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- chrisgeleven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24If only I could get live content (ie: sports) off of the iTunes store.
I would cancel my cable subscription and go completely with iTunes + Apple TV.
That is the future of TV. PVR's are great and all, but it is just an inefficient way around the bigger problem: cable TV bills are way too high for way too little content. The future of TV is downloading pre-encoded shows and having them ready when you want to watch them, for cheaper.
If only they could figure out how to do live sports though... - totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21dude, you really have a bit of an obsession with your apple hatred. just sayin :p
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Flag, you don't have to buy or use any Apple products. You also don't have to ***** in our sundae.
The funny thing is, I used to be like you. Until I installed OSx86 on my old Dell laptop. And it was more stable than XP was on there. Seriously, a hacked pre-release version of OS X was faster and more stable than XP.
Now, I have a Macbook Pro. Which is AMAZING. For my gaming, I have a desktop running Vista, so I'm not fully an Apple Cultist..
But, if you haven't tried and Apple products you can't really understand why we like them.
You can insult us for what we like, but doesn't that make you one of the people that most of us come to Digg to avoid? You're just being a bully who puts us down for what we like, and it's not necessary. - rcran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I'm excited to see if someone manages to turn it into a cheap, functional osx machine... That would be amazing.
- Motobike_man, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16I love the block user button.... bye bye flag
- skim1420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5There is no 10 movie limit on AppleTV. I have 28 movies locally on my AppleTV.
- WiseWeasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You're limited by the size of 2.5" HDs. The current largest are 160GB, I believe, with 200GB available soon. The point of this is not to have a complete media server in your living room, but instead to bridge your big office computer that houses all your media with your TV set. The main storage is located somewhere else on your network, and this is mainly an output device.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"If only..."
It could play DivX files [Check]
Had a bigger hard drive [Check]
Rent Videos
Watch YouTube Videos
Run Linux
...
Thanks to Apple for releasing pretty kick ass hackable hardware. Lots of people will soon be running out of reasons to avoid it. - MaximegalonInfo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Topher06 Did you actually get to see the rod?
- Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5 by Lyph4 9 minutes ago
"You're talking about the future of TV 3 years ago. Video On Demand is offered by all the big cable companies. Time Warner has like 20 On Demand channels, including free movies and TV shows from TNT/TBS."
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Thats funny, I wanted to watch "Funny Face" with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn last night and for some reason I couldn't find in in "on-demand". - Shinnokxz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Agreed.
- superkendall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Already posted to the front page is a story on adding XVid (and other codec) support to AppleTV along with any other software you like (such as an SSH server).
Looks like you need to learn to read before you rant. - chrisgeleven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Except I hate cable companies and you still have to pay for a cable subscription to access video on demand. It is true that there is free movies/shows available, but so far all I have found is crap with a few exceptions.
- jwdav, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Why don't you go take the "standardized hard drive out of an xBox 360 and replace it with another standardized hard drive" and get back to us with how that worked out.
- Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4MS got all twisted about the original xbox mods, because that is how MS rolls. Apple probably doesn't' give a crap, because putting a different drive in it has zero impact on the controls built in to the system. It is just more space.
If people start making widely available hacks to fairplay on the Apple TV you'll see them get bitchy about it. Until then I doubt they'll care. - ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And if they can do that, Linux would probably be an option too.
An AppleTV-customized lightweight distro with remote support would be swank. A MythTV variation would be cool too. - WiseWeasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You do know that you can put any video in MP4 or H.264 format, and any audio in MP3, AAC and Apple Lossless on there, right? You don't have to buy content from the iTunes store. You can just rip your CDs to standard MP3 or AAC, or DVDs to standard H.264 or MP4, and they'll be accessible through iTunes and the AppleTV...
- Vanadium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It seems to me that this would be as simple as copying the drive image over to the larger drive. I can't imagine there are any size checks in place. Just like it is possible to upgrade the drive in your iPod.
- WiseWeasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just like you mom's... ohhhh, burn! : P
- flashboy131, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1seems like the HD comes partitioned with 2 setups
"The internal disk has 2 partitions setup. 1 with the OS install and 1 with a disk image of the OS to use as a recover option" from here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=900677&tstart=0
people having failures. - emdeesee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1By default iTunes was set to only sync x amount of unwatched movies, podcasts, etc. Since my iTunes library is under 40gb, I set it to sync everything. Everything is on my Apple TV now.
- seneyr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice. I think this is a bit beyond what the intended use of the device is, but still a good idea. 40 GB is on the small side if you're looking to do Movies & TV Shows, and don't want to have to keep a handful of content on there at any given time.
This and the Divx news item were inevitable. Just waiting for someone to jerry-rig DVR into it through the USB port now... - seneyr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed. The 40 gig hard drive is ok for the average user. The system is gonna be syncing with your iTunes library all the time, so it's not like you should have any downtime before you watch the next piece of content. The only problem I can see is if you have a very large MP3 or TV Show Collection and you want to keep an entire season on the system. If this is anything like an iPod sync, you have to keep everything on the host library anyways.
Knowing you can DIY swap out hard drives is nice though. Flash based hard disk anyone? Or DIY home repair when the warranty expires?
I'm interested in this, but I don't have any video from the iTunes store so the utility is non-existant unless I can rip my DVD collection and sync it in my iTunes. Having everything in one location would be very very sweet. Although I have a spare PC lying around that could perform the same service. - thesimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this is awesome, its a really really tempting device now, a USB port on the back for a removable disk or support for NAS would be even better
- Mirag3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It can't be MythTV.... it has no tuner card...
- nickshanks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The $100 prize been won: http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/23/apple-tv-harddrive-upgrade-process/
- brianez21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is the Apple TV fanless? Or is it a heatsync+fan combo?
- freonchill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2ARTICLE SAYS - "He sent along these two pictures (click on the gallery below for enlargements) showing the results of his hard drive upgrade, with a promise to tell us how he did it later on today."
ergo - no DIY yet...
but yea - i saw this about 5 hours ago
been waiting for them to update the site w/ more information about "howto" - chewy5000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hey, Boondoggle.
Someone besides me and my family know that movie! I have it on VHS! - Dingoboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The largest problem i see with having a larger hard drive with no software modification is I-tunes only allows for 10 movies to be on the apple TV at one time. so unless all you movies are larger that 4 gig a piece, and you have a 20 gig music library. what is the point. Now when someone figures how to get Myth TV to run on it that will be big news.
- pledomobil, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Cool! Is anyone able to open this link?
- MaximegalonInfo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Now if there was a software mod that I didn't have to use iTunes and could use other encodings. Then (and only then) would I'd buy it. There are plenty of other devices in this already overcrowded market.
- uidzero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Some were concerned that the Apple TV might have the same size checking that the XBOX 360 does preventing you from upgrading past a certain size.
- opticrealm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yah I have about 30 movies on mine too.
For a while it had all my iTunes TV shows and my movies (hundreds of GB). I figured it was streaming it through my network. But then all the TV shows disappeared and when I checked iTunes, it complained about not having enough disk space on the apple TV.
I'm NOT impressed with this limitation. I don't care about the hard drive, I just want it to send all my stuff through the network, everytime.
Maybe I'll figure it out by playing with it more. - johnlande360, on 03/17/2008, -0/+0I'm excited to see if someone manages to turn it into a cheap, functional osx machine... That would be amazing, really!
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Free Software Downloads: http://www.freedownloads32.com - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1You're talking about the future of TV 3 years ago. Video On Demand is offered by all the big cable companies. Time Warner has like 20 On Demand channels, including free movies and TV shows from TNT/TBS.
- uidzero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Too little content? I have 2 TIVOS and barely have time to keep up with all the shows I record weekly. Maybe you are just picky ;-)
- arenas46, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1and for your gaming, you have a desktop running what?
for gaming???
like the vast collection of games you've been able to play on vista, right?
ok, just making sure..:/
-cough- /sarcasm - seehad, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Live isn't that important to me. I would be happy with one quarter behind. My Super Bowl party would start about a half hour later. I'd even pay to have the Super Bowl ads as a separate download per quarter. Other sporting events, I'd rather have the ads removed.
- nick2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0iPod and TV cables work just as well :)
- LeBlue, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1100GB???
Bah! Still not enough room for my media!
I'll stick to my 400GB XBMC - altcountryman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1But, do you have cable internet? Just like how the telcos that offer DSL require you to keep phone service, I bet the cable monopolies will make you keep getting all the home shopping channels you don't want, along with the broadband that you do.
Although maybe there are providers that let you go internet-only if you're spending enough. - Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Wow, amazing, someone took a standardized hard drive out of a computer like device and replaced it with another standardized component. And someone was offering money for someone to "hack" the AppleTV. Is it just me, or are the Apple fanboys just easily amazed and easy to please?
I always wonder if Apple branded an "inanimate carbon rod" if there would be 20 front page article about it with the fanboys raving!
Also, ALL of Apple's innovation goes into the software interface. The rest is of the AppleTV is just off the shelf standardized parts. If you hack the AppleTV to run Linux or something, then its just _TV. Why buy it to ruin it to run something else? Just get a small form factor PC and run MythTV, could be done for less then $300US. - csipod, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0I'm an Apple fanboy and all. But why is this newsworthy. It's a standard harddrive. You swap it out? Yay.
The hacking capabilites are far more interesting.
http://www.GiftMonkey.com/?r=2484 - geekee, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1This box is next to useless anyway. Who cares?
- TomWoozle, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1The $100 is still up for grabs until someone publishes a process:
http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/23/apple-tv-harddrive-upgrade/ - kollector, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2AWESOME NEWS ! now i can have almost 3 times the amount of apple drm'd video i could before !
Please come back when you can figure out how to put anything else on there apart from crap from the itunes store then i'll be interested until then i'll be watching anything i want for free and at no extra expense thanks to various other sources.
I have 2 mac's but i don't see the point in defending a device which is basically the dreamcast of the apple line up. - flag564, on 10/12/2007, -46/+7"Jonathan Bare says he's done it, resulting in a capacity of 107.36GB. Now that's more like it."
Wow, and it only cost you 300.00 (not counting cost of new HD) to pull it off.
Apple does it again!
Where is my check book!? /fanboy cliche
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