That's why they dropped the PRICE PRICE PRICE
and the Apple TV 2 Software is FREE FREE FREE
And I am having a lot of FUN FUN FUN with this upgrade!
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple TV Take 2 is now LIVE!
- Thread starter imlucid
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
and the Apple TV 2 Software is FREE FREE FREE
And I am having a lot of FUN FUN FUN with this upgrade!
Depends on what resolutions the monitor supports, but yes, it's possible. If the monitor doesn't have any of the resolutions standard, it won't automatically scale, and you'll get an "Input not supported" message on your monitor. Check the supported resolutions first if you're going that route.Question: Can anTV be hooked up to a Computer DVi Monitor using a HDMI to DVI Cable ? If so I might buy 2 more of
Small televisions with non-HD resolutions are only supported because it would take work to disable them. If you only have a 480p set, hopefully it's large enough to make it work. Personally, I don't know how you deal with the horrible, smushed, skinny people.
But seriously, the AppleTV is meant for widescreen televisions with high resolutions. It was never designed to work with standard definition (or older analog) TVs at all--you just slid by on account of the component inputs.
The difference is that the Kaliedescape device, like your DVD player, is licensed to use CSS, and that was the basis for the case. It's not quite the same for us, our computers and our
TVs. The MPAA and the CCA are likely to be as tenacious about this as the RIAA, and we're lucky Kaliedescape went to bat for us. I have no doubt the law will continue to evolve in our favor, I just don't want people to be misinformed about where the legality of this stands right now. A lot of people seem to think that DVD ownership is enough to allow them to copy away, free and clear, under 'fair use', but the 'industry' definitely doesn't see it that way, and they've got a lot of money.
Can you hook it up lets say an external HD to the TV usb port and put additional content there and use as a local library?
I want to useTV as a media server and try to use my Mac as little as possible.
TV usb port and put additional content there and use as a local library?I want to use
TV as a media server and try to use my Mac as little as possible.Yes, but don't expect it to look as good since well... Everything is teeny
Hopefully we will be getting a new TV soon so I will have at least 720p
Has anyone had any luck renting and watching an HD movie on the Apple TV?Have you been able to watch it?
I rented an HD movie about 3 hours ago and it's only downloaded 21% and it won't let me start watching it. I thought we could instantly watch a movie after only a couple of minutes of it download.
I rented an HD movie about 3 hours ago and it's only downloaded 21% and it won't let me start watching it. I thought we could instantly watch a movie after only a couple of minutes of it download.
HD movies
How many HD movies are available? 10? 100? I wonder if Apple TV will have some HD movies before thier Blu-Ray release.
How many HD movies are available? 10? 100? I wonder if Apple TV will have some HD movies before thier Blu-Ray release.
Yeah right. Given Apple's hard and fast rule about employees posting on rumor message boards, I have a very hard time believing that someone from the "
Apple's guidelines to employees about public posting do not limit them from posting. Kevin is a member of the Apple TV apps team (and he and the entire team has worked very hard on this update). I can not speak to his spelling skills.
It really helps to have a high bitrate broadband connection to watch a HD movie instantly.
I'd say around a 4-10 MB connection
DSL will take a while.
If you are having problems seeing photos or albums from flicker, make sure that your profile is public. I ran into this and had to make my profile public before AppleTV could 'see' it and add it.
While HD would be great, are they even going to bump quality to at least DVD resolution?
And are they going to have 5.1 surround for TV shows and movies for sale? It seems a bit odd to be able to rent in HD while purchases aren't even DVD quality.
Good news. And quite a contrast to the handbrake guys who are saying don't hold your breath, and getting in a huff about people even asking about it.
Personally, I don't know how you deal with the horrible, smushed, skinny people.
Doesn't aTV have a setting that switches it to a letterbox mode for 480 tv's?
The updated setup manual is up now:
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/appletv/
Glancing through it now - didn't know if this was a feature before but you can put it in standby mode by holding the play button for 6 seconds and you can reset it by holding menu and - for 6 seconds.
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/appletv/
Glancing through it now - didn't know if this was a feature before but you can put it in standby mode by holding the play button for 6 seconds and you can reset it by holding menu and - for 6 seconds.
I have the AT&T Pro Package and I believe that is what it is putting out in my house.
Syncing the Apple TV only took about 10 minutes with about 20gb of content.
I have an Airport Base Station so I also have an N network. I don't know what the problem is.
J
jmadlena
Guest
AppleTV and Time Capsule
People have been wondering about the pretty much useless USB 2.0 port on the back of theTV, and if it would ever be used for more than just 'maintenance.' I doubt Apple would want people to buy the smallest TV, buy a cheap external drive and use it to store a bunch of content. But since Apple has been touting the superiority of wireless over standard, wired networks, I was thinking Apple might allow us to stream content from a Time Capsule (a different partition than the Time Machine drive, most likely) to the TV. Then Apple wouldn't lost money on allowing people to buy third party external drives.
People have been wondering about the pretty much useless USB 2.0 port on the back of the
TV, and if it would ever be used for more than just 'maintenance.' I doubt Apple would want people to buy the smallest TV, buy a cheap external drive and use it to store a bunch of content. But since Apple has been touting the superiority of wireless over standard, wired networks, I was thinking Apple might allow us to stream content from a Time Capsule (a different partition than the Time Machine drive, most likely) to the TV. Then Apple wouldn't lost money on allowing people to buy third party external drives.At that rate, it will take you about 15 hours to finish downloading - it probably doesn't let you start watching until it thinks you can finish the movie without an interruption. If it didn't, you could start watching and not be done downloading before the 24 hours expires.
Is there some way to search for all HD movies or see a list of them somewhere?
From: http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html
TV compatibility
Compatible with enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen TVs capable of 1080p/1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz
I would not count on 480i for anything other than allowing a TV to get back into a supported mode.
There are 75 HD titles currently available. The majority of them are NOT available on Blu-ray/HD DVD. It's a very eclectic and frankly random mix of movies new and old.
I can not speak to his spelling skills.
Its a good thing I write code and not Help Guides!
Kevin
While the SW team did an outstanding job with the update, I'd like to point out that the HW team did a great job too.
Also, some folks have inquired about not seeing 1080p support, it will only show up if the EDID in your TV says that 1080p is supported by the set.
Also, some folks have inquired about not seeing 1080p support, it will only show up if the EDID in your TV says that 1080p is supported by the set.