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apple tv
best thing ever invented
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Re: apple tv
What? Better than apple pie? Or apple crumble? Or tarte aux pommes?
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Originally Posted by eddie007
(Post 9957637)
What? Better than apple pie? Or apple crumble? Or tarte aux pommes?
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9957653)
even better
Excuse my ignorance but we have to know this before we can degenerate the thread into an australia vs Uk rose tinted abusive about turning off topic conversation |
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We had the Apple TV box for a little while butgot rid of it and bought the Samsung equivalent which is much better and way easier to use, it also isnt as restrictive as the Apple device.
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Originally Posted by eddie007
(Post 9957665)
so is Apple TV australian or from the UK?
Excuse my ignorance but we have to know this before we can degenerate the thread into an australia vs Uk rose tinted abusive about turning off topic conversation And of course UK TV better than Oz Eddie... |
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Originally Posted by PENNY45
(Post 9957730)
I just download it all for free , happy days :) Laptop talks to TV and watch on that
And of course UK TV better than Oz Eddie... Havent got a lap top... Kids have that Does it work on an Ipad??? Agree with the UK TV better than Oz comment though.... Had foxtel formWAY too long to remember what shite is on the "real" ozzie box lol |
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Been foxtel free for 2 months and don't miss it and happy saving the $180/month (2xtv). Can't download to ipad as far as I know. TV needs a dongle thing to talk to wifi and laptop but laptop doesn't need to be in same room so kids could be doing their thing simultaneously.
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Originally Posted by PENNY45
(Post 9957749)
Been foxtel free for 2 months and don't miss it and happy saving the $180/month (2xtv). Can't download to ipad as far as I know. TV needs a dongle thing to talk to wifi and laptop but laptop doesn't need to be in same room so kids could be doing their thing simultaneously.
Enjoy your Apple Soapy :thumbsup: (Even if it is according to the FOAKAW "inferior") |
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We've had Apple TV for about five years or so. When we were living in the UAE, we didn't even have television connected. Everything we wanted to watch we downloaded and watched on the Apple TV or directly through Youtube. It's amazing the amount of stuff people upload onto Youtube immediately. The kids could watch Home and Away the day after it aired in Australia.
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Originally Posted by eddie007
(Post 9957758)
Ok... Will have to live without that then WAY TOO COMPLICATED
Enjoy your Apple Soapy :thumbsup: (Even if it is according to the FOAKAW "inferior") works great for me. had it about a year now and have added to it everything is controlled from my phone perfect for a lazy bastard like me |
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Originally Posted by Kim67
(Post 9958346)
We've had Apple TV for about five years or so. When we were living in the UAE, we didn't even have television connected. Everything we wanted to watch we downloaded and watched on the Apple TV or directly through Youtube. It's amazing the amount of stuff people upload onto Youtube immediately. The kids could watch Home and Away the day after it aired in Australia.
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You really are sad :rofl:
Originally Posted by eddie007
(Post 9957758)
(Even if it is according to the FOAKAW "inferior") |
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One massive plus for apple tv is that it's one of the few non computer devices that can run XBMC.
XBMC = the holy grail of Home Theatre and Movie and media downloads. He he... seed planted. It's the only way to go Soapy :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9958547)
their opinion
works great for me. had it about a year now and have added to it everything is controlled from my phone perfect for a lazy bastard like me And I havent seen THAT for several months |
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I'm thinking about getting a Rasberry Pi
http://www.raspberrypi.org/ That will run XBMC and play Hi-def. Plug in external hard drive and plug in to plasma any you're away! cost? about $50! |
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Originally Posted by renth
(Post 9958651)
I'm thinking about getting a Rasberry Pi
http://www.raspberrypi.org/ That will run XBMC and play Hi-def. Plug in external hard drive and plug in to plasma any you're away! cost? about $50! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ACER-Aspi...item2316f5e7bc As soon as it arrives off goes Foxtel... or the phone call to Foxtel and the supposed half price or less chat with their retention team 2 days before cut off. Only way Foxtel will keep me on now will be a free IQ2 (HD) install and half the price of my current costs... Which is 93 bucks for everything except for movies. The other thing that Apple TV wont do is run VPN's.... Still it's a unit I seriously looked at getting. Didn't see that Raspberry one though and looks damn useful to me. Can it be networked to the Revo running Windows 7 . |
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 9958586)
One massive plus for apple tv is that it's one of the few non computer devices that can run XBMC.
XBMC = the holy grail of Home Theatre and Movie and media downloads. http://youtube.com/watch?v=HuDs0HV0Pls http://youtube.com/watch?v=IwQWMf6VJy4 He he... seed planted. It's the only way to go Soapy :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by eddie007
(Post 9958638)
Ok... Thats me off the pitch.. I have a mobile that makes phone calls... No camera..nuffin else...
And I havent seen THAT for several months |
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 9958666)
Didn't see that Raspberry one though and looks damn useful to me. Can it be networked to the Revo running Windows 7
Chief issue at the moment is you can't get your hands on one, the initial manufacturing run was 30-40x oversubscribed and sold out in minutes. |
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i love it when others come in with better ideas
you find out about sh!t you dont need but now you want it!!!!! :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9958731)
i love it when others come in with better ideas
you find out about sh!t you dont need but now you want it!!!!! :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by renth
(Post 9958651)
I'm thinking about getting a Rasberry Pi
http://www.raspberrypi.org/ That will run XBMC and play Hi-def. Plug in external hard drive and plug in to plasma any you're away! cost? about $50! Impossible to get at the moment though. I've just got the latest WD TV Live Streaming media player (now $115 from Officeworks) - awesome. |
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9957636)
best thing ever invented
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I love my Apple TV too, bought it to watch Netflix which is great. I couldn't find out if Netflix could be used on an Australian WD TV live box as would have preferred that.
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9958731)
i love it when others come in with better ideas
you find out about sh!t you dont need but now you want it!!!!! :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 9958850)
If you've got plenty of downloaded movies and TV shows.... then you definitely need XBMC
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Originally Posted by bingobob777
(Post 9958788)
Can you download a 1080p film for free , transfer it to the Apple TV and watch it?
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9958891)
about 5TB worth lol :sneaky:
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 9958893)
I reckon you should have a good close look at it then :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9958894)
started playing with it when you posted, then got lost :confused:
I'd probably be quite lost with the Apple TV version as well.... It's linux based. Worth some time learning it IMO. Actually just thought of something.... Run Boxee on your computer instead just to give yourself an idea of what the much better XBMC is capable of. Boxee is dead simple to use. Boxee is basically a user freindly version of XBMC and should just run straight away. |
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 9958895)
Just put one or two movies in it.... then look for Movie Information then try and configure from there. Took me quite a while I will admit. It's quite geeky to set up but once its up and running its fantastic.
I'd probably be quite lost with the Apple TV version as well.... It's linux based. Worth some time learning it IMO. Actually just thought of something.... Run Boxee on your computer instead just to give yourself an idea of what the much better XBMC is capable of. Boxee is dead simple to use. Boxee is basically a user freindly version of XBMC and should just run straight away. |
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9958547)
their opinion
works great for me. had it about a year now and have added to it everything is controlled from my phone perfect for a lazy bastard like me |
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Originally Posted by Jensanco
(Post 9959573)
tell me more?
plays everything on your computer through the telly theres a lot more to it but so far i havent had the time to go through it all its great for playing music though. select yir music on yir phone and then select where you want to play it from i have apple tv in my bedroom, lounge, wee lounge, outside and i have speakers in the kitchen. the kitchen run off apples air play when i want to listen to music i just select all or where ever apple tv i want the music to come to through an app on my phone |
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Originally Posted by soapy©
(Post 9959586)
its a bit like a router
plays everything on your computer through the telly theres a lot more to it but so far i havent had the time to go through it all its great for playing music though. select yir music on yir phone and then select where you want to play it from i have apple tv in my bedroom, lounge, wee lounge, outside and i have speakers in the kitchen. the kitchen run off apples air play when i want to listen to music i just select all or where ever apple tv i want the music to come to through an app on my phone Is it expensive? This is new to me. We cancelled sky tv a few months back and don't really miss the packages etc itself, but do get hacked off when I'm home of the drivel on the tv. Love my music would love to be able to play the music off my itunes or iphone/ipod in different places without relying on the max volume coming out the little speaker on the device. |
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Originally Posted by Jensanco
(Post 9959750)
Oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh
Is it expensive? This is new to me. We cancelled sky tv a few months back and don't really miss the packages etc itself, but do get hacked off when I'm home of the drivel on the tv. Love my music would love to be able to play the music off my itunes or iphone/ipod in different places without relying on the max volume coming out the little speaker on the device. http://www.johnlewis.com/231567860/P...hTerm=apple+tv |
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Originally Posted by rasen78
(Post 9959768)
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Originally Posted by Jensanco
(Post 9959775)
Thanks but we're only in the UK for now... what would the Oz price be please if you know?
http://store.apple.com/au |
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WD TV Live is better. You can plug in your own storage so you don't need to stream.
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