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out of curiosity, is the apple tv a "g" or a "n" unit?
second out of curiosity, can you use the usb port to access a usb drive?
third out of curiosity, can you use a "simple stupid" lappy hooked up wirelessly to control it, or do you always have to go through the tv?
i'm currently using a (very recently acquired, thanks to positive comments from head-fiers) airport express linked as a client to an airport extreme network, but soon after the day that apple starts to rent movies (especially if the rumored "real hd" comes to pass), i'm going to replace the express with an apple tv... it would be nice to have some music "right there", rather than always having to stream it...
fwiw, sq from the existing setup (feeding my anthem avm30) is equivalent (at first blush, anyway) to the pio dv59... i'd expect that it wouldn't change using the apple tv interface...
out of curiosity, is the apple tv a "g" or a "n" unit?
Specs say it supports both.
second out of curiosity, can you use the usb port to access a usb drive?
You can boot off of the USB port but I haven't tried hooking up a USB drive to see if it can be extended. The docs don't mention it but good idea. I'm thinking it requires a OSX formatted drive and the program may only look at the one partition.
third out of curiosity, can you use a "simple stupid" lappy hooked up wirelessly to control it, or do you always have to go through the tv?
A TV is pretty much required to control it unless you are capable of hacking into it with SSH and figure out a cli command to run the app from.
soon after the day that apple starts to rent movies (especially if the rumored "real hd" comes to pass), i'm going to replace the express with an apple tv... it would be nice to have some music "right there", rather than always having to stream it...
I'm not overly impressed with the video but I'm stuck with component connections as my DVD owns the HDMI port.
fwiw, sq from the existing setup (feeding my anthem avm30) is equivalent (at first blush, anyway) to the pio dv59... i'd expect that it wouldn't change using the apple tv interface...
I have mine hooked up to an avm20 and it sounds great.
from what i've been able to gather, not many people are impressed with the video, so it remains to be seen what apple is going to do about that... rumors abound...
from what i've been able to gather, not many people are impressed with the video, so it remains to be seen what apple is going to do about that... rumors abound...
anytime, I'm full of .... opinions
Yeah, I think they are going to have to do something about the video to capture the market they are after and get the video sales. I just don't see that happening in that small footprint the ATV has. To me, its a perfect independent, stationary jukebox for the TV room.
ok guys I got a 160 gb appletv, which I love. Im running it out using the optical out into a panny sa-xr45 digial receiver. would a dac give it better sound. don't get me wrong it sounds really good using the optical out. i was looking at hi-fi digital audio super pro usb dac707 from dyikits.com. is this good for the price? is there anything better for around $100usd?
ok guys I got a 160 gb appletv, which I love. Im running it out using the optical out into a panny sa-xr45 digial receiver. would a dac give it better sound. don't get me wrong it sounds really good using the optical out. i was looking at hi-fi digital audio super pro usb dac707 from dyikits.com. is this good for the price? is there anything better for around $100usd?
your receiver HAS a dac (otherwise you wouldn't be getting "good" sound, you'd be getting "no" sound)...
are you asking if an external dac would give you a better sound? my initial reaaction would be "unlikely, and not worth the trouble of going to the external dac, and then to the analog in on your processor for amplification"... and even then it would depend on if your speakers are up to it...
Yeah, I think they are going to have to do something about the video to capture the market they are after and get the video sales. I just don't see that happening in that small footprint the ATV has. To me, its a perfect independent, stationary jukebox for the TV room.
lol... i'm full of ... those too...
i'm liking the idea of just using it as a jukebox the more i think about it...
__________________ Main Source: Apple TV (160gb) Main DAC: Musical Fidelity TRIVISTA 21 Main Amp: Ray Samuels Raptor (Silver#001) Main Cans: Beyer DT990 (600ohms) Tubes: (Vintage 1965 12AU7 Amperex, Vintage Tung-Sol) Power Cables:(ALO Audio) Interconnects:(Madrigal CZ Gels)
'Ports and interfaces HDMI (video and audio)
Component video
Optical audio
Analog RCA stereo audio
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
USB 2.0
802.11n wireless networking5
Built-in IR receiver (works with included Apple Remote)'
5 being 'Based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification. Learn more about the 802.11n draft specification'
your receiver HAS a dac (otherwise you wouldn't be getting "good" sound, you'd be getting "no" sound)... 
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