WD TV Live or Apple TV???

TheChillPill

jaybeetoo wrote: »

That's a shame as I was thinking of getting one for Now TV. What is wrong with it?

The interface is clunky in my opinion. Its perhaps ok if you only have a small library, but too time consuming if you have a large library (mine is around 500 movies and 1,000 TV episodes).

custardy

TheChillPill wrote: »

The interface is clunky in my opinion. Its perhaps ok if you only have a small library, but too time consuming if you have a large library (mine is around 500 movies and 1,000 TV episodes).

The difference is your set up,not library
lets not get into whose is biggest
Its using the large hard drive vs network streaming

Cliecost

custardy wrote: »

The difference is your set up,not library
lets not get into whose is biggest
Its using the large hard drive vs network streaming

I used to stream and it was more buggy than now so I bought a hard drive. On the whole it's okay but when something goes wrong, it's the most infuriating thing in the world!

custardy

Cliecost wrote: »

I used to stream and it was more buggy than now so I bought a hard drive. On the whole it's okay but when something goes wrong, it's the most infuriating thing in the world!

As I said,I stream pretty much every day via Serviio
never an issue

Cliecost

custardy wrote: »

Serviio

Is that not the same as XBMC?

buglawton

I would like to understand Apple TV better. If I bought the current and unjailbroken version, I understand:
- It has no disk or SD storage at all for keeping movies on.
- So everything is streamed.
- It is not especially UK-centric?

So far so good.
Then, my questions are:

- If I 'operate' this box via my iPhone/Pad, does it reflect ANY audio or video content I select on my iPhone/Pad? e.g. BBC iPlayer, Youtube?

- Will the streaming result in lots of unnecessary duplicated traffic across my home WiFi? Or does it more sensibly, route via WiFi direct to my router and NOT via the iThing first?

- Renting movies: The Windows version of iTunes at least allows a download to happen first, before you play it. I found this reliable albeit quality via the old laptop and the TV's VGA input a bit poor. Also, no subtitles so worse than a rented DVD in this respect.
So: How good is the movie renting experience via Apple TV with no disk storage to fall back on?

almillar

Carlos77 - I'd love to see a simple guide for Jailbreaking an AppleTV (yes, mine's a 2) if you had a link I'd be most grateful.

buglawton:

- If I 'operate' this box via my iPhone/Pad, does it reflect ANY audio or video content I select on my iPhone/Pad? e.g. BBC iPlayer, Youtube?

Hmm, yes would be the answer, but note that the Sky app doesn't allow you to do this. Any other app, I suppose, could do this to you too.
Streaming from my computer iTunes library to the AppleTV is over WiFi, broadband is unaffected. I don't use that Apple syncing thing
The renting experience, that'll depend more on your broadband connection than the device itself. It does have a little bit of its own storage and can buffer a bit, but I'd certainly want a fast (10mb+) connection before considering spending money to rent a film. I'd rather rent a Blu-Ray anyway...

custardy

Cliecost wrote: »

Is that not the same as XBMC?

not really
XBMC is a media player(I us it downstairs on the HTPC)
Serviio is a transcoding program which is coding the various formats to WD friendly format
I have a PC on downstairs antyway so its no issue using this set up.

Danni-R

I have recently (Saturday) got one. I use it with my external HD and althought its great for watching films on the HD I cant find a good 'catch up' service. It will let me watch IPlayer but thats about it. I have it connected to my iphone but was wondering if anyone had the name of a good site for other channels?

wba31

almillar wrote: »

Carlos77 - I'd love to see a simple guide for Jailbreaking an AppleTV (yes, mine's a 2) if you had a link I'd be most grateful.

buglawton:

Hmm, yes would be the answer, but note that the Sky app doesn't allow you to do this. Any other app, I suppose, could do this to you too.
Streaming from my computer iTunes library to the AppleTV is over WiFi, broadband is unaffected. I don't use that Apple syncing thing
The renting experience, that'll depend more on your broadband connection than the device itself. It does have a little bit of its own storage and can buffer a bit, but I'd certainly want a fast (10mb+) connection before considering spending money to rent a film. I'd rather rent a Blu-Ray anyway...

Don't know if I've misread you, but the sky go app does allow you to AirPlay to Apple TV... If it didn't you can just mirror screen the device to Apple TV.