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I'm Werner.
Tim,
me too, plus two WD harddisks (three terabyte capacity per drive) attached via USB. Really a great, little device with a lot of functionality.Originally Posted by Tim
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I'm John.
How does the Apple TV box fit into a system, ie what do you plug it into?
I've got TV in one room and computer in another.
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I'm Paul.
You plug it into your TV via a HTML cable.
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I'm Stuart.
Hi John,
Paul is correct - you plug it in to your tv via the hdmi connector.
Also, it occured to me that if you have never used one before, then you may also need to know that usually the Apple TV also connects to the internet via WIFI - however there is also an option to connect to the internet via a CAT 5 network cable.
So that way it can stream TV from the web into your TV.
There is also an optical out - which i have never used, but probably is good for dolby 7.1 into a suround sound system.
You will spend more renting movies/tv shows from apple than you think - but it is great!
why do you ask?
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I'm John.
Thanks Stuart (and Paul).....I may run the risk of spending more on renting movies....but I can save on Sky Movies, Love Film and won't have to splash out on a new Smart TV, when the one I have is only a couple of years old! Will buy today
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I'm Paul.
Great John, You'll have to let us know what you think.Will buy today
P.S. I use the optical output and it works nicely through my surround sound system
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I'm Julian.
Enjoy! I don't think you will regret it. I am still amazed by the quality of the 1080p streaming.Thanks Stuart (and Paul).....I may run the risk of spending more on renting movies....but I can save on Sky Movies, Love Film and won't have to splash out on a new Smart TV, when the one I have is only a couple of years old! Will buy today
People who want to see the latest films asap might want to run Lovefilm along side Apple TV, as it takes a while for you to be able to rent them on iTunes but not really an issue for me.
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I'm Dave.
Has anyone tried the Roku kit? I have a cheap Roku LT which works quite well, and a friend/colleague has a more upmarket Roku version. We have looked at the specs of the Apple TV, and perhaps there's no need to have yet more kit.
We can use a new Macbook Pro if we need to access C4OD or the ITV player, and our Freesat box copes with iPlayer for the HD TV. The Roku works well with smaller TVs which we happen to have in a couple of other rooms.
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