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Streaming
by Denise on Apr 20th, 2008 at 10:03 PM:
I find it difficult to stream content on my Apple TV, it goes off.
Quick Pros and Cons
by 999reasons.com on Apr 15th, 2007 at 5:28 PM:
Had the Apple TV for about a week now... a lot of cool stuff and a few glaring holes:
Pros:
* Easy to set up.
* Works well with iTunes.
* I now have access to Music, Photos and Movies form our lounge room without having to go over the wireless network in real-time. We were using Airport Express and would experience dropouts occasionally when playing music... Apple TV catches everything locally.
Cons:
* 40GB drive is not big enough, I am probably going to have to follow one of the hacks and replace the hard drive with a bigger one. Not sure why Apple made it so small or difficult to replace/extend? you should be able to plug an external USB drive into the USB port.
* Syncing took some time over the wireless network
* Requires Component video or HDMI... if you have a TV that only takes Composite or S-video you'll lose colors. This has left me looking at purchasing a LCD TV... way more than the cost of the Apple TV. Perhaps it should be called AppleHDTV Tongue out
* It would not synch my movies created with iMove/iDvd - not sure but it said that Apple TV could not play these movies... mmm a bit frustrating.. Actually I found a solution you need to convert in to MP4
* Arrgggggh - I disconnected my Powerbook from my USB drive which had all my Photos on it... and synched - guess what happened? Doh? It removed all 10 GB of Photos from the Apple TV....it makes sense.. but just no warning. I guess it makes sense to keep Synch on Manual. Not sure if Apple could think of something to help make it more idiot-proof.
Change on the horizon?
by Ryguy on Mar 26th, 2007 at 4:39 PM:
I have had the Apple TV for about 4 days now. I'm in love. However, there are a few things that I wish Apple would fix. Many of these have been mentioned before.
If an HDTV is strongly recommended, have HD content. TV shows through iTunes are watchable, but no wow factor (especially on a 46" XBR2 Sony).
Find a way to stream pictures from other computers.
Fix the scrolling in the music section (ex. jump to a, b, c, etc... instead of push and hold the button)
Other than that I look forward to many years with this thing...
Great product, great review
by Guy McLimore on Mar 26th, 2007 at 5:03 AM:
I pre-ordered my Apple TV within a week of the announcement, and waited eagerly for it. I must say I have not been disappointed. Setup was as effortless as I could have imagined, and performance over my Airport Extreme 802.11n network has been flawless. I had very bad experiences with Windows XP Media Center Extenders -- not a one ever worked properly or reliably. Apple TV just works, period. I'm having a great time trying to link and comment upon all the important Apple TV news at my blog at http://www.couchapple.tv and I will certainly point my readers to this excellent review.
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Execellent addition to our system
by Stacey on May 5th, 2008 at 2:30 PM:
- allow creation of playlists choosing artists, not songs. I'd love to be able to select (for example) Jackson Browne, Lyle, Lovett, Bonnie Raitt and not have to select each song by that artist. Sure, you can shuffle the entire library, but I hate when ACDC starts cranking when my elderly father-in-law is in the house.
- it still isn't that easy to get each computer in household in sync, so to speak. I couldn't get all of my music transferred from my PC to my MAC, but my MAC can see the full library when I have it in the house. Should be easier to get everyone (of course up to max # of machines) working from the same libary, so you can add music and movies from more than one computer. That whole thing is still a little messy