my apple tv just arrived

[Lee]

http://i55.tinypic.com/2qntok2.jpg

look how tiny the thing is! :laugh:

the key is there for size reference

[Seanz0rz]

HAHAHAHA for a minute i thought they mailed you a giant key with it!

awesome! now hack it!

[Lee]

nah im gonna hack the apple tv that this is replacing :D

[DHC6twinotter]

Wow...those are smaller than I thought! Pretty cool. Don't these things support Netflix?

[troyboy162]

bad ass! netflicks and hulu are all i ever watch now

[Lee]

Wow...those are smaller than I thought! Pretty cool. Don't these things support Netflix?

yup :)

[Scuba]

Screw netflix!

My dad streams that chit all the time and it bogs down the network :(


Nice piece of electronics though, lee :)

[mastacox]

Netflix is awesome :flipoff:

They just need to come out with an instant play app for Android... I hear rumors that one is in the works.

[Crinale]

steve - sound like ur in the same boat as me... need faster internet >.<

[slosurfer]

Screw living at home!

My dad streams porn all the time and it bogs down the network :(


Nice piece of electronics though, lee :)


Fixed it for ya! :laugh:

[Crinale]

:good:

[Lee]

I have 25 mbps fios fiber :D

[garrett]

how is it so far?

[Ric]

call me clueless, but whats so special about this ? its to small for a real "tv" I dont get it.

[troyboy162]

puts internet video content onto your livingroom tv.

[Ric]

puts internet video content onto your livingroom tv.


cant most newer tvs do that already ? I mean some kind of cord from your laptop to the tv then you got a 40" screen ???
Not trying to be a smarta$$ Im not up on the newest gajets lol

[Seanz0rz]

true, thats what i have setup for us here to watch TV shows.

this takes place of the laptop, and is a dedicated box just for TV shows and movies on your tv. its cheap (100 i think) and very well designed UI, unlike most media center apps for laptops.

[L33T35T Tacoma]

Basically Apple TV perfected their idea of a internet-fed set top box. It streams TV shows and movies (some free, some for normal rental fees). Steve Jobs mentioned movies that were just released to DVD would be around $4, and older movies could be down to a dollar. I can see this getting expensive though... and its purely rental based as far as the standalone Apple TV goes. It also works well with a home network. If you have purchased movies on your main computers, it can stream across your network to your TV. You can start watching a movie on your iPhone in the car, then send it to your Apple TV seamlessly, and pick up right where you left off. Also, if you're a netflix subscriber, it can stream all the free "on demand" type movies they have on there (the same way a netflix enabled TV or a Wii will). Of course the Apple TV interface is very, very user friendly as most Apple products are.

You can use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a remote control, with the "Remote" app. It's also stupid easy to setup.

http://www.apple.com/appletv/

It's on my Christmas list

[Lee]

i love it so far.

Apple has done a great job with it. You can browse netflix in its entirety (instead of just viewing your watch instantly queue), you can stream video directly off your iphone (soon ipad too), share your itunes library from any computer (so you can stream music, movies, view slideshows of pics, etc), and it has the full itunes library as well.

if they add hulu, this will be really epic.

[Lee]

i have a mac mini hooked to my tv in my living room... the big bummer about it is you need a mouse and keyboard. try using that for a while and you'll realize it's really uncomfortable.

with the apple tv, I use my iphone (remote app) to control it, or the little remote it comes with. It's fast, the video is of great quality and i am a fan of the interface.

[garrett]

can you watch tv shows through any of the network (abc/nbc/fx/etc...) websites on appletv? or is that why you are hoping for hulu?

[Lee]

no web browser, so no.

but you could buy them of course off itunes