05-05-2010, 07:43 PM
Dakota wrote:
Can't I patch my laptop screen to the TV via AppleTV?
No, nor do you need to do that--just hook your laptop up to the TV directly.
How is this different from playing your movie collection in iTunes and watching them on TV?
For one thing, Apple TV provides much greater convenience and ease of use. However, Apple TV is much more than a just movie playback device. See silvarios's posting above and these:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-589011 (add Internet radio to that list)
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-825000
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-811868
http://www.apple.com/appletv/