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- nicnichols0
...but now when I have people over for drinks and cards.. or whatever. they can just use the TV as a jukebox and not f-up my G5..
which is worth it to me! Mine (supposedly) arrives on Friday.. so I will hook it up and tell you how it goes...
- Drno0
like kona said i may just wait for the blueray price tag to drop down
nic can't you just play music from your stereo?? what happen to the good ol' 8 tracks??
- k0na_an0k0
Well, I can see where it might work for some people.
If people are limited with space using your PC could be an option for music and movies, but with all the great HDTVs on the market I don't understand how apple is trying to pimp a media center being watched on a relatively small computer monitor.
And, if you have your computer in your office, why would you want to play music through your TV in another room? Why not just play it through your speakers in the office? Now you're using two, possibly three pieces of electronics to play music.
I'm holding off.
Well, I'm kinda holding off for other reasons too cause we're working on the next logical step of this right now. It's pretty cool.
- morilla0
yeah we are too, but what apple has planned for the future pretty much seals the deal.
Also the new tivo looks pretty killer too. Thye are talking of syncing up with amazon.
- k0na_an0k0
Also the new tivo looks pretty killer too. Thye are talking of syncing up with amazon.
morilla
(Mar 21 07, 12:30)That's where we are headed. But x 10.
:)
- morilla0
where are you at kona?
- k0na_an0k0
where are you at kona?
morilla
(Mar 21 07, 12:37)About an 8 but I have just been informed by my co-workers that they need me to be at about a 3.
;)
I prolly shouldn't say where I'm at to be honest. Email me maybe?
Also. Other than the power cable you get no cables in the Apple TV box. None. :(
- morilla0
just emailed ya
- k0na_an0k0
emailed ya back!
:)~
- nicnichols0
nic can't you just play music from your stereo?? what happen to the good ol' 8 tracks??
Drno
(Mar 21 07, 12:20)----> Stereo? Like CD's? Do people still have them?
Drno.. If I had an 8-track I would def rock that tho!!
- morilla0
sounds real cool kona
- Gucci0
haha
- alkanenine0
now thats a nice wallpaper.
- k0na_an0k0
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/appleā¦
Live Vid of a guy at Gizmodo setting up his Apple TV.
Pay special attention to the part where he has to click on his songs/movies that he want's to 'sync' to the Apple TV. No thanks.
- nicnichols0
Well.. mine just got here via FedEx.. we'll see what happens when I 'try' to hook it up tonite..
- k0na_an0k0
Let us know for sure.
- myobie0
you don't have to sync, it can find your iTunes stuff on any computer on the network and stream it...
the sync is so your computer doesn't have to be on
and yeah, i don't buy stuff from iTunes, but i would def rip all my movies with handbrake if i had the apple tv
- alkanenine0
i wouldn't mind getting one as long as you can somehow add a second harddrive (any means of more storage) and have elgato's eyeTV intergrated with it (which i think it already does)
- nicnichols0
So... I hooked it up, and it found every wireless network on the block right off.. then just input a few codes, and you're off...
This thing is great so far- watched a few video's, played some music.. first downfall: it auto-sync's all your stuff.. so now its sending like 20 gigs of asst music and video's over..
That will probably go on till the early AM..
So far, its pretty damn cool- and its intended use is to be able to setup playlists for when we have people over, that way they can just use the TV and not mess around with the stereo or my G5.. sounds great over the speakers too..