Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Back to square one on the multimedia idea
The EVA refund arrived on my account around about the same time I was checking out a friend's modified Xbox - which does a very nice job as a multimedia server. This brings the Xbox 360 into the race, except that I'm not sure if it's possible to hack 'em in the same way as the original, to create a cheapo PC platform for a multimedia server.
As for Gerry's idea of Apple TV: EUR 300 for an overheated piece of plastic with a 40GB hard drive, no Ethernet connection, no flash ROM and most important of all, very very limited filetype support? Nein danke.
As for Gerry's idea of Apple TV: EUR 300 for an overheated piece of plastic with a 40GB hard drive, no Ethernet connection, no flash ROM and most important of all, very very limited filetype support? Nein danke.
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# posted by Nesjo : 14:08
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Actually, the AppleTV *DOES* have a 10/100 Ethernet jack, as well as an 802.11 a/b/g/n daughtercard.
Expect the feature-set of the AppleTV to expand dramatically in the coming months.
Look at today's availability of DRM-free music on the iTunes Store. Other content available there, will be available in higher resolutions in the future, and will be orderable directly from the Apple TV -- no need to go through the computer to order and download.
Did you upgrade your iTunes software yet?
I'm having fun installing the growing collection of plug-ins on my AppleTV...
Keys to the wonder-machine that is hiding inside the AppleTV:
http://appletvhacks.blogspot.com/
Cheers,
Gerry
Expect the feature-set of the AppleTV to expand dramatically in the coming months.
Look at today's availability of DRM-free music on the iTunes Store. Other content available there, will be available in higher resolutions in the future, and will be orderable directly from the Apple TV -- no need to go through the computer to order and download.
Did you upgrade your iTunes software yet?
I'm having fun installing the growing collection of plug-ins on my AppleTV...
Keys to the wonder-machine that is hiding inside the AppleTV:
http://appletvhacks.blogspot.com/
Cheers,
Gerry
A detailed breakdown of the AppleTV -- so you can see all of the components it DOES have -- can be found at EE Times:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BVYATOPYGSQXGQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN;?articleID=199700908
http://i.cmpnet.com/eet/news/07/05/DC1477_UTH_PG_40.gif
Cheers,
Gerry
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BVYATOPYGSQXGQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN;?articleID=199700908
http://i.cmpnet.com/eet/news/07/05/DC1477_UTH_PG_40.gif
Cheers,
Gerry
Er, I don't even use iTunes. But thanks for the tips. If I could plonk a Zalman fan on top of the unit it might be a contender.
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