Apple TV vs. WD Live TV
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- ESKEMA
Which one?
I want to stream / play downloaded movies (not from iTunes) but I'd like the ability to airplay iPad and iPhone.
Really divided here. Can any of you be kind enough to share some thoughts on the subject?
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/p…
- mekk0
If you're a mac user, go for the Apple TV
- monospaced0
AirPlay is worth it if you and friends have iOS.
- ESKEMA0
How is the mirroring from the ATV to stream movies? Choppy?
- Mirroring has a delay, but streaming movies is perfect.monospaced
- Just don't try to play video games, that's all.monospaced
- benfal990
i have the wd live tv. i dont know why but it suddenly stop reading any usb drives... i even downgraded the firmware... i dont know what to do and google told me iam not the only one with this problem.
- Christian0
WD - plays mkv and shitloads of other files.
- animatedgif0
Used a WDTV for years, if you pirate movies then it's a no brainer to go with that over the AppleTV. It's cheaper and supports more formats and soft sub files.
- <Ramanisky2
- Cheaper? No it's not.monospaced
- And it has no AirPlay, so no way to stream from phones that I know of. There are ups and downs for each.monospaced
- Apple TV also integrates with your cloud, so you have new music and your photostream always readymonospaced
- Mine was cheaper, isn't Apple TV about £99, I only paid about £80 for WDTVanimatedgif
- in USA Apple TV is $99, WD Live is $109monospaced
- epic_rim0
i have both. If you download things from torrent sites then it kicks the apple tv's ass. It also plays netflix and pandora and stuff which is nice. it works really well. I use apple tv for airplay still, i wish the wdtv did that. at $99 its a no brainer.
- ESKEMA0
I went for the ATV because of Airplay. With it I can stream any movie from my iMac via Air Video Server to my iPhone / iPad and pass it on the ATV via Airplay. So it plays everything too + Airplay.
The only downside is that I can't plug a drive to it. But I get the same effect by plugging the drive to the Mac..
- monospaced0
One of my absolute favorite things about the Apple TV is how it integrates with Photostreams. It'll constantly update with my iPhone photos, and my girlfriends', and when the Apple TV is idle for a couple of minutes it starts a slideshow. We love how the photos we took THAT DAY are presented right there without having to do anything. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's a fun surprise at the end of the day and it's great to review your shots that way with friends.
- And when we throw parties, each person with an iPhone can be DJ when they want. People take turns streaming.monospaced
- Same goes for iPhone videos, many files, and YouTube on iOS. You can't do any of this with the WDmonospaced
- Daithi0
Late to this one but add me to the list of happy apple tv folk. I use http://beamer-app.com/ to stream video and it works better than airplay. Agree with previous points re integration with iphone photos. It's good for netflix and I use the Watch Later on both Vimeo and YouTube all the time on it.
- beamer sounds like a winner. Cheers!ESKEMA
- AWESOME! This makes the Apple TV that much more powerful, suddenly.monospaced
- damn it. It seems you need a Mac from at least mid 2011 to use beamer.. mine is late 2009. sad face. will try it out anywayESKEMA
- actually, scratch that.. mirrorring is the one that doesn't work prior mid-2011 macs..ESKEMA
- monospaced0
I use AirFoil with the Apple TV to stream any audio from my computer (system wide or specific apps only). It integrates with Spotify perfectly (auto launch, auto stream) and even sends the meta data (album art, computer with screenshot of desktop, track/album names), and allows me to use my Apple TV remote to control the music.
- http://rogueamoeba.c…
$25 and worth every pennymonospaced
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- bmacneill0
Boxee Box
- fadein110
Beamer-app - great. Thanks - had never heard of it. Apple TV is complete.
- ESKEMA0
While you're at it, I'm hijacking the thread to ATV tips. If you have more please post em up...
- monospaced0
Some games for iPhone work with the Apple TV so that the iPhone becomes the controller. Racing games and stuff. Pretty cool.
- ArmandoEstrada0
appletv
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http://www.inmethod.com/Plays anything to airplay.