a wifi bridge connected to the cat5 port on my 42" HD TV and my mac connected to my wifi switch. As this is only 54Mbps its ok for iTunes etc, but not for video as its too slow.
When the Aitport extreme and Atv arrive I hope the faster wifi will make things better here. As the Atv has a HD built in I guess it should be possible (somehow) to copy/sync an external file to the HD.
For HD unencripted downloads look at the BBC Media library or Quicktime http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/
Currently I have my Eyetv 401 firewire recording DVB-T programs whilst Im out. Eyeconnect is running and I have tried 2 different ways to connect to the TV. The best is with a Cat5 cable 100Mbps which works well, but I dont want a cable running over the house. The other is with a wifi bridge connected to the cat5 port on my 42" HD TV and my mac connected to my wifi switch. As this is only 54Mbps its ok for iTunes etc, but not for video as its too slow.
When the Aitport extreme and Atv arrive I hope the faster wifi will make things better here. As the Atv has a HD built in I guess it should be possible (somehow) to copy/sync an external file to the HD.
For HD unencripted downloads look at the BBC Media library or Quicktime http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/
What's the reason for using EyeConnect? I don't understand why it's necessary for your setup.
Same thought here. Why can you only stream from stupid iTunes ?!?! That means you cannot play any movies downloaded from other sources than iTunes. I thought this would be a great thing, much more stylish and with remote compared to TV out on a computer. But I guess not for me
You can play any movie files that are in your iTunes library. I, for example, have home videos, EyeTV recordings, and some copies of movies I own on DVD that didn't violate Fair Use rights to get on my computer.
At present, I have five 'full length feature films' in my iTunes library. Only one was purchased through the iTunes Store. And if you don't count all the free downloads, only about half my TV Shows are iTunes Store purchased, the other half are EyeTV recordings, exported to iTunes. (Although I have about twice as many of the iTunes Store 'free download' TV shows than EyeTV and iTS purchased combined.)
Okay, sounds like that "Philips equivalent" is the media extender for your computer to the TV.
Which format do you use for EyeTV recordings in iTunes? I've exported MPEG-2 program streams from EyeTV, imported them into iTunes, and playback works fine but apparently Apple TV won't support those. Exporting them as MPEG-4 or H.264 is personally unacceptable, for reasons I explained yesterday in another post. Of course that's already necessary for video iPod owners who want to view EyeTV programs, but making it a requirement for Apple TV is shortsighted of Apple (IMO).
I use one-pass MPEG-4, 1500 kbps video, 128 kbps AAC audio, 640 wide, native aspect ratio for DVDs (quick and dirty, I figure it's okay because DVDs are already MPEG-2 compressed, so I won't be losing a lot of quality,) and H.264, 1500 kbps video, 128 kbps AAC audio, 640 wide, native aspect ratio for HD-source TV to preserve the higher quality. Yeah, it takes for stinkin ever, but I don't have too many shows that I record, so it records in the evening, and has finished exporting to iTunes by morning. (2.0 GHz Core Duo. H.264 exporting is *WAAAAY* faster on dual core.)
maybe its just me, but i don't want to buy videos in itunes
i want to watch stuff, not buy stuff. so, unless itunes comes up with a different model for their video stuff, i wont buy the apple tv. a company called slingmedia will start selling a thing called the 'sling catcher' soon, which essentially does all that the apple tv does, but plays just about ANY format. i want to watch mpeg 2, dv, mpeg 4, divx, etc. not just apple's format. jobs has to open up this product....
i want to watch stuff, not buy stuff. so, unless itunes comes up with a different model for their video stuff, i wont buy the apple tv. a company called slingmedia will start selling a thing called the 'sling catcher' soon, which essentially does all that the apple tv does, but plays just about ANY format. i want to watch mpeg 2, dv, mpeg 4, divx, etc. not just apple's format. jobs has to open up this product....