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DaveyLC

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11th Oct 11 at 13:46

Isnt there some 1080p porn you should be watching?

Gary

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11th Oct 11 at 13:46

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Originally posted by DaveyLC
I'm no Apple Fanboy but the Airplay stuff is priceless.

ATV + Optical out to surround = Better than a docking station.

Gary

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11th Oct 11 at 13:47

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Originally posted by John

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
And I was so happy with the way it works and the features it has.. Damn me for buying stuff that works perfectly!

Are you being serious?

You've bought a product that doesn't really do the job well then had to hack it to get it to work the way you want

Yes I'd do the same, you didn't buy something that worked perfectly though

I bought mine knowing i was going to jailbreak tbh. Just went an updated it to 4.3 and couldnt find the software till Davey linked me up yesterday.

DaveyLC

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11th Oct 11 at 13:48

quote:
Originally posted by Gary

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
I'm no Apple Fanboy but the Airplay stuff is priceless.

ATV + Optical out to surround = Better than a docking station.

I'm a bit gutted because I just blew £200 on a mini system with an iPod dock, if I had known I was going to buy this I would have spent the money on an suround system

Gary

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11th Oct 11 at 13:49

Mini system have optical IN?

DaveyLC

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11th Oct 11 at 13:51

Oooooo I shall look

Robbo

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11th Oct 11 at 14:59

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
And I was so happy with the way it works and the features it has.. Damn me for buying stuff that works perfectly!

but by your own admission you had to jailbreak it to make it work (still less than) perfectly

DaveyLC

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11th Oct 11 at 15:03

I bought it with the intention of Jail Breaking it.. If I bought the WDTV I'd be installing XBMC on it or Plex.. whats your point?

stubs

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11th Oct 11 at 15:06

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Originally posted by willay
Anyone rate Popcorn Hour?

Yes! I have the A-100 in the bedroom running YAMJ to give me a better looking menu (DVD covers and synopsis etc..)
And I also have a A-200 in the lounge that has it's own built in version of YAMJ called networked media jukebox (NMJ).

The main feature for me though is the ability to playback .ISO files

I think though that if the Apple TV can do this through XMBC, it would be a very good contender

Robbo

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11th Oct 11 at 15:16

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
And I was so happy with the way it works and the features it has.. Damn me for buying stuff that works perfectly!

DaveyLC

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11th Oct 11 at 15:29

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Originally posted by Robbo

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
And I was so happy with the way it works and the features it has.. Damn me for buying stuff that works perfectly!

Get over yourself.

Gary

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11th Oct 11 at 15:36

Inatalled owt else yet? Gonna have a look about and see if there are any other cool XBMC add-on's

DaveyLC

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11th Oct 11 at 15:38

Link me up if you find anything good!

Gary

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11th Oct 11 at 15:47

Will do, hard to find anything that does a better job than Ice

Dom

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11th Oct 11 at 15:54

quote:
Originally posted by willay
I'd like to roll out a media setup at home but unsure what to go with.

I like your idea of having dumb frontends and a myth server, but it seems most recent TV's these days can stream shit but the question is what exactly can they stream. In my room I've got a PS3/Sky HD so I can record alot and use the PS3 to view downloaded films using PS3MediaServer but it does fall short on a few things.

Depends what you're after, certainly you could run DLNA alongside Myth with Myth handling PVR functionality and DLNA dishing the media out. You'd still need a Myth frontend for control and you'd loose a lot of the PVR/tuner streaming functionality (possibly could DLNA to dish out a live stream from a tuner, no idea though) that you'd get with Myth frontends.
And Myth can be a bit of a PITA to setup but having played with a few full blow setups they are epically cool and easily worth the arseache