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 OK, a Mac Mini with component and HDMI out instead of VGA and DVI.
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haveblue posted:The old Apple TV was a Mac Mini with no screen, the current one is an iPod Touch with no screen. They've always been an ipod touch with no screen. Except for the original. Unless that's what you mean, then WOOPS
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Mar 20, 2015 19:21
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Didn't it also operate on the more iPod-style method of syncing content between iTunes and the device instead of an independent iOS one? (original appletv)
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Mar 20, 2015 19:22
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MrBond posted:Didn't it also operate on the more iPod-style method of syncing content between iTunes and the device instead of an independent iOS one? (original appletv) You had to move content (or stream it) from your iTunes library to it, at least initially. They eventually added the ability to rent and purchase content directly on it later/
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Mar 20, 2015 19:42
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If you are curious, here's a review of the original Apple TV from 2007. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/03/apple-tv-1st-generation/ It actually does look remarkably like a current Mac mini, although it's got a plastic top instead of a metal unibody.
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Mar 20, 2015 19:56
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Thwomp posted:It'll certainly get the market for MFI controllers going full steam. Why can't they just build in support for dualshocks instead of forcing people to use sub-par controllers that will never match up in quality? It's just a bluetooth device.
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Mar 20, 2015 20:08
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Super Dude posted:Why can't they just build in support for dualshocks instead of forcing people to use sub-par controllers that will never match up in quality? It's just a bluetooth device. See: Thunderbolt, FaceTime, AirDrop, iMessage, etc. Thwomp fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Mar 20, 2015 20:24
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Thwomp posted:See: Thunderbolt, FaceTime, AirDrop, iMessage, etc.
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Mar 20, 2015 20:56
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It'll be nicely future proofed if they bump its abilities from 1080p to 4K.
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Mar 21, 2015 00:38
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Triglav posted:It'll be nicely future proofed if they bump its abilities from 1080p to 4K. The A8 chip can, http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/21/exclusive-the-iphone-6s-a8-chip-can-play-4k-video/
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Mar 21, 2015 08:05
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:So it was a Mac Mini? Essentially, it had a 1ghz Pentium M and 256mb of ram, you can actually install OS X 10.6 on it. Or you can mod it with a Broadcom Crystal HD card and install Crystalbuntu on it and have a nice little XBMC box.
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Mar 23, 2015 05:03
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HBO Now is up.
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Apr 7, 2015 16:40
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I was just coming here to ask when it was going to be enabled 
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Apr 7, 2015 17:03
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One month free trial too. Prettay cool
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Apr 7, 2015 17:29
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Any difference between that and HBO Go, aside from how you sign up?
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Apr 7, 2015 17:38
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gypsyshred posted:Any difference between that and HBO Go, aside from how you sign up? Go comes with the ability to watch through your cable box without being able to pick the show, Now doesn't. If you already has Go then Now has no value to you. How long is the typical lag before new content goes up on Go/Now?
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Apr 7, 2015 17:46
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haveblue posted:Go comes with the ability to watch through your cable box without being able to pick the show, Now doesn't. If you already has Go then Now has no value to you. It was my understanding that with HBO Now, the guys at HBO flip the "available" switch on a show/episode as soon as it starts airing on the traditional HBO channel. And, unless I was mistaken, a show or episode on Go would have its "avialable" switch flipped as soon as the airing was over on the HBO channel.
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Apr 7, 2015 18:38
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Yes they said shows will be available at the same time they air. Live events like boxing will have a delay.
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Apr 7, 2015 19:09
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So I signed up for HBO Now directly on my ATV after a few troubles with the authentication servers weren't playing nicely with two factor authentication. I got all of the "You're signed up!" emails, and it seems to be working fine on my ATV, but now I"m not sure how to take advantage of the "Now make an account on HBONow.com" email. I just get a 1996-looking page that doesn't go anywhere when I click submit. Did I do something wrong when creating the account? I'm not particularly worried about using anything besides the apple tv, but if anyone knows how to appropriate start the other side of the account, I'm curious.
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Apr 7, 2015 19:14
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Signed up for HBO Now. Pretty excited to finally have legitimate access to HBO, though as a $15 "premium service" I feel like the picture quality could be a little better.
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Apr 7, 2015 21:15
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Bass Bottles posted:Signed up for HBO Now. Pretty excited to finally have legitimate access to HBO, though as a $15 "premium service" I feel like the picture quality could be a little better. Just wait until Sunday night and the entire service dissolves into the spinning loading wheel.
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Apr 7, 2015 21:57
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Yeah I called HBO earlier to ask about sign in issues and the guy just told me overwhelming demand crushed their servers. I don't watch Game of Thrones but I want my Silicon Valley, drat it!
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Apr 8, 2015 03:32
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Thwomp posted:It was my understanding that with HBO Now, the guys at HBO flip the "available" switch on a show/episode as soon as it starts airing on the traditional HBO channel. Go stuff goes up as soon as it starts. At least in Central time. That might be because it goes up when stuff finishes airing in Eastern, though.
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Apr 8, 2015 04:55
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It's the same way in Eastern Time. I recall twice last year the entire app poo poo the bed right when a show started. I think the True Detective finale was one and maybe the Game of Thrones premiere.
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Apr 8, 2015 04:59
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Interesting. Does it just use your local time zone to determine when to enable? Location based IP look up, is my guess. System clock would be too easy to hack.
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Apr 8, 2015 20:49
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I presume it traces your hostname to figure out your location.
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Apr 8, 2015 21:33
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Bucket Joneses posted:I presume it traces your hostname to figure out your location. So could you use a proxy to get a show early?
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Apr 8, 2015 21:48
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Mahoning posted:It's the same way in Eastern Time. I recall twice last year the entire app poo poo the bed right when a show started. I think the True Detective finale was one and maybe the Game of Thrones premiere. Don't forget that HBO switched to using MLB Advanced Media for the streaming. MLB AM was able to cope with opening day traffic, 60 million live and on-demand streams, so I have a little more confidence that HBO will be able to cope with the streams but we'll see.
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Apr 8, 2015 21:55
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Bucket Joneses posted:I presume it traces your hostname to figure out your location. I was hoping this was all kept on eastern, since I can watch GOT early with Satellite in California.
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Apr 9, 2015 04:44
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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I only have iphone/iPad and an appletv in my house but I bought a Chromecast to get around MLS blackouts by beaming the feed from my desktop to the Chromecast (MLS Live app doesn't seem to work even with custom DNS routing through the atv). Anyway, my question is if there is any reason at all to install the Chromecast app on my idevices? I honestly can't think of anything that airplay doesn't already do.
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Bucket Joneses posted:I only have iphone/iPad and an appletv in my house but I bought a Chromecast to get around MLS blackouts by beaming the feed from my desktop to the Chromecast (MLS Live app doesn't seem to work even with custom DNS routing through the atv). Why didn't you AirPlay from your desktop to your Apple TV...?
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Bucket Joneses posted:I only have iphone/iPad and an appletv in my house but I bought a Chromecast to get around MLS blackouts by beaming the feed from my desktop to the Chromecast (MLS Live app doesn't seem to work even with custom DNS routing through the atv). Once the CC is set up, you don't need the app on any of your devices. CC functionality is built into apps, even for people who don't own one.
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noirstronaut posted:Why didn't you AirPlay from your desktop to your Apple TV...? Because I forgot that there were third party airplay apps and the last time I tried researching the options via google, I ended up not liking any of the software packages I found. Although, the last time I did this research I ended up paying cash money for a Foobar2000 component that would stream any content from FB2K to my appletv.
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Bucket Joneses posted:Because I forgot that there were third party airplay apps and the last time I tried researching the options via google, I ended up not liking any of the software packages I found. I take it you have a PC? Because on a Mac, you can just Airplay your entire screen to the Apple TV. No third party software needed.
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thrawn527 posted:I take it you have a PC? Because on a Mac, you can just Airplay your entire screen to the Apple TV. No third party software needed. Yeah I'm on windows 7.
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Bucket Joneses posted:Yeah I'm on windows 7. http://www.airsquirrels.com/airparrot/
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Apr 10, 2015 14:06
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Anyone having issues with Netflix since the update this week? Looks like poo poo and keeps buffering. No issues on my iPhone or computers. I'm in the US if that matters.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Anyone having issues with Netflix since the update this week? Looks like poo poo and keeps buffering. No issues on my iPhone or computers. I'm in the US if that matters. A few times since the update Netflix has just stopped playing what I'm watching and gone back to the episode select screen. Never ever happened before.
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Since HBO has stated they don't care about account sharing, I figure this is an OK question: When I load up HBO Go/Now, it wants me to "activate" my ATV and enter a code. If I'm using my friend's creds to log in, is that going to gently caress up his poo poo if I do that?
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Bucket Joneses posted:Since HBO has stated they don't care about account sharing, I figure this is an OK question: Not at all. It just wants some legit credentials, it doesn't care how many other devices are using it or anything like that. My whole family shares my sister's HBO account info on our Apple TV's. She's in Pittsburgh, two of us are in Ohio, 1 in Chicago, and 1 in Seattle. Never had a single problem.
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