Apple TV

[Shawnmoore81 623]

 

Anyone have it? Can I watch tv through it? Could I get rid of cable?

[MikeK77 8]

Im slowly swaying away from anything with the word "apple" in it.

 

What is it you are looking to do? IMO, it's tough to get rid of cable 100%

[Porthole 15]

I have it, don't use it for much. I originally bought it to watch my Amazon prime content through my iPad on the TV in my camper.

 

Turns out Apple being what they are, apple TV only allows the audio portion of amazon prime to pass through, no video.

[MikeK77 8]

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Yup.....apple blows anymore..lol

 

I know some die hard apple people who are getting rid of their apple stuff

[notmetoo 41]

Roku may be the better bet and allow more flexibility. The Apple TV is more like a conduit for the iTunes store, plus some other venues like YouTube, Netflix, MLB, etc. Getting rid of cable depends on what you watch. A lot of online episodes of tv series have an obnoxious amount of commercials.

[Jcddefreese 0]

I have Apple TV and don't use it much. Good for connecting the rest of your Apple products to your TV (photos, iTunes, etc). I use the PS3 for Amazon Prime and NetFlix.

[Dave_D 0]

I have one and unless the majority of your media is in iTunes or acquired through iTunes I would suggest looking at the Roku instead (I have both). Roku has Amazon Instant video as well as HBO GO and lots of others. You can also stream movies/audio to it from a PC or flash drive if you get the Roku XS

 

Happy to answer any other questions

[notmetoo 41]

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Yup.....apple blows anymore..lol

 

I know some die hard apple people who are getting rid of their apple stuff

 

Yeah... Not so much. I work in IT and we pretty much allow people the choice between Mac or Windows (and iOS or Android) and we've seen phenomenal growth of Mac. Never mind iOS vs. Android, for handhelds/tablets we're about 97% iOS.

[BleedingOrange36 0]

I looked into getting one.... Decided it was pointless for me.

I use my smart tv for YouTube, Netflix, amazon, vudu or whatever else I need.

Ps3 is good for bridging the gap.

 

[Shawnmoore81 623]

I run amazon prime through my ps3 now. I bought Apple TV because we have a million apple products in the house and it was only $99. I got 2 ipad minis tonight so I kinda just grabbed it while I was there.

[MikeK77 8]

 

 

Yeah... Not so much. I work in IT and we pretty much allow people the choice between Mac or Windows (and iOS or Android) and we've seen phenomenal growth of Mac. Never mind iOS vs. Android, for handhelds/tablets we're about 97% iOS.

 

 

You calling me a liar?

 

I can provide names of people who recently got fed up with their macs and iphones, and switched to pc and droids

 

Im glad you work in IT. Guess what...so do i.

 

Just because people you work for like mac, doesnt mean the whole world does.

[notmetoo 41]

You calling me a liar?

 

I can provide names of people who recently got fed up with their macs and iphones, and switched to pc and droids

 

Im glad you work in IT. Guess what...so do i.

 

Just because people you work for like mac, doesnt mean the whole world does.

 

Jeez, chill out. I was making an observation based on my experience just like you did.

[HardCorr 0]

I have the 720 and 1080 version. It is probably used more then my cable box. I use it for the Netflix, actually my kids use it for the Netflix. You need a Internet connection (Wireless or Ethernet) so you will probably need your cable company in someway. Unless you have DSL or make your smartphone into a hotspot.

[ryan_j 0]

So this is kind of what I do for a living. No really, I'm not just into IT. I work for a large media company that does streaming for these devices and help develop and maintain these services.

 

Whoever said that Apple TV is a conduit for iTunes is correct. Apple allows only its own content as well as that for a few selected partners. It's actually pretty limited. It's the most convenient way to get iTunes content on your TV though. Can't do it otherwise unless you attach your iPhone, iPad or Mac/PC to your TV with a HDMI cable. You can also do AirPlay mirroring with your iPhone/iPad/Mac. This means whatever you see on your screen will be on your TV if you want. No additional connection other than wifi needed. I would have really loved for them to open up the Apple TV to third party developers like they did with the rest of the iOS ecosystem. I'd even write an app or two myself... but they won't. There are always rumors that Apple will be going into the TV business and selling cable TV over the internet but I don't think that the networks would sign on to that.

 

You'll likely never see Amazon video content on Apple TV. They're arch rivals at this point. You can do Netflix though.

 

Roku will get you a ton of stuff. By far it is the most versatile. Some of them even do angry birds (the game) on TV.

 

But other than that, got a game console? Blu-ray player? Smart TV? I have all of the above. They pretty much stream the most popular services. XBOX wants you to shell out for a live gold sub before you can stream. That's $50/year? No thanks.

 

Yes, all of them need internet. But without cable TV you're saving $50 - $60/month. I have DIRECTV and internet from the cable company. I still come out ahead.

[Shawnmoore81 623]

I have the 720 and 1080 version. It is probably used more then my cable box. I use it for the Netflix, actually my kids use it for the Netflix. You need a Internet connection (Wireless or Ethernet) so you will probably need your cable company in someway. Unless you have DSL or make your smartphone into a hotspot.

 

There are different versions? Shit I hOpe I got the 1080

[HardCorr 0]

The AirPlay feature is pretty awesome. But you need a iPhone or iPad to do this.

[ryan_j 0]

The AirPlay feature is pretty awesome. But you need a iPhone or iPad to do this.

 

No you don't, you can do it with a Mac too.

 

I believe you can also do it with an iPod touch.

[ryan_j 0]

There are different versions? Shit I hOpe I got the 1080

 

The older ones were 720p. Newer ones 1080p.

[HardCorr 0]

 

 

There are different versions? Shit I hOpe I got the 1080

The 1080 version came out around the same time as the iPad 3. So if you got it within the past year it should be the 1080

[HardCorr 0]

Sorry my kid grabbed phone

[Shawnmoore81 623]

Bought it tonight

[HardCorr 0]

 

 

No you don't, you can do it with a Mac too.

 

I believe you can also do it with an iPod touch.

Never tried it from my Mac, don't have a iPod touch, but that is basically a iPhone without voice

[HardCorr 0]

Bought it tonight

You should be good to go

 

[Shawnmoore81 623]

The AirPlay feature is pretty awesome. But you need a iPhone or iPad to do this.

 

Me- iPhone 5, iPad mini

Wife - iPhone 5, iPad mini

Son- iPod touch

Daughter- iPod touch

 

It amazes me that my daughter was using an iPod before she was 2. Now is is 2 and works it easily.

[Tactical Turtle 11]

Get a smart tv from Samsung with project free tv its easy to loose other channels

[Shawnmoore81 623]

I have 2 smart tv's. one is a Sony and one is a lg

[Tactical Turtle 11]

Try project free tv theb

[Shawnmoore81 623]

I'm trying to find a bad ass router. I have a linksys n router. But with all the crap I got I wanna upgrade to a dual band or whatever is out now

[BigHayden 77]

I'll throw in my $0.02 too. I'm a un*x guy, so anything unix based, I'm for. I'm also married. So when I decided that Microsoft can kiss my rear-end, I had to contend with WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor). I went with a Mac and OSX (I hated OS 9), instead of Linux (like I use on my laptop and at work). After that, when I made the jump to smart phones, the iPhone was really the only game in town (Android was introduced 8 months after I bought my phone). When I signed up for Netflix, I went with an AppleTV, because of the proliferation of Apple products in my house. It is easy to use, runs Netflix and Hulu Plus, and will stream from your iTunes library. That's one of the things that appealed to me. I rip the kids' DVDs to MP4 format and share them through iTunes. No more scratched/lost discs/etc.

 

Now, having said that, if I had it to do all over again, right now, I would go with a Linux PC, Android phones, and a Roku for the TV. I actually did pick up a Roku a few months ago and installed Plex on it and my Mac, so I can stream the same ripped DVDs to the Roku, which makes the Apple TV simply a more expensive version of the same box.

[ryan_j 0]

Never tried it from my Mac, don't have a iPod touch, but that is basically a iPhone without voice

 

I believe it came out with Lion.