iTV
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I'm a long time fan of widescreen TVs and boxes to plug them into (digital tv decoders, divx players etc) owning a KiSS player many years back that I could hook up to the network.
That's why I'm really excited about the iTV box from apple coming out later this year, at first I thought it was a TiVo clone but it appears this is a media player, and as I don't have any boxes connected to my TV at home any more, I'll most certainly be getting one, instead of the mac mini. The rumored price point is $299... is it too much? It has to do DivX, Xvid, RM, WMV to be useful in my book, not just the apple Mov and Mpeg4 standards
I guess we'll know more on the 7th when they officially announce it.
Any 2007 gadgets worth looking forward to?
That's why I'm really excited about the iTV box from apple coming out later this year, at first I thought it was a TiVo clone but it appears this is a media player, and as I don't have any boxes connected to my TV at home any more, I'll most certainly be getting one, instead of the mac mini. The rumored price point is $299... is it too much? It has to do DivX, Xvid, RM, WMV to be useful in my book, not just the apple Mov and Mpeg4 standards
I guess we'll know more on the 7th when they officially announce it.
Any 2007 gadgets worth looking forward to?
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Hope they get that thing moving soon... I always thought they should use some kind of bit torrent service with a decoder package at the other end.
And here's me jumping into this conversation getting the war started between them and the BBC!
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Me too, now I'm dissappointed
http://www.tvixusa.com/default.asp?id=61&mnu=51
I've had that for several years now and it works great. I put a 300 gig drive it in.
I'm looking to upgrade to a Mediagate MG-35.
http://www.airlinktek.com/english/prod_mg35.htm
not sure if I want the Wi-Fi one or not.
I'm sure either of those products is better than anything Apple or Microsoft would put out since they read a wider range of file formats.
I tried "renting" a move off the 360 market place and it just took way to long to download to be practical. The playback quality is excellent though.
I'm not sure which I'd get now, because the 360 is budget price here in Japan
The 360 ONLY supports WMV 9+ at the minute, but it will read those movie files from a PC (or Mac with 360 connect (I'm really a PC, Mr 360)), a CD, a DVD or most USB devices.
Strangley, the 360 will read MP3s and Photos stored on an Ipod, but not movie files, even though it it set to be a USB drive.
1. A Windows Media Center PC
2. A home network
3. An Xbox 360.
4. A little free program called Transcode 360
I happened to have the first three already so this is the setup that works for me.
Player:
http://www.amazon.com/Archos-Ultra-Slim-...p;s=electronics
Docking station:
http://www.amazon.com/Archos-Docking-Sta...9676963-5719863
with the latest firware updates, it supports:
.divx
.xvid
.wmv
.wma
.m4v
mpeg-4
mpeg-2
.vob
.mpg
.ps
.mp4
.ac3
.acc
.mov (H264)
And, as a bonus, you can take it with you anywhere and watch shows if you want.
Main drawback is the 30 gig HDD. The 504 model has a much larger drive, but I don't think it's widescreen.
I actually want one of these pretty bad.