Renting films via iTunes

[ddr]

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I'm also experiencing static when the ATV wakes up, I thought it was normal but others are complaining about it: Awful static on apple tv startup: Apple Support Communities

Why cant you just hook up the HDMI cable into an open bay on your A/V receiver and call it good?

With my Denon, it already has Airplay built in, so I wouldn't need the ATV for audio streaming, it would be only for Netflix and Video streaming.

I am still pondering the ATV... hm.

[feather]

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I don't have an AV receiver. Mine's really simple, ATV to TV via HDMI, and ATV optical-out to FIIO optical-analog converter to speakers (so I can stream music without having the TV on).

[ddr]

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I don't have an AV receiver. Mine's really simple, ATV to TV via HDMI, and ATV optical-out to FIIO optical-analog converter to speakers (so I can stream music without having the TV on).

I hear they are revamping the ATV (like everything else they do year after year) so I may wait on this... not sure.

[feather]

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Hmmm I haven't read about that. I think the latest ATV3 was released last year?

[ddr]

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Hmmm I haven't read about that. I think the latest ATV3 was released last year?

Yea, there was an article on macrumors.com about Apple trying to enlist some new engineer's for it.. probably wont be out this year i dont think since they just upgraded the processor for the current one.

[feather]

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Roku 3: There ReadWrite

[GregWhelan]

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Just to add to the conversation, I eventually got a lot of great help from this site:

Jargon Free Help | Making Technology Easy to Understand

I simply e-mailed the owner and he replied straight away; we exchanged a few e-mails and he guided me through how to do it - managed to get every DVD I wanted onto the iPad no problems.

Pleasantly surprised that there are people like this about who simply want to help other people!

[ddr]

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Roku 3: There ReadWrite

This looks pretty amazing... looks like it connects directly to your WIFI.. I assume you will also be able to stream various file types (mp4 avi, etc) from a Macbook or PC then yea?

Excuse my ignorance but I do not know to much about these set top boxes, not as tech savvy as I used to be I guess lol

[feather]

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Yes, it's like an Apple TV or a media center without storage. My friend just got it, waiting to hear his review.

[Kamal]

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Even Western Digital (WDTv Live) has a great player that will not only stream your shared content on your network, for a device the size of a small-ish external Hard Drive, it's great and has tons of connectivity.

Hardware-wise (of course IIRC)
- HDMI
- Optical Out
- 2 x USB 2.0 (could be 3.0)
- RJ45
- WiFi

Software-wise
- Will play just about any format created by man (both audio and video)
- Tons and Tons of streaming channels built-in (netflix, hulu, youtube, amazon....... the list goes on and on and on)

And for about $80 on Amazon, it's also a steal.

But if you torrent your media, the best players are the Android ones. Granted you already have an iPad but if you end up with a Nexus 7, just stick a 64 gb card into it, dump a load of 720p flix and all you gotta do is hit play. Granted the iPad has become the standard in tablets but its doesn't do tons of shit well (like playing MKVs or even FLAC audio or being able to download music / videos directly to the device and being able to use a file explorer software to organize your shit - major downers for the device imo).