Comments on: Our Apple TV experience http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/10/26/our-apple-tv-experience/ Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/10/26/our-apple-tv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-44003 Chris Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:13:31 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/?p=562#comment-44003 Doh. You're right about the 40GB. Senior moment. I like the photo thing, but it proved too disconcerting for J who requested that I stop that photo screen saver thing as it's not something a TV should do. Doh. You’re right about the 40GB. Senior moment.

I like the photo thing, but it proved too disconcerting for J who requested that I stop that photo screen saver thing as it’s not something a TV should do.

]]> By: Alastair http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/10/26/our-apple-tv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-44000 Alastair Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:33:31 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/?p=562#comment-44000 Yep, totally agree with everything you've written here. I wish I'd known more about the syncing before buying my 160GB AppleTV as well but for the most part it's great. (BTW I thought the other version was 40GB, not 80?) I'm slowly getting the hang of the right ffmpeg command line incantations to transcode MPEG2 streams into H.264 for display on the AppleTV. Replaying ABC-sourced episodes of Doctor Who being a key use case here. Another big plus is the photo library syncing. I just love the fact that photos in Aperture are magically transported to the TV and pop up at screen saver time. It is frankly one of the best ways to enjoy one's photographs. Yep, totally agree with everything you’ve written here. I wish I’d known more about the syncing before buying my 160GB AppleTV as well but for the most part it’s great. (BTW I thought the other version was 40GB, not 80?)

I’m slowly getting the hang of the right ffmpeg command line incantations to transcode MPEG2 streams into H.264 for display on the AppleTV. Replaying ABC-sourced episodes of Doctor Who being a key use case here.

Another big plus is the photo library syncing. I just love the fact that photos in Aperture are magically transported to the TV and pop up at screen saver time. It is frankly one of the best ways to enjoy one’s photographs.

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