Oops sorry about the typos in that message, I meant projector and HDMI.
Oooh I wasnt at all interested in an Apple TV for myself due to not
wanting to have to reencode other formats before being able to watch
them, but the wikipedia entry for Apple TV has this line...
"Shortly after Apple TV was in the hands of users, various Apple news
sites reported that hacking the device to play the Xvid video format
is possible by removing the hard drive, installing it into a Mac and
installing the proper software and drivers. "
And the spec of the hardware has been worked out now, its a bit more
like a full computer than I realised:
# Intel Pentium-M "Crofton" Processor[1] (based on Pentium-M "Dothan")
* 1.0 GHz
* 2 MiB of L2 cache
* 350 MHz underclocked system bus
# NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 (64 MB VRAM)
# 256 MB of 400 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
# 40 GB hard disk
# USB 2.0 (for diagnostic use only)
Time will tell how hackable it is, maybe not so much but the xvid
thing sounds like a promising start.
Anyway sorry for sounding harsh about Windows Media Center again, its
not that bad, I just dont think you can compare like for like. The
Apple TV is more like a media center extender than a full PC windows
media center, and this is reflected in the price.
Seems like it uses a 48Watt power supply, which isnt awful although
when I monitored the G5 2Ghz iMac 20" it was using about 78Watts when
just doing some casual websurfing,, and that includes the backlight
for the screen. We'll find out what disgusting wattage my fairly
modest 26" LCD TV uses during vlog week if I get my finger out.
Hmm maybe I will shutup and go and try Vista's Media Center for format
compatibility like I said I was gonna the other week.
Also dunno if you remember that PC-inside-a-LCD-TV that I linked to
the other week, but I saw a recent Mac rumor that suggested the next
iMac may have a TV tuner & other features, so maybe that will be
equivalent and a farier comparison to a Windows Mdia Center if its true.
Cheers
Steve Elbows
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Be careful because there are a lot of projects that dont have DMI or
> component inputs, depends how old they are and whether they were
> designed for home cinema or business presentation projection.
>
> The wii controller thing is going fine, just need a cheap USB
> bluetooth dongle and a few bits of software. Using it as a pointer
> requires th sensor bar thogh so you'll have to mock up an alternative
> to the nintendo bar if you avent got a wii but only the remote.
>
> What cost did the Windos Media Center run to? Boot time? Noise? Did it
> play other formats?
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve Elbows
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <rupert@> wrote:
> >
> > Weird that. You'd think they'd be wanting to sell the home cinema
> > dream.
> > It will work fine. It has a component video out and standard RCA
> > audio outputs as well as HDMI, if you have compatibility for that on
> > your projector.
> >
> > I got my brother in law kitted up with a Windows Media Center this
> > weekend - he only has a projector, no TV, and it was super easy.
Ran
> > a component video signal out from his standard Nvidia graphics card
> > to his projector and audio to his surround sound box - badabing.
> > Same for the Apple TV - it will have all the outputs you need.
> >
> > Windows Media Center looks great so far, and (I've said it before)
> > seems a better bet to me than Apple TV. He can put his cable TV
> > through it, record on it, as well as do all the photo, music and
> > video management, and play DVDs. Easy to set up to pick up
> > videoblogs and podcasts through Newsgator in the Online Spotlight
> > part of Media Center.
> >
> > He has music imported into both iTunes and Windows Media so that he
> > can see which he likes best. He uses the Windows Media remote, and
> > we are going to try to do what Steve Watkins was talking about - get
> > a Wii remote working as a point-and-click wand for his projector
> > screen. Which would be very cool.
> >
> > Rupert
> > http://www.fatgirlinohio.org
> > http://www.crowdabout.us/fatgirlinohio/myshow/
> >
> >
> > On 26 Mar 2007, at 10:51, missbhavens1969 wrote:
> >
> > I'd gladly pick up some overtime to buy one of these puppies, but we
> > don't actually own a television set. Anyone know whether I can add
> > Apple TV to our lives with an InFocus digital projector?
> >
> > I feel so strongly that it would work (that might just be the power
> > of The Wish) but the Apple site just says "television, television,
> > television" all over it. Not a word about projectors anyplace.
> >
> > Bekah
> > --
> > http://www.missbhavens.com
> >
> > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Street" <tim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > So has anyone got your mits on an Apple TV yet?
> > >
> > > Do you like it?
> > >
> > > Have you watched Rocket Boom or Ask a Ninja on Apple TV?
> > >
> > > Have you resized your videos to fit on Apple TV?
> > >
> > > Has Steve Garfield figured out a way to broadcast live on Apple TV
> > from his cell phone yet?
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
