New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

I'd go for the MBA, or wait for an update - C2D is seriously outdated tech

MBA is C2D

o fuc, that was my nerdiest post ever

yeah but it's so much ~lighter~

http://i55.tinypic.com/31310rq.jpg

how did you do that

slashed a lil water on there

hows the apple tv? im thinking of getting one for xmas.

how did you do that

― manic pixie dreamboat (s1ocki), Friday, December 10, 2010 8:25 AM

took an image from someone's Tumblr and uploaded it to Tinypic

in layman's terms please

hows the apple tv? im thinking of getting one for xmas.

― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Saturday, 11 December 2010 04:31 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Slightly better now that it does airplay. I think I'll take on caek's suggestion because I'm sick of it not playing stuff.

(read that as a btw; it probably won't affect you chrisv2010)

got my dad the apl tv, p sweet

needs aps tho

awesome

so get him some apps ffs

doesn't do apps

so i got a tv/monitor and im plugging in an inherited mac mini from i think 2006 to serve as a entertainment console thing... is boxee the way to go on this?

my previous media center attempt for my dad was that exact set up w/a 3rd party remote, it was too buggy and weird for him but tbf hes old and not best at computers also it was the prev vers of boxee - its workable 4 sure but i wasnt crazy abt boxee

what are the other options

btw i was spelling it boxxy at first and just getting that 4chan chick, the internet, lol

"plex"?

theres one called plex but that was worse than boxee imo - you could just not use any media center type software and just play moves thro vlc or whatevs

ha xp

Yeah Plex. Appaz the current version is shithouse though.

eh i guess http://grab.by/7Q57 is prob the way to go and the new vers is prob better

yeah i mean its not a huge pain to play vids thru vlc

WD TV Live is the best way to go for playing vids, it's a billion times cheaper than a Mac Mini and plays anything you chuck at it. Needs a wireless adapter though, if you want to go wireless.

well i already have the mac mini so

fuck sorry

hey here's an idea, why don't i read before posting

now that im thinking it thru im not even sure why i WANTED boxee or plex vs just using dam vlc or something... i feel like apple is giving me a hideous iOS disease where i want everything neatly arranged in libraries and what have u

Plex is designed for a TV screen, VLC not so much (unless I'm missing a plug-in)

cool thing w/using boxxee type shit is you can control totally via remote/ditch the keyboard

Yeah that's my thinking. If you want to use it properly through a telly you really want to be able to use it without a kb & mouse affair.

ya i wouldnt use vlc on my tv tbh!!

my friend colin has a really nicely-laid out program he uses, with a remote app on his iphone. shall i ask him what it is?

YES

yr 'friend colin' 'from canada'

wait tell me more about this vlc vs plex "designed for tv screen" stuff

remote-ness isnt a huge issue since i have that logitech mouse/kyb program on my iphone

but point taken... the problem is all these programs seem 2 suck

vlc

http://en.flossmanuals.net/floss/publish/VLC/rsrc/VideoDistribution/pvimages/vlc_mac_1.jpg

plex

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2009/07/imgTvBattleStar-w800.jpg

so basically navigating vlc with a remote control is too much effort iirc

and also impossible

all this is making me tempted to get a tv for xmas

Ok my fried from Canada does indeed use plex

I have used all of the media centre type things and there's still no solution as good as VLC. It plays everything (and, crucially, handles subtitles and out-of-sync audio without any difficulty). Personally I don't care about DVD box art, summaries, or whatever the media centres do. I'm also really skeptical of using an iPad, iPhone, or iPod as a remote. Why wouldn't you just want an actual remote where you only have to change the little battery every two years and you can drop it on the floor if you want? I use the Apple remote with an app called Remote Buddy which basically puts up a HUD/visor type of thing that you can navigate folders and open your videos with VLC. It works really well and I've been using this setup for over three years.

what you want is this -

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=catalog&mainItemId=24

plays anything on your network, no weird libraries or whatever, it just reads your directories. comes with a remote. HDMI out (and others)

though i hear Syabas have come out with the next-gen called PopBox, which is supposedly the same but better - http://www.popbox.com

I bought my parents the firstgen popcorn hour, it's okay but strictly for tech dork geeks only, iirc

it does take a bit of set-up yes, but after that it's really peasy

wd live isn't a billion times cheaper than apple tv, I think they're almost the same price? wd plus (which is all I found) is $89. apple tv is $99.

i'm pretty happy with this apple tv as I said above. BUT, dont' try to rent movies from itunes on it. do it from your computer and stream. it's also cheaper that way, I think.

the best thing would be if it also supported divx/mvk/avis, but I have a blue ray player with a usb port that does that so it's not that big a deal.