I got this limited box on last Friday and I could setup all in 30 min. It’s typical apple goods which gives you very intuitive usage model with limitation.
It requires only 3 connections. Power and Hdmi cable. Visual cable is optional if you are fine with your Tv’s speakers. Since Video connection is Hdmi, video capability is superb. I absolutely like the clean and well refined Ui screen. It’s not fixed screen. It changes depending on your contents. Whenever I browse straight through menu, upper section of screen shows snapshot of what I can choose and it updates very swiftly when you add new contents.
It has built in wireless Lan so, you don’t need internet cable though it has port if you want. The wireless seems better than movable expedient since it could play Youtube pretty smoothly where iPad couldn’t play very well. It detects ready Ap automatically and detects what type of protection is used. Just type in password then you are good to go.
This gismo comes with following features.
1. Playing Movie and Tv shows you can buy or rent from iTune store
2. Playing Netflix, Youtube and Flicker
3. Playing your own contents
4. Playing internet radio
5. Playing photo slide shows
#1 is very easy if your wallet is ready. Just click and browse movies then click to play.
#2 is also very easy if you have netflix account. Just type Id and password then you have full access.
#3 is super easy if you are familiar with iTune on desktop. Apple doesn’t find all movies automatically. It doesn’t make Ui super complex to support everything. Apple Tv uses Home Sharing highlight and grab anyone you have in your iTune library. So the only supported video format is Mpeg4/h.264. If you have videos purchased from iTune store, those are already mp4. So you don’t need to do anything. If you have lots of videos in other format, you will need to change the format. There are some tools ready on the shop so it won’t be very difficult. Once you add your contents, it appears on apple Tv instantly. Though all movies are seen on same screen in iTune Sw, it’s possible to define category. Then Apple Tv shows category such as Comedy, Drama and so on. When you scroll straight through categories, left screen shows snapshot of movies you have.
#4 it plays audio pretty well as well though there’s one annoying bug. If you have songs and didn’t mark in iTune, you can’t play using Apple Tv. You need to mark songs to play. I hope this is fixed in software modernize soon.
#5 I like photo slide show very much. You can define the style of slide shows and you can decide if you want to add background music or not. If you have your friends or relatives coming, this feature is very nice to share your great moments.
What I like about this gismo is typical Apple’s intuitive Ui. It’s super easy to use. No complex long list of hierarchy. I haven’t read manual at all. And also, it supports most of the video contents you will need such as netflix and youtube. I use At&T Uverse so I know how Iptv works but Apple Tv works much better. In the first day of use, I changed my plan from U200 to U-family to save some bucks and pay for Netflix.
Video ability is also very nice. I have lots of low ability video with lots of artifact. Those are still illustrated but post processing smoothes out those. For high quality video, screen is super crisp and bright.
Also box is so small that it’s hardly seen. I put close to my Harman Kardon receiver and apple Tv fits very well. And it’s also very easy to move nearby the rooms. I bought any Hdmi cables so that I can move in the middle of living room, expert bed rooms and others. Power consumption is so minute that you don’t need to bother to turn off all the time. It surely doesn’t have power button.
There’s some possibility of upgrade. This device has built in strong processor, A4 to cope video decoding. all is implemented using software meaning, it can be no ifs ands or buts expanded. I am not sure what’s Apple’s strategy but this gadget might have great potential. This gadget is too strong for the media player.
The catch of all above highlight is very good internet connection and faster desktop. If you have good internet connections, you won’t notice much lags. When you play movies that are stored in your desktop, the lag depends on how fast your Pc is. So, Apple Tv is not standalone device. It smartly uses infra structure that are tasteless in many of household these days. In my case, I upgraded internet speed since Netflix uses about 1.5Mbps.
Though what Apple Tv provides is nothing new and all can be done by Pc or similar boxes, it just makes excellent with $99. I think it’s great expanding to your media system.
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