New ATV 3 owner. UK.

[StuartMoore]

Hello all.

First time ATV owner here. Purchased it from Aberdeen Airport duty free for £77. Looking forward to setting it up when I return to the UK on the 11th.....

Any advice, tips, etc etc that you wise people on here can give me would be great.

Thanks, Stuart.

 

[WillFisher]

I personally love my Apple TV, as a UK user as well.

Sadly theres currently/never will be a Jailbreak for ATV3, so theres not a great deal that needs to be done.
I still have my fingers crossed for a few basic apps like iPlayer and 4oD to arrive, till then I mirror off my Macbook/iPad.
But enjoy, its a great device!

 

[StuartMoore]

I personally love my Apple TV, as a UK user as well.

Sadly theres currently/never will be a Jailbreak for ATV3, so theres not a great deal that needs to be done.
I still have my fingers crossed for a few basic apps like iPlayer and 4oD to arrive, till then I mirror off my Macbook/iPad.
But enjoy, its a great device!

Thanks for the reply.

So mirroring is basically putting what's displayed on your iPad/iPhone and airplayed to your TV!?

 

[WillFisher]

Thanks for the reply.

So mirroring is basically putting what's displayed on your iPad/iPhone and airplayed to your TV!?

Yeah thats it! Whatever is on you iPads screen will get mirrored and the same goes for a, 2011 onwards Mac? I think its 2011. Might have to double check.

But with the Mac you can also use extend display, which does exactly what it sounds like. I normally put 4oD etc onto my second display while I work on my Macbook Air. But thats just me!

 

[anarti]

StuartMoore - regards from Aberdeen🙂

I got mine at Aberdeen apple store for £83 during the black Friday.

I wish it has more apps for BBC, 4OD, Spotify etc.

You can't go wrong with it. Worth every penny for airplay itself.

 

[clukas]

Same here, I recently bought an ATV after long deliberations whether I really need it. Needless to say I never looked back and am very happy. For anyone thinking of buying, I got mine on amazon with quite a good discount aswell.

 

[Macman45]

We have two...One in the lounge and the other in our bedroom. I'd recommend Netflix as the content selection is wide, from movies to documentary programmes...all for £5 a month.

As has also been mentioned, you can play your music, and your own encoded movies on the device too. A great little tool to have which I'm sure you'll find out when you get yours up and running.🙂

 

[StuartMoore]

Thanks all.

I'm looking forward to setting all up pre Xmas. Should come in handy over the festive period!

🙂

 

[whooleytoo]

For me, the main uses of the AppleTV are Home Sharing for music (all my music is in iTunes, streamed through the AppleTV, using my iPhone/iPad as the remote control. It's a much nicer user-interface than most streaming options.), and Airplay.

For pretty much anything you can 'push' the content to the AppleTV. So, if you're playing a game, you can play the audio through your home sound system. Or playing a video, just push it to the TV. You can turn on Airplay mirroring (which shows the entire iPhone/iPad screen on the TV), but it's at the iOS device's resolution so isn't always ideal. I haven't tried Airplay mirroring from a Mac - it's only available from a few recent Mac models.

I use Netflix a lot too, but that's available on pretty much everything these days. Airplay and Home Sharing (with the Remote app) are the key features, IMO.

 

[Donfor39]

For me, the main uses of the AppleTV are Home Sharing for music (all my music is in iTunes, streamed through the AppleTV, using my iPhone/iPad as the remote control. It's a much nicer user-interface than most streaming options.), and Airplay.

These are the reasons why I'll purchase Apple t.v. soon

Its been work and and t in the park for the past few years going to enjoy 'building' a music collection of past favorites and rent a movie when relaxed at home

macbook/airport extreme/iphone 5...apple t.v will be my last apple setup at home😀

 

[Donfor39]

Excellent just purchased Appl t.v. from Currys

'The Office' on t.v. now from icloud library🙂


Going to enjoy Apple t.v🙂