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rezwits said: Apple doesn't care about legacy formats, and formats it's in competition with. So having a player that plays (mostly) everything is nice. Agreed. I made a decision to just give up the struggle and encode/transcode all of my…
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Quote: Originally Posted by eightzero Apple announcement that the iPad 2 is relegated to "obsolete status" in 3...2...1.... Due to AppleCare obligations they wouldn't be able to do that to a product until at least 3 years after they stop ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NolaMacGuy iTunes doesn't support some popular video formats, requiring conversion, which is lame. Plex for Apple TV solves that problem. It doesn't solve the problem because the Plex Media Server still has to d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by prak1979 What video formats does Plex for Apple tv support? Can it play mkv files? Not directly. It supports only the formats in the Apple TV specs. The Plex Media Server running on your PC will have to transcode …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA But you cannot search your iTunes library from the AppleTV (new or old) unless it was purchased from iTunes. Really? My Apple TV can play all of the videos I have in my Mac's iTunes library, none of whic…
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I turned on Wi-Fi calling with AT&T but after a few calls with abysmal sound quality, I turned it back off. Both the other person and I have iPhone 6 on AT&T so it should have been "HD Voice", but it was much worse, it sounded like when cell…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PDBreske When I try to update, the Mac App Store tells me I have to quit iTunes AND Aperture to complete the installation. What's it doing to my Aperture??? I'm afraid Apple is going to break my favorite app now that…
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"Digital"? The Blu-rays are already digital. The DVDs are already digital too. Nobody in the marketing department knows enough about technology to realize that the buzzword they've co-opted doesn't really distinguish the product from its two most re…
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This is misleading. The FCC has not redefined "broadband". The FCC has an obligation to study and report on the availability of high-quality telecommunications across the country and especially in rural areas, and it is left to their discretion to d…
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I'm not interested in anything from Fitbit until they add HealthKit integration.
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Full access to A&E, History Channel, and Lifetime are available only to DirecTV, Optimum, and Verizon FiOS subscribers. Hopefully they'll add more soon. But "there are still plenty of episodes and clips to enjoy" according to the activation scre…
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I wasn't expecting to see any games on the channel, just highlight reels and talking heads and feel-good student-athlete bio pieces. But they could have been doing that all season long with plenty of highlights for all fifteen teams. Instead, the se…
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What brilliant timing to bring this to Apple TV at the end of the regular season and conference tournament.
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They still haven't fixed the ABC and Disney channels not loading problem that I and a LOT of other Apple TV users have.
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They sent the email to everyone who has downloaded the iOS app even if they have never set up an account.
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I'd be happier if the Apple TV development team would focus on getting the ABC and Disney channels to actually work. I've yet to see anything more than the word "Accessing" and an endless spinner.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil What’s the product called? Just tell us the name. Are you suggesting that the name “AppleTV” means that it can only be connected to a TV and cannot be connected to a computer monitor? If so then y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil So they sell a little black box called Apple Computer Monitor, then. Sarcasm doesn’t work if it’s too vague. What the hell are you trying to say?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Not in Apple’s world. In Apple's world, regardless of their own branded monitors, the AppleTV has HDMI output, not DisplayPort.
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Quote: Originally Posted by baeder So, what if you have a perfectly good extra TV but don't want to rent an additional cable box for that TV? You can buy an Apple TV and then have some access to your cable TV stations (as well as allow for Ai…