“Apple TV is a genuine must-have for iTunes users”
In its 5-star (out of 5) review, Stuff.tv calls Apple TV a “hot buy.” “The whole interface is stunningly slick and pretty,” and Stuff.tv found “loads of movies to buy and rent.” You can start watching the “brilliant on-demand content” almost immediately, and the HD movies “look superb” and offer “excellent” sound quality “with near-CD dynamics, detail and punch.”
It's frankly a better experience if you have a US iTunes account, but yes ... AppleTV is awesome and more Canadians should own one. It might "inspire" Apple to get more content on the Canadian store.
It's frankly a better experience if you have a US iTunes account, but yes ... AppleTV is awesome and more Canadians should own one. It might "inspire" Apple to get more content on the Canadian store.
And it would be even better if they bumped the specs to full 1080 and made external storage or the ability to use HDs connected to an Aebs so the appletv can be more standalone, with larger storage.
Correct me if they updated these limitations (for me atleast). I do think it is a great idea, it just need updated.
you can not record TV shows, you have to buy or rent programs to use it?
how is it a hot buy? other than iphotos from your CPU over the air, i will wait till you can PVR on it.
And it would be even better if they bumped the specs to full 1080 and made external storage or the ability to use HDs connected to an Aebs so the appletv can be more standalone, with larger storage.
Correct me if they updated these limitations (for me atleast). I do think it is a great idea, it just need updated.
1. There's no such thing as real 1080p over cable or broadband. Na ga ha pen until everyone has FIOS at least.
2. When one actually owns an AppleTV, one realises that streaming works fine, thus negating the need to have the AppleTV itself have a large drive. You can connect wirelessly to as many terabytes of movies etc as you like.
you can not record TV shows, you have to buy or rent programs to use it?
Yes, no and no.
1. The AppleTV is not a PVR. We have PVRs for that.
2. You don't have to buy or rent anything to use it. It has a lot of uses beyond renting or buying movies/TV shows. Have someone competent at an Apple store explain this to you.
1. There's no such thing as real 1080p over cable or broadband. Na ga ha pen until everyone has FIOS at least.
2. When one actually owns an AppleTV, one realises that streaming works fine, thus negating the need to have the AppleTV itself have a large drive. You can connect wirelessly to as many terabytes of movies etc as you like.
Yes, but...
1. First, i dont own a 1080p tv yet, but talking about future usage. Let's say I get a 1080p tv, and have 1080 content I can view on it, what is the format (resolution) in which appletv fakes the 1080 resolution? Eventhough there 1080 downloadable content is not practical, I don't see that the restriction on the output is all that acceptable from a purchasing standpoint. Generally for my current needs it would work fine.
2. Streaming is just not that great of an option for me, as I don't understand why I would need to have a computer on to view my photos on my HD attached via AEBS, or to watch videos? It just seems wasteful to have 2 machines running to do one task especially since my mac is a laptop. A stand alone option would be far better. Why can iTunes use the AEBSHD as a iTunes server and the Appletv can't.
Other notes
-DVR don't really need it in an appletv. It would be cool but I don't think it is absolutely necessary for this device.
-I am sure alot of diehard appletvers would hate this option, but An interesting option would be for an external bluray addon. Similar to the xbox HD DVD addon(which of course didn't work out). I just think that this would make it a complete hub for most entertainment, and not all users would have to buy it. Yeah, I already know there is no bluray support for this kind of stuff. It's not required but it would be neat.
-Thanks for your reply, I appreciated the overall comments, but I would like to see some basic improvements in 1 & 2 that would improve it for me.
1. First, i dont own a 1080p tv yet, but talking about future usage. Let's say I get a 1080p tv, and have 1080 content I can view on it, what is the format (resolution) in which appletv fakes the 1080 resolution? Eventhough there 1080 downloadable content is not practical, I don't see that the restriction on the output is all that acceptable from a purchasing standpoint. Generally for my current needs it would work fine.
2. Streaming is just not that great of an option for me, as I don't understand why I would need to have a computer on to view my photos on my HD attached via AEBS, or to watch videos? It just seems wasteful to have 2 machines running to do one task especially since my mac is a laptop. A stand alone option would be far better. Why can iTunes use the AEBSHD as a iTunes server and the Appletv can't.
Other notes
-DVR don't really need it in an appletv. It would be cool but I don't think it is absolutely necessary for this device.
-I am sure alot of diehard appletvers would hate this option, but An interesting option would be for an external bluray addon. Similar to the xbox HD DVD addon(which of course didn't work out). I just think that this would make it a complete hub for most entertainment, and not all users would have to buy it. Yeah, I already know there is no bluray support for this kind of stuff. It's not required but it would be neat.
-Thanks for your reply, I appreciated the overall comments, but I would like to see some basic improvements in 1 & 2 that would improve it for me.
Blu-ray is overrated. 780p or even 1080i is plenty of resolution for most people. Thing I dislike about Blu-ray is the massive amounts of time needed to load the DVD compared to a standard one. Not enough of a "wow" factor for me upon viewing when compared with the loading/startup/search times. Maybe in time. Meanwhile, AppleTV is working great for renting movies, including HD (at 780p) movies and a whole lot more. Relatively inexpensive too.
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