I feel like this FaceTime issue for iOS 6 users and the issue of being unable to connect to the AppleTV (1st Gen.) will get fixed. I don't see Apple doing this just to make those products obsolete, but we will see what happens.
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First Generation Apple TVs Unable to Connect to iTunes
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Just out of curiosity - how's that best ecosystem working out for Zune owners currently?
wouldnt they have made an announcement then especially since its getting this kind of coverage?
The problem with any corporation is they only survive by selling new product and without innovation for trendsetting products they have to rely on bumped spec products.
I still have a 10 year old HP with XP that still works well. To bad I can't use it for anything except Linux.
I think it's amazing that people are still using the original Apple TVs. In this day and age where tech seems to get outdated on an annual basis, that's what I'd call a damn good investment.
These days it's called Xbox Music Pass. On the other hand Zune owners can still use their Windows XP computers to get music from iTunes and put it on Zune players. BTW, is there any Apple device older than 10 years that can connect to iTunes?
I still have an ATV1 but just stopped using it because the HDMI output has become rather fruity and doesn't work with any TV but the main one and I've already got an ATV3 for that. I'm thinking of installing Xbox Media Centre on it or something since it has trouble playing a bunch of files these days and my ATV2 and ATV3 happily cope with the 1080p rips I'm doing now (although the ATV2 obviously scales it down to 720p but they play so that's fine.)
I'm not too unhappy with the lifespan I got from the ATV1 but it doesn't quite compare with my first TiVo which I bought in 2000 and only just retired. It is a sad fact of life that this sort of gear which was on the cusp of the switch to HD everywhere has had a bit of a short life compared with the old VHS machines, or even my last LaserDisc player which I bought in 1999 because it also played DVDs and continue to use to this day.
Apple does tend to retire support on devices a little early IMHO because the gear is well made and yet they drop support before it has any problem physically. My MacBook Pro from 2006 would still be in use today if it had a Core 2 Duo instead of a Core Duo limiting it to Snow Leopard. My iPad 1 is still in use every day as a media player for my exercise machine but little else. Even my old iBook G4 still works fine but can only run Leopard. Getting to have a right old collection of retired but perfectly good stuff due to this.
Upgrade your equipment. Your stuff is old as dirt.
A $2,000 HDTV doesn't come with HDMI connection unless it's 5+ (being generous) years old. You can't price your old as dirt equipment at the same price you paid for them in 2003. Even only having ONE HDMI connection is pathetic.
But my 10-year-old Mac can still use iTunes, my DVD player has worked for 10 years, and those Apple TV copies last pretty much forever. On another note, the new iTunes can't burn multi-disc playlists to CDs anymore due to a bug. Very dumb.
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Sorry, not everybody has money to burn on something as unnecessary as upgrading to HD.
What's still common is that it won't work anyway due to HDCP glitching out. You just have to be careful which specific TV you buy. I had to resort to an illegal HDCP removal box.
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Good to hear. I have one of those sitting around.
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Trust me, I'd do that if it wasn't so ridiculously inconvenient. I used to not want to pirate movies, but after wasting money on movies that they won't let me watch due to their own DRM glitching out, I don't care.
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How? I want to block Lilo777 already.
Hockey puck does not connect
Tried to rent a movie on my hockey puck Apple TV and it could not connect to server.
Tried to rent a movie on my hockey puck Apple TV and it could not connect to server.
"It just works..."
And it did work, every year since I got it in 2007. Worked very well for 8 years, then I decided to upgrade.
But let's just keep pretending that there are devices that aren't prone to bugs and issues, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
First World Problems
First off all, everyone calm down. You all act like this is some massive conspiracy where people will die or be seriously maimed. GET A GRIP. This is TV we are talking about. If you are that freaked out by losing access to your precious entertainment supply for three days, you probably need to get a grip on reality and get outside more often.
Next, outages happen from time to time with Apple and even (gasp) other services. Dropbox goes down. Gmail goes down. Yahoo goes down. This happens, get over it. Whining and crying about a service being down is pretty pointless. Unless you've signed some legal agreement with an SLA end pay tens of thousands of dollars a month for 99.9999% uptime. Stop. Just stop. You sound pathetic.
Apple is probably well aware there is a problem, but in the grand scheme of things, it is NOT a top priority to fix since it effects such a low number of users. If you feel this is unfair, get over yourself. You aren't as important as you make yourself out to be. Engineers need time to fix the issue and test before make it available to avoid more people crying and whining and generally losing their bloody minds. This issue happened over the weekend and I doubt Apple would call an "all hands on deck" scenario for an outage on older hardware that effects a few thousands people. Sorry folks.
I bet that 10% of the people on this forum have a first generation Apple TV, and far more people are commenting on this conspiracy than are even effected... total mob mentality which is a ridiculous excuse for human interaction. Deal with it, get over your pampered little selves, go outside and meet some real people for a change.
First off all, everyone calm down. You all act like this is some massive conspiracy where people will die or be seriously maimed. GET A GRIP. This is TV we are talking about. If you are that freaked out by losing access to your precious entertainment supply for three days, you probably need to get a grip on reality and get outside more often.
Next, outages happen from time to time with Apple and even (gasp) other services. Dropbox goes down. Gmail goes down. Yahoo goes down. This happens, get over it. Whining and crying about a service being down is pretty pointless. Unless you've signed some legal agreement with an SLA end pay tens of thousands of dollars a month for 99.9999% uptime. Stop. Just stop. You sound pathetic.
Apple is probably well aware there is a problem, but in the grand scheme of things, it is NOT a top priority to fix since it effects such a low number of users. If you feel this is unfair, get over yourself. You aren't as important as you make yourself out to be. Engineers need time to fix the issue and test before make it available to avoid more people crying and whining and generally losing their bloody minds. This issue happened over the weekend and I doubt Apple would call an "all hands on deck" scenario for an outage on older hardware that effects a few thousands people. Sorry folks.
I bet that 10% of the people on this forum have a first generation Apple TV, and far more people are commenting on this conspiracy than are even effected... total mob mentality which is a ridiculous excuse for human interaction. Deal with it, get over your pampered little selves, go outside and meet some real people for a change.
AppleTV
The problem seems to be affecting my third gen Apple TV
It happens every time i start up
Seems to be an ongoing issue with iTunes
The problem seems to be affecting my third gen Apple TV
It happens every time i start up
Seems to be an ongoing issue with iTunes
How can you not observe easter? Think of all the chocolate eggs that you can stuff in your face!
Or, even better, purchase them on Blu-ray discs and do the grabbing / transcoding yourselves? The best of both worlds, which, incidentally, allows for watching extras on even ATV's / having the best possible image and audio quality (unlike with the iTunes movies).
Companies love people like you.
I'll go slowly for you.......
Why would I replace high quality, working products with poorly made, poorly speced products?
The cheapest preamp I have been able to find with acceptable specifications is the Model 975 7.1 HDMI AV Surround Processor by Outlaw Audio. That will put me back $550 + shipping (direct from the factory). The prices for a quality preamp increase rapidly from this point.
I already bought a replacement for my 1st HDTV (55 inch RCA rear projection) - it died after 38 months. That was $1600 ($1200 for the TV, $300 for the extended warranty) that I might as well have simply put in a pile and lit on fire - the RCA OTOH is still working. The same summer, I had to replace 2 28" LCD monitors that didn't last 60 days beyond the warranty - another $600 wasted.
If you haven't noticed - Today, HDTVs only come with a 12 month warranty - There is a reason for that - they are crap products. TV isn't important enough for me to be replacing a $700 TV every 36 months.
If you want to waste your money like that, feel free. I have better things to spend my money on.
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