Kurtis Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 It also has airplay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thizz Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Can play 1080p? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtis Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 yup i stream 1080p youtube vids on it and shit play 1080p vids stream 1080p vids from my local network etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thizz Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Nice what do I actually need to buy here Dave not very good with all this technological shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtis Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 its actually abit long to setup tbh, you gotta get an SD card then download the image and write it on it and setup any extensions you might want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshie Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Dave, can I watch sky sports / ppv channels on this box? Might have to cop, finally got a tv worth watching tele on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtis Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 im not 100%. i can stream off my set top box in the living room, but ive heard people talk about xbmc add ons that can stream channels, i never tried them though so cant confirm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshie Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Okay cheers, something for me to look into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incumbent Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 use a cheap raspberry pi with raspbmc/openelec for £30. does everything a jailbroken appletv can. searched on ebay but cant find any at that price, can u kindly point me to a link please? For the whole kit ready to go thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyal fi beg Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 use a cheap raspberry pi with raspbmc/openelec for £30. does everything a jailbroken appletv can. searched on ebay but cant find any at that price, can u kindly point me to a link please? For the whole kit ready to go thanks late reply, but http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RASPBERRY-Pi-Model-B-revision-2-0-Board-512MB-RAM-The-Very-Latest-/170939155187?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item27ccc482f3 just get that, and if you havent got an sdcard (or micro sd + adapter), buy a 2-4gb sd card (theyre cheap, like £2-4), and can use a micro usb phone charger to power it. any usb keyboard works, but if youre gonna use it as a htpc, then get a cheap usb ir reciver/remote (i use a logitech harmony remote with a cheap ir reciever). http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-PC-Remote-Control-Controller-USB-IR-Receiver-UK-SELLER-/281119056126?pt=UK_Computing_Remote_Controls_Pointers&hash=item41740060fe so if youve already got an sd card and phone charger, youre looking at £30. with an sd card, £34. with a remote + sd card. £42 etc dont bother with the kits. theyre usually expensive for what you get. you dont need to get a premade sd card either. raspbmc is simple to install. openelec is a little trickier, but its more stable imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Gekko Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Funny that this topic pops up as I've been looking to get a ATV2 the last couple days but fuck paying upwards of 180-220 Been looking at Raspberry Pi too but I've read stuff that you can't stream live from xbmc because it doesn't have the capacity, you can only pair it with other devices - is this bollocks dave? Can you drop me a link where you picked yours up? (assuming you bought the set, not each bit individually) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 How does an Apple TV let you watch sky sports and ppv channels? I'm actually baffed at what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 So its all just streamed through wifi? Is the quality any better than normal streams on the net? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Gekko Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Not really A lot of them are add-ons from the likes of 1channel, watchseries, sports devil, justintv etc So it's mostly what you'd use online consolidated into one app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The jailbroken version can run xmbc (or someother media centre)
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So its all just streamed through wifi?
Is the quality any better than normal streams on the net?
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Gordon Gekko
Not really
A lot of them are add-ons from the likes of 1channel, watchseries, sports devil, justintv etc
So it's mostly what you'd use online consolidated into one app
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