Paid for Apple TV combined with Netflix for Christmas. Thought it would be good entertainment for the family over the holidays.
Not mentioned in the Apple TV ads is the fact that if your TV has just one HDMI socket you'll have to buy a splitter box. That'll cost you over a hundred bucks. The you'll need the cables to hook them all up. And a fair amount of time to figure this out, drive to the store and back and complete the job. By then you're ready to sit and watch some telly!
So, my addition of Apple TV for $119.99 actually ran me over $300.00 in the end. (Netflix is free for the first month).
Even after all this, I am left with the front stereo on my TV set itself because my theatre sound doesn't hook up to the Apple TV using component cables. After a few days of watching with just the 3 front speakers, I'm soon off to buy an optical audio cable to plug into my component amp and the Apple TV. Life does get compicated, doesn't it? (Seems the old Apple TV model had component sockets but Steve Jobs left them out of this new model now on the market).
I don't want to leave anyone with the wrong idea, I just want to say, the streaming is flawless and so is the HD picture.
Not mentioned in the Apple TV ads is the fact that if your TV has just one HDMI socket you'll have to buy a splitter box. That'll cost you over a hundred bucks. The you'll need the cables to hook them all up. And a fair amount of time to figure this out, drive to the store and back and complete the job. By then you're ready to sit and watch some telly!
So, my addition of Apple TV for $119.99 actually ran me over $300.00 in the end. (Netflix is free for the first month).
Even after all this, I am left with the front stereo on my TV set itself because my theatre sound doesn't hook up to the Apple TV using component cables. After a few days of watching with just the 3 front speakers, I'm soon off to buy an optical audio cable to plug into my component amp and the Apple TV. Life does get compicated, doesn't it? (Seems the old Apple TV model had component sockets but Steve Jobs left them out of this new model now on the market).
I don't want to leave anyone with the wrong idea, I just want to say, the streaming is flawless and so is the HD picture.