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post #41 of 64
3/10/11 at 12:31pm
OMFG -- what a BORING CAR!

Camaro ZL1 next year -- now THAT'S A CAR!

http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-family/

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OMFG - Just got a Ford Fusion Hybrid. Nice car but Sync is a piece of crap.
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post #42 of 64
3/10/11 at 1:10pm
Another good reason to JB it, save your SHSH in TinyUmbrella, and have the option of rolling back if an update is broken.

The first reason is to put XBMC on it.
2011 13" 2.3 MBP, 2006 15" 2.16 MBP, iPhone 4, iPod Shuffle, AEBS, AppleTV2 with XBMC.
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2011 13" 2.3 MBP, 2006 15" 2.16 MBP, iPhone 4, iPod Shuffle, AEBS, AppleTV2 with XBMC.
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post #43 of 64
3/10/11 at 1:32pm
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OMFG -- what a BORING CAR!

Camaro ZL1 next year -- now THAT'S A CAR!

http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-family/

It's beautiful

I prefer Camaros than any other car, I just simply love it.
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post #44 of 64
3/10/11 at 1:37pm
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OMFG - Just got a Ford Fusion Hybrid. Nice car but Sync is a piece of crap.

BTW, Sync is by Microsoft.
2011 13" 2.3 MBP, 2006 15" 2.16 MBP, iPhone 4, iPod Shuffle, AEBS, AppleTV2 with XBMC.
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2011 13" 2.3 MBP, 2006 15" 2.16 MBP, iPhone 4, iPod Shuffle, AEBS, AppleTV2 with XBMC.
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post #45 of 64
3/10/11 at 2:04pm
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OMFG -- what a BORING CAR!

Camaro ZL1 next year -- now THAT'S A CAR!

http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-family/

Nice looking, how many mpg does it get?
Any car can get you a speeding ticket going to the grocery store (well, maybe not a LEAF), but some just seem to be speeding magnets. I've gotten no tickets since "downgrading" from my previous sports car 5 years ago.
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post #46 of 64
3/10/11 at 2:23pm
Hm - I've got a hitachi CRT rear projection TV - no problems with it.

Then again, since it uses CRTs it can display 720i, 720p and 1080i all natively

It may be big, but at least I get native resolution without scaling and true blacks when I watch movies.
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post #47 of 64
3/10/11 at 2:25pm
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OMFG - Just got a Ford Fusion Hybrid. Nice car but Sync is a piece of crap.

Why? Seems to work just fine.
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post #48 of 64
3/10/11 at 3:19pm
sound on mine is a bit bonky for music streaming. SEems to cut in and out a bit. Not completely. It just goes kind of soft and then seems to go up in volume at odd times. Almost like Chuckie is in the closet with the remote playing tricks on me.
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post #49 of 64
3/10/11 at 5:17pm
Yup no problem here on a year old Samsung Plasma. Apple TV updated, works perfectly!
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post #50 of 64
3/10/11 at 6:19pm
When I bought my ATV2 a couple of months ago I was surprised to find out that I had to buy my own USB cable. Wasn't exactly the easiest cable to find either. Of all the electronics stores here in Japan I had only two choices. Yodobashi Camera and Amazon Japan. Other smaller retailers don't carry it because it's not so common for the average consumer to use that micro USB type.

So that means the millions of people who bought an ATV2 bought their own micro USB cable. Interesting.
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post #51 of 64
3/10/11 at 6:20pm
omg finally, i am playing mkv's into the apple TV with AirVideo, it works!!!!

you can now play anything on the Apple TV and BYPASS itunes
Just download the AirVideo app on the app store, new version for iOS 4.3 and you will also need the beta version of the server on your PC/MAC. Just download it on there website
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post #52 of 64
3/10/11 at 7:11pm
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When I bought my ATV2 a couple of months ago I was surprised to find out that I had to buy my own USB cable. Wasn't exactly the easiest cable to find either. Of all the electronics stores here in Japan I had only two choices. Yodobashi Camera and Amazon Japan. Other smaller retailers don't carry it because it's not so common for the average consumer to use that micro USB type.

So that means the millions of people who bought an ATV2 bought their own micro USB cable. Interesting.

I've got tons of them, from Bluetooth headsets, phones and other things that come with micro USB cables and home/car chargers with USB ports.

My TV has messed up again HDMI to DVI is the culprit, half the screen disappears off the bottom, so can't see the bottom menu items, six year old Hitachi 55" plasma.

I'll try direct HDMI with a new 42" plasma I'll start using when I move into my new house in a few weeks.

HDMI issues are caused by all that DRM bulls**t that media companies insist on, which is absolutely worthless as regards stopping piracy but consumer hell when it won't work properly.

"The cobbler's children have no shoes", is a saying that applies a lot to companies who provide products and services. -KDarling on Google Search.

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"The cobbler's children have no shoes", is a saying that applies a lot to companies who provide products and services. -KDarling on Google Search.

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post #53 of 64
3/10/11 at 7:29pm
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When I bought my ATV2 a couple of months ago I was surprised to find out that I had to buy my own USB cable. Wasn't exactly the easiest cable to find either. Of all the electronics stores here in Japan I had only two choices. Yodobashi Camera and Amazon Japan.

Amazon has retail storefronts in Japan?

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So that means the millions of people who bought an ATV2 bought their own micro USB cable. Interesting.

I did my upgrade from the ATV2 directly from Apple via my 802.11n network. That said, I have a half-dozen USB->microUSB cables around here from music gear, camera stuff, even my craptacular WinMo65 phone from work.

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post #54 of 64
3/10/11 at 7:36pm
Apple TV with latest update
+ (HDMI to HDMI)
Sharp AQUOS Quattron 52" 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (Best TV ever! :P)
=
No flickering whatsoever so far.

iMac mid 2011 • 27 in • 3,4 GHz Core i7 • 32 GB RAM • AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB VRAM

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iMac mid 2011 • 27 in • 3,4 GHz Core i7 • 32 GB RAM • AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB VRAM

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post #55 of 64
3/10/11 at 8:00pm
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Amazon has retail storefronts in Japan?

Amazon.co.jp. Do you have storefronts where you are?

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I did my upgrade from the ATV2 directly from Apple via my 802.11n network. That said, I have a half-dozen USB->microUSB cables around here from music gear, camera stuff, even my craptacular WinMo65 phone from work.

This is the first time I've ever needed a micro USB cable even with all my gadgets. There are actually two flavors of micro USB cables with different shapes. One that is more in the shape of a square (many cameras have them) and the flatter kind that the ATV2 uses. Maybe it's just this flatter one I haven't seen.

EDIT: Nvrmd got it.



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post #56 of 64
3/11/11 at 12:11am
No problems here. Other then the two new tabs for MLB and NBA I can't tell anything is different.
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post #57 of 64
3/11/11 at 6:59am
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When I bought my ATV2 a couple of months ago I was surprised to find out that I had to buy my own USB cable. Wasn't exactly the easiest cable to find either. Of all the electronics stores here in Japan I had only two choices. Yodobashi Camera and Amazon Japan. Other smaller retailers don't carry it because it's not so common for the average consumer to use that micro USB type.

So that means the millions of people who bought an ATV2 bought their own micro USB cable. Interesting.

Absolutely nobody needs the micro USB cable. All updates to AppleTV are done wirelessly.

Unless you were a developer and need beta OS on AppleTV, or want to jailbreak it, you have no need of the micro USB cable.
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post #58 of 64
3/11/11 at 7:00am
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Originally Posted by herbapou View Post

omg finally, i am playing mkv's into the apple TV with AirVideo, it works!!!!

you can now play anything on the Apple TV and BYPASS itunes
Just download the AirVideo app on the app store, new version for iOS 4.3 and you will also need the beta version of the server on your PC/MAC. Just download it on there website

It's pretty great. I was doing this six months ago with thanks to jail breaking, but it's great that it's now public.
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post #59 of 64
3/11/11 at 7:02am
I have an old 55" Sony Grand Vega with 1080i and just upgraded the firmware with no issues at all. I use an Extreme Mac HDMI switcher since the Sony TV only has one HDMI input. So, I do not know what to tell everyone but that my Apple TV 2 is working just fine.
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post #60 of 64
3/11/11 at 7:07am
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Absolutely nobody needs the micro USB cable. All updates to AppleTV are done wirelessly.

Unless you were a developer and need beta OS on AppleTV, or want to jailbreak it, you have no need of the micro USB cable.

Either way works.

  Google Maps: ("Directions may be inaccurate, incomplete, dangerous, or prohibited.")

 

  MA497LL/A FB463LL/A MC572LL/A FC060LL/A MC700LL/A MD481LL/A MD644LL/A MD388LL/A

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  Google Maps: ("Directions may be inaccurate, incomplete, dangerous, or prohibited.")

 

  MA497LL/A FB463LL/A MC572LL/A FC060LL/A MC700LL/A MD481LL/A MD644LL/A MD388LL/A

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post #61 of 64
3/11/11 at 7:56am
[QUOTE=Ohcomeon;1826007]I have a two-year-old 63" Samsung Plasma and haven't noticed any issues with flickering.

Sounds like I have the same TV. Any good reason to try the update?
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post #62 of 64
3/11/11 at 5:46pm
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Amazon.co.jp. Do you have storefronts where you are?

This is the first time I've ever needed a micro USB cable even with all my gadgets. There are actually two flavors of micro USB cables with different shapes. One that is more in the shape of a square (many cameras have them) and the flatter kind that the ATV2 uses. Maybe it's just this flatter one I haven't seen.

EDIT: Nvrmd got it.



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I don't understand. I've never hooked up my ATV2 with a cable. Why do you need one?
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post #63 of 64
3/12/11 at 5:20am
TV2 into yamaha 3 year old amplifier/surround to 3year old LG 52"LCD via fat hog hdmi cables that are 25 ft long.... no trouble at all.
Airplay is so freaking awesome! That is a killer app
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post #64 of 64
3/14/11 at 1:28pm
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There's no resolution issue to iron out. Your phone video is simply low resolution when broadcast to a large screen...

Isn't HD coming from the currently available iPhones? I can't see apple creating a feature as cool as airplay and then downscale your video. I agree on that apple needs to iron it out.
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