AppleTV a decent alternative to a MacMINI?

[bazookaman]

wow. take a gander here for some options...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=39

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Wow, the Apple TV is not even mentioned.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthrea...d85e3e152f&t=1160835

[spacescape]

Question... Does anyone know (I'll look at apple's site) but could we "technically" set the MacMINI on a computer desk and do video spanning... 17" LCD (Or bigger) for my wife to surf and the 32" HDTV to watch streaming videos... "at the same time"?

[Mike Johnson]

I rip movies to my mac, then stream them to my PS3 using MediaLink. Plus, the PS3 is a good Blu-Ray player (though it needs an add-on dongle to work with my universal remote).

I don't even have any games for it, just use it for movies.

[Article Accelerator]

rz wrote:
The biggest advantage of the WD TV over the aTV is that it plays 1080p, whereas the aTV is limited to 720p...Since my TV is 720p, the 1080p output of the WDTV is not a factor for me.

Apple TV outputs 1080p.

Source files are supported to 720p24 at 5,000 kbps average, 12,000 kbps burst. Video quality of such sources is excellent on my Panasonic G10 1080p 50" plasma.

[Kramerica]

I really like my Apple TV and wouldn't hesitate to buy another if it died. I have used it with and without being hacked. It's nice either way. I love watching HD podcasts on it.
Controlling it from the iPhone is a plus too.

Formats have never been an issue for me. Everything is streamed from my Mac where I want it.

[rz]

Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=rz]
The biggest advantage of the WD TV over the aTV is that it plays 1080p, whereas the aTV is limited to 720p...Since my TV is 720p, the 1080p output of the WDTV is not a factor for me.

Apple TV outputs 1080p.

Source files are supported to 720p24 at 5,000 kbps average, 12,000 kbps burst. Video quality of such sources is excellent on my Panasonic G10 1080p 50" plasma.
Care to quote a source on that? It will output TO a 1080p set, but doesn't output 1080p video.

[Article Accelerator]

That's correct: It outputs a 1080p signal to a 1080p set.

And, as we both said, it doesn't support 1080p sources--720p24 max.

[Penguin]

I'm thinking of a Mini and Plex software to run the TV and Video stuff - does anyone use this combo ??

Thanks
Brian

[rz]

Article Accelerator wrote:
That's correct: It outputs a 1080p signal to a 1080p set.

And, as we both said, it doesn't support 1080p sources--720p24 max.

Again, care to quote a source on that. EVERYTHING I've read says the maximum output on an aTV is 720p.