you can stream netflix, youtube, and podcasts from apple tv now.
If this did hulu, that would be awesome.
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le nubian - Sep 01, 2010 9:05:17 am PDT #14728 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom Scola - Sep 01, 2010 9:06:25 am PDT #14729 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It can do Netflix now.
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2010 9:09:31 am PDT #14730 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But it no longer has storage. So for the iTunes store it only does rentals. I much prefer to buy tv shows and movies instead of renting them.
Which reminds me to get that 1TB drive for my MacBook Pro....
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2010 9:11:19 am PDT #14731 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But it no longer has storage.
Eff that. My main function for mine is backup for my iTunes library. Good. I have no envy. Youtube and Netflix I get through TiVo, and I'll always put that ahead of an Apple TV. They're cute, but they're hardly actually useful.
Beyond viewing trailers all in one HD place. Which, you know, I guess not that important.
Jessica - Sep 01, 2010 9:14:21 am PDT #14732 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
OTOH, only $99 now. That's kinda tempting.
Sue - Sep 01, 2010 9:59:41 am PDT #14733 of 25501
hip deep in pie
Ditto the new Nano.
It really is wee and cute.
Kristen - Sep 01, 2010 10:03:54 am PDT #14734 of 25501
I think the nano might be too wee and cute for me now.
Will no one think of the fat fingered clumsy people?
le nubian - Sep 01, 2010 10:06:23 am PDT #14735 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
like the Japanese sumo wrestlers who are using Ipads as phones because their hands are too bad for other phones?
Polter-Cow - Sep 01, 2010 10:21:12 am PDT #14736 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, thank goodness the new Shuffle has the buttons again! Now I will be less annoyed if I have to buy a new one since my Shuffle is acting up right now. The 2 GB capacity is probably just right; while I would have been tempted to get the 4 GB model of the last generation, I like that the smaller capacity forces me to be a little selective about what I put on it, so that every song that comes up is one I really want to listen to, but 1 GB is beginning to feel a little small to me since I've heard so many of my mainstays over and over. And these new Shuffles are even smaller. And only $49! I don't want to get rid of my current Shuffle since it was a groomsman gift, but I don't know why it's being weird. It hasn't turned off on me again yet.
(I had no idea a new Shuffle was coming out. I'm glad I didn't just buy the last-gen Shuffle!)
Grr, it still has the combined button, though!
Maybe you’re the spontaneous type. Or maybe you prefer a little order. Just flip the shuffle switch to suit your listening style. Flip it to the left, and you’ll hear your music in a refreshingly random way. Flip it to the middle, and your songs play in order. Or flip to the right to turn iPod shuffle off.
If you have to flip to the ordered setting to turn the damn thing off, doesn't that mean it will re-randomize every single time you turn it off and on? Or does it work differently now? If it re-randomizes, you're going to keep hearing songs you just heard.
ehab - Sep 01, 2010 10:37:44 am PDT #14737 of 25501
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
I have an apple tv and I use it all the time. It is basically my defacto sound system and it works amazingly well.
I have my apple tv hooked up to my stereo receiver and it is wired through the house. Using the apple tv I can stream my itunes library from any computer in my house. In addition, my iphone acts as remote control allowing me to change music at will.
I LOVE IT! I feel like Apple TV is a poorly understood tool.
I'm getting another for the bedroom where I have a different receiver, I believe this will allow me to stream without converting the digital signal to analog to play in the bedroom, which I must do now.