Apple TV

[oceanists]

anybody use Apple TV .... any good , any comments?
thank you in advance

 

[oceanists]

Originally Posted by Oceanists
anybody use Apple TV .... any good , any comments?
thank you in advance
?

 

[hot883]

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[watson3]

Is this the new system that connects the tower to the tv?

 

[oceanists]

Originally Posted by watson3
Is this the new system that connects the tower to the tv?

Yeah, Im thinking about purchasing it but all I can find are reviews basically put out by the company writers but I want some first hand feedback.
Apple is continuing to gain my interest. They have come a long way,

 

[watson3]

Originally Posted by Oceanists
Apple is continuing to gain my interest. They have come a long way,
Agreed, but I am interested in the difference between this box and say a media center pc, or windows media station..

 

[oceanists]

Yeah I have been eyeing those as well , The only thing that holds me back is the chance of virus, I hear that Apple has better prtoection , I am in no way a technician so I dont know how much truth there is to that

 

[watson3]

Originally Posted by Oceanists
I hear that Apple has better protection ,
Sadly enough, this is very true..I am a PC guy, but Macs do have advantages..

 

[oceanists]

Originally Posted by watson3
Sadly enough, this is very true..I am a PC guy, but Macs do have advantages..

see, and the media centers are so expensive , it just seems like a huge risk to me. I download alot of movies so I would be a virus magnet.

 

[watson3]

I have pretty much just been resorting to downloading movies and streaming them to the 360..Works ok for now, and is the same concept

 

[oceanists]

I hear there is a hack for the 360 that will turn it into a dvr as well .... any truth to this?

 

[oceanists]

I have a great quality "night at the museam" if your interested, I can give you my emule name

 

[watson3]

Have not heard..Will check it out though...I use a local Ftp site..

 

[dragonzim]

Originally Posted by Oceanists
Yeah I have been eyeing those as well , The only thing that holds me back is the chance of virus, I hear that Apple has better prtoection , I am in no way a technician so I dont know how much truth there is to that
The fact of the matter is that Apple's are just about as vulnerable to attack as PC's are when it comes to viruses. Its really a matter of numbers though. PC's have about 95% of the market share, so that it where most of the viruses show up. There are viruses targeted at Macs, just not as many.

 

[watson3]

Originally Posted by DragonZim
The fact of the matter is that Apple's are just about as vulnerable to attack as PC's are when it comes to viruses..
Not necessarily true..The OS on Macs do not accept as much outside influence as the PC..Once you start loading nonMac programs, you are on your own..And I just do not like Apple..

 

[watson3]

Ocean-
Are you still looking at these..I got really interested and started looking into them..It is the same principle as sending to an Xbox360..You download, then transfer to the box and then watch it..The only plus is that it is wireless and it has HDMI..It does say that it will work with XP

 

[watson3]

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