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Re: Wonder if . . .

Posted By: Zach (24.249.152.11)
Date: Thursday, 14 February 2008, at 3:33 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Wonder if . . . (Lord Crosis)

: To what end? It doesn't support gigabit ethernet, and a 10/100 or the very
: fastest wireless connections don't reliably play DVD movies remotely.
I've played a VIDEO_TS folder from a 10/100 ethernet connected Mac on my MBP connected via 802.11n. Seems like a DVD disc itself wouldn't be a stretch. What's the max bitrate on a DVD? 12 mbps? Plus the Apple TV could cache some data in advance.
: Apple doesn't want you treating your AppleTV like a Mac (even though it is
: one), so they aren't going to let you install software on it.
It would be pretty simple to only allow playing a DVD via shared optical drives.
I'm just saying it would be a good selling point if you could use the Apple TV as a DVD player as well. Optical drive sharing seems like a free, easy way they could get that done.
I don't really expect it to happen though.

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Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 8:58 a.m.
- Wonder if . . .
  Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 9:29 a.m.
  - Re: Wonder if . . .
    Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 9:53 a.m.
    - Re: Wonder if . . .
      Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 10:30 a.m.
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    Zach (72.205.192.158) -- Thursday, 14 February 2008, at 4:43 a.m.
    - Agreed! *NM*
      J242 (131.107.0.75) -- Thursday, 14 February 2008, at 10:04 a.m.
    - Re: Wonder if . . .
      Lord Crosis (66.230.109.32) -- Thursday, 14 February 2008, at 10:10 a.m.
      - Re: Wonder if . . .
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Thursday, 14 February 2008, at 3:33 p.m.
        
        Re: Wonder if . . .
        Lord Crosis (66.230.109.32) -- Thursday, 14 February 2008, at 7:51 p.m.
- Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
  Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 9:52 a.m.
  - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
    Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 10:33 a.m.
    - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
      Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 11:11 a.m.
      - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 12:20 p.m.
      - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        J242 (24.17.9.117) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 10:55 a.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 12:23 p.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 1:25 p.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Zach (72.205.192.158) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 6:02 p.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 6:53 p.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Thursday, 17 January 2008, at 8:14 a.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        J242 (131.107.0.75) -- Thursday, 17 January 2008, at 4:54 p.m.
- Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
  J242 (24.17.9.117) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 10:14 a.m.
  - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
    Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 10:37 a.m.
    - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
      J242 (24.17.9.117) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 10:55 a.m.
      - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 12:23 p.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        J242 (24.17.9.117) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 10:58 a.m.
        
        Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Wednesday, 16 January 2008, at 12:26 p.m.
        
        Well whatta ya know?
        J242 (24.17.9.117) -- Thursday, 17 January 2008, at 8:44 p.m.
        
        Re: Well whatta ya know?
        Zach (72.205.192.158) -- Friday, 18 January 2008, at 5:23 a.m.
    - Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
      Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 11:23 a.m.
      - Doh!
        Lord Crosis (209.112.185.104) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 12:14 p.m.
        
        Re: Doh!
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 12:24 p.m.
        
        Speaking of the iPhone...
        J242 (131.107.0.75) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 1:33 p.m.
    - The more I think about it
      Zach (72.205.192.158) -- Tuesday, 15 January 2008, at 4:26 p.m.
    - MacBook Air - For all my negativity . . .
      Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Friday, 18 January 2008, at 1:17 p.m.
- Re: Keynote thus far (9:55 PST)
  Zach (72.205.192.158) -- Monday, 21 January 2008, at 5:26 a.m.

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