APPLE TV

[Kurtis]

It also has airplay

[Thizz]

Can play 1080p?

[Kurtis]

yup

 

i stream 1080p youtube vids on it and shit

 

play 1080p vids

 

stream 1080p vids from my local network

 

etc

[Thizz]

Nice what do I actually need to buy here Dave not very good with all this technological shit.

[Kurtis]

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

[Yoshie]

Dave, can I watch sky sports / ppv channels on this box?

Might have to cop, finally got a tv worth watching tele on

[Kurtis]

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

[Yoshie]

Okay cheers, something for me to look into.

[Incumbent]

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

 

[gyal fi beg]

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.

[Gordon Gekko]

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)

[Greens]

How does an Apple TV let you watch sky sports and ppv channels?

 

I'm actually baffed at what it is.

[Greens]

So its all just streamed through wifi?

 

Is the quality any better than normal streams on the net?

[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