Anyone own a AppleTV?

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  • C64
    V.I.P. Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 2394

    #1

    Anyone own a AppleTV?

    This little box seems too good to be true for only 99 notes.

    AFAIK it can be hacked ( or jailbroken as you Apple fanboys like to call it) and made to run practically every video codec under the sun, it also runs the incredible Xbox Media Centre.

    Do you own one, is it as good as people say?

    I think the remote is too small to be honest.

  • oneman
    DK Veteran
    • Mar 2011
    • 307

    #2
    Its main downside I think is its lack of HD support.

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    • C64
      V.I.P. Member
      • Mar 2008
      • 2394

      #3
      Really?

      It has an HDMI port and the blurb claims it streams HD Movies @ 720p.

      ?
      Last edited by C64; 16 June, 2011, 21:40.

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      • nara
        DK Veteran
        • May 2008
        • 2586

        #4
        Originally posted by witchy
        Really?

        It has an HDMI port and the blurb claims it streams HD Movies @ 720p.

        ?
        It does, and 720p is Hi-Def.

        I think he meant that it doesn't do 1080p.
        He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.

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        • oneman
          DK Veteran
          • Mar 2011
          • 307

          #5
          Originally posted by nara
          It does, and 720p is Hi-Def.

          I think he meant that it doesn't do 1080p.
          sorry, yes I meant no 1080p support. For 99 quid its not bad but I get a xbox off freecycle for free and soft mod it. If I want HD support a WD live is around ?75 I think.

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          • C64
            V.I.P. Member
            • Mar 2008
            • 2394

            #6
            My eyes don't recognise 1080p, 720 will do me.

            1080p is just snobbery.

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            • oneman
              DK Veteran
              • Mar 2011
              • 307

              #7
              Originally posted by witchy
              My eyes don't recognise 1080p, 720 will do me.

              1080p is just snobbery.
              when you sit 5' away from a 50" screen and you use your TV as a PC display, believe me its not,

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              • nara
                DK Veteran
                • May 2008
                • 2586

                #8
                Originally posted by oneman
                when you sit 5' away from a 50" screen and you use your TV as a PC display, believe me its not,
                If you're sitting 5 feet away from a 50" screen I think a trip to SpecSavers might be in order!
                He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.

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                • Canker_Canison
                  V.I.P. Member
                  • May 2010
                  • 3904

                  #9
                  Originally posted by nara
                  If you're sitting 5 feet away from a 50" screen I think a trip to SpecSavers might be in order!
                  Try standing 3ft away from a 50inch 3D tv trying to capture that big screen effect
                  Canker

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