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Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Filliam H. Muffman - 02-05-2009 DRR wrote: Because people want something to satisfy their needs. The ATV is an interesting exercise, but falls short in many areas because of the designed in limitations. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Filliam H. Muffman - 02-05-2009 Article Accelerator wrote: So how do I play HD DIVX files from my network/external storage? Article Accelerator wrote: All of the main non DRM formats that WMP, DIVX, and VLC. I have about 400 GB of FLV files that I got off sites before they started embedding content in hidden streams that do not get cached on disk. Article Accelerator wrote: I just saw Lost season 4 in HD online somewhere. 18 GB. As for forward planning, anybody that sets up a DVR to record the upcoming nights show qualifies as that kind of person. Article Accelerator wrote: Not contrived at all. It is an example of wanting the highest quality version that is IDENTICAL to the process of the people that have already said what they have done with their DVD collections. You are the one putting up straw men. Article Accelerator wrote: You asked for things I wanted in the ATV. I said a tuner. You said EyeTV. I asked how it worked with the ATV. You said hooked up to another computer. See 1). WTF is wrong with your reading comprehension? Article Accelerator wrote: If I had a YouTube video streaming on the HDTV, what is so wrong with wanting to hop to Google to search for related videos that might not be on YouTube? Simple convenience. Article Accelerator wrote: So how do I play HD DIVX files from my network/external storage? Article Accelerator wrote: Still avoiding the actual question. Edit: I asked if you were serious and you said yes. Your avoidance of the questions proves you are not. I will not respond further. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Article Accelerator - 02-05-2009 I agree with you--Apple TV is not a suitable entertainment appliance for Filliam H. Muffman. I will not respond further. That's a relief. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - guitarist - 02-06-2009 Agree with Article Accelerator. Fillman needs a computer video-file tinker-toy hardware suite, not a Home Theater appliance. Thankfully Apple Inc. isn't obligated to the micro-minority, and isn't in the business of catering to the peculiar whims of a few thousand computer hardware hobbyists. The rest of us--tens of millions of customers--are plenty satisfied. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Rick-o - 02-06-2009 Article Accelerator wrote: Agreed! Great tip! However, when I tried it last night I noticed that while the pic files I used from google (50-100k) looked fine in iTunes, up on the big screen they looked...bad. I was trying to stay with smaller pic files, but after seeing the quality, I guess I need to grab a larger size. What would you say is the best overall size to use? Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Article Accelerator - 02-06-2009 I grabbed "medium" size files (>500 pixels in the smallest dimension) and they look quite good. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Rick-o - 02-06-2009 Thanks AA. I'll give that a try. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - guitarist - 02-06-2009 I often grab the largest image that's immediately accessible in Google's search results. Huge, giant posters! There seems to be no penalty for oversized images. But as mentioned above, there is a visible penalty for undersized ones. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - Article Accelerator - 02-07-2009 I just discovered a new little trick for Apple TV: It can play Internet radio. Just go to iTunes on the host computer and create a new Radio playlist. Drag-and-drop your favorite radio channels from the Radio pane to your new radio playlist. Synchronize the playlist to Apple TV and enjoy. Re: Apple TV clearly a complete failure - guitarist - 02-07-2009 There's an even shorter path to creating the visual catalogue of movies, for those that are trying this at home. After some trial-and-error, I discovered that it doesn't even require the image to be local. You can drag an image right off a web page, into preferences. From the Google Image Search web page location, directly into the iTunes Artwork preference pane window. Voila! Not a huge leap, granted, but it saves a few moments, and desktop cleanup afterwards, if you're attaching images for large batches of movies in a single sitting. |