AppleTV and Airport Extreme/Time Capsule - Page 3

coasts · 01-07-2009, 12:36 AM

would that incorporate the Modix? also, what is the difference between mp4 and m4v?

acosmichippo · 01-07-2009, 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by coasts

would that incorporate the Modix? also, what is the difference between mp4 and m4v?

Modix? Sure, as long it has RCA or Component output. Otherwise, you will need an adapter to make it so.

My basic understanding of .mp4 vs .m4v is that .m4v is a special "apple" version of an .mp4.

jjvaldez · 01-07-2009, 02:58 AM

since no new news about new stuff i have been surfing craigslist for a mini all day.. no luck..

dimensiondvdrob · 01-07-2009, 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by jjvaldez

since no new news about new stuff i have been surfing craigslist for a mini all day.. no luck..

JJ, I may have someone looking to sell their Mac Mini. PM me and let's talk about it.

acosmichippo · 01-07-2009, 05:01 AM

Today i hooked up my MacBook Pro to my 46" LCD for a preview of things to come, and i must say, it is glorious.

jjvaldez · 01-07-2009, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

Today i hooked up my MacBook Pro to my 46" LCD for a preview of things to come, and i must say, it is glorious.

I take it you went the dvi--> hdmi way?

acosmichippo · 01-07-2009, 02:43 PM

Yep. The only problem is that there's a glitch in OSX that prevents you from selecting 1080p output easily. Luckily I found a pretty simple workaround to get it working. I'll post a link later.

Ramesh · 01-07-2009, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

Yep. The only problem is that there's a glitch in OSX that prevents you from selecting 1080p output easily. Luckily I found a pretty simple workaround to get it working. I'll post a link later.

Please do.

acosmichippo · 01-07-2009, 05:08 PM

http://rtfm-nub.blogspot.com/2007/08...f-macbook.html

i actually had to expand my "number of recent items" option to 10...

anyway, the bug may only apply to macbooks... i guess we won't know until we try.

acosmichippo · 01-08-2009, 09:35 PM

so... i decided to try an AppleTV today. I'll give it a thorough testing for 30 days, and if i'm not happy, i'll return it and get a Mac Mini.

So far it's working pretty well, but i have run into one snag i didn't consider yet... i've run out of HDMI ports on my receiver! So the PS3 is temporarily disconnected. The other thing i'm not sure i like is that my Macbook will have to be on all the time in order to stream content... but if i got a mac mini, that wouldn't be an issue at all.

So we'll see. I would sure love to save the ~$300.