Why?
Because I want to connect this...
To this...
Without this...
Yea I also don't see what the big hype is.
I have no use for one. I still have a standard, non-hd, non-flat "CRT-type" Sony TV which works great.
Yea I also don't see what the big hype is.
I have no use for one. I still have a standard, non-hd, non-flat "CRT-type" Sony TV which works great.
Well. Must be enough hype for all you people who think it's useless to keep reading all these posts and talking about how useless it is. If you think it's useless then move on to a rumor that interests you more and stop complaining. Alot of people still think iPods are useless but they still continue to sell.
The AppleTV concept is awesome. The only thing that is useless is that it probably won't have the ability to add your own codecs like you can with a mini. I have a ton of Movies and TV shows that are in AVI or Divx. If AppleTV only plays iTunes content, then it is pretty useless. For a few hundred more $ you can buy a mini and play virtually anything on your TV.
We'll all know for sure in a couple of days whether it's useless or not.
For me, appletv will be the flop of the year. I hope I am wrong anyway.
I was hoping that it would work like the airtunes (wireless router + itunes stream)... NO
I was hoping that it would work the same way as "Front Row"... NO
Why not? WHY WHY WHY!!!???
For a few hundred more $ you can buy a mini and play virtually anything on your TV.
Ok Avatar, I did laugh my head off with your pictures....however, to those of us with laptops we can easily carry our laptop into the room of our tv and plug one or two wires into my tv and voila....I have itv. Certainly not the additional storage, but I also have a back-up drive for that stuff with wireless access. Your pictures, however, are classic, funny, and certainly apply to your situation. Thanks for responding!Originally Posted by Avatar74
Why?
Because I want to connect this...
To this...
Without this...
Ok Avatar, I did laugh my head off with your pictures....however, to those of us with laptops we can easily carry our laptop into the room of our tv and plug ONE wire into my tv and voila....I have itv. Certainly not the additional storage, but I also have a back-up drive for that stuff with wireless access. Your pictures, however, are classic, funny, and certainly apply to your situation. Thanks for responding!
Unless you have a laptop that has HDMI out you're gonna need more than one wire.
I wish the tv had a built-in optical drive. Oh well...
Why?
Because I want to connect this...
To this...
Without this...
As long as I can't stream DVDs to the Apple TV it is not more than a paperweight for me... and for that purpose it is a little bit too expensive...
groovebuster
TV or mini or both? AppleTV is cool, but it's not very feature rich and it's only 720p
A mini could be used instead and is only a few hundred more. The mini can browse the internet, act as a PVR, play true HD content, ect.
And what about FrontRow? It seemed surprising to me that Apple created a different interface for the AppleTV. It makes me wonder if they are still going to use the mini or create a branded miniTV that has more advanced features like I mentioned above? Or will they just leave it up to users to figure that out.
I want an AppleTV that can stream my desktop not just iTunes stuff.
Ok Avatar, I did laugh my head off with your pictures....however, to those of us with laptops we can easily carry our laptop into the room of our tv and plug one or two wires into my tv and voila....I have itv. Certainly not the additional storage, but I also have a back-up drive for that stuff with wireless access. Your pictures, however, are classic, funny, and certainly apply to your situation. Thanks for responding!
good stuff. about time. big ol' <a href="http://www.thumbwarz.com/index.phtml?snum=4&sterm=Apple%20TV&sims=-&apost=">thumbs up to Apple TV</a>
I had the same idea, but what about AC3 aka Dolby Digital? I didn't spent thousands of Euros for a Home Theatre Sound System to watch DVD rips with streamed stereo sound...
What he said.My video library is quit large and ive been converting them for about a month now.
Folks might also want to know that if you have an Elgato product it will work with the TV and iTunes.
It seems that you've been working in vain. There's already a hack to play almost any format on Apple TV without re-encoding all your library. Get a load of this:
http://filmnut.vox.com/