I saw an ad for a 160GB AppleTV and I have to say that I am tempted to buy it. Is there a benefit to having the original one as opposed to buying either the AppleTV2 or 3? Thanks.
They have an internal hard drive for locally storing media. This and analog out are the only two notable advantage over the Apple TV 2/3. The hard drive is good for loading your media onto it and traveling with it. Say to a hotel or a remote place with only electricity and (hopefully) running water.
I didn't think about the traveling possibility. Is there a way to use it as a DVR or something to record live TV, or anything like that?
I use them for product demos because they store video. There are newer, cheaper Western Digital TV units that play videos stored on USB sticks which we now prefer, but the original AppleTV is great if you've purchased a lot of movies from iTunes, because it will store them. So will an iPad, but it doesn't store as much.
Besides the storage, and more output options ... if you want to hack it you have infinitely more options. XBMC running linux rocks and with a CrystalHD chip for 40 bucks you can have true 1080p output rendered to your display that will eat raw decrypted blu ray. I have all 3 and prefer the modded atv 1 personally. Like all things its just an opinion.Is there a benefit to having the original one as opposed to buying either the AppleTV2 or 3? Thanks.
Also, the original AppleTV only had 720p output. The brand new, $99 AppleTV has 1080p, but I don't know if iTunes has content at 720p yet.
Fat-fingered that. My bad.iTunes has had 720p content for a while now, and even some content at 1080p
Besides the storage, and more output options ... if you want to hack it you have infinitely more options. XBMC running linux rocks and with a CrystalHD chip for 40 bucks you can have true 1080p output rendered to your display that will eat raw decrypted blu ray. I have all 3 and prefer the modded atv 1 personally. Like all things its just an opinion.
This guy hacked it and uses it as a media server.
They have an internal hard drive for locally storing media. This and analog out are the only two notable advantage over the Apple TV 2/3. The hard drive is good for loading your media onto it and traveling with it. Say to a hotel or a remote place with only electricity and (hopefully) running water.
But do you guys think that the benefit of local storage is worth the $100+ price tag? Two that I saw are 160GB and they are priced at $110 and $150 respectively.
I like this thought. Not to mention you can upgrade the storage to 250 GB.
I like this thought. Not to mention you can upgrade the storage to 250 GB.
But do you guys think that the benefit of local storage is worth the $100+ price tag? Two that I saw are 160GB and they are priced at $110 and $150 respectively.
320 using just a PATA drive or 1.5TB using a SATA to PATA adapter.
Interdasting.... link? Very interested now.