On the subject of NAS, what do you mean by "building one for myself"? Don't I just plug a 2TB drive into a router's USB port and allow network access? There's redundancy to consider, but we'll just be using this for movies of which we still have DVDs, so I'm not overly concerned about that. > On Jan 19, 2016, at 10:58, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: > > Well of course, if the router is right next to the TV anyway, then an Apple > TV actually isn’t a bad fit at all. But your speakers need to be up to the > task if you are going to get much enjoyment out of them. > > AirPort Express is a network audio receiver that can also be a router. Apple > TV is a network video receiver, downloader, and other such things, but is not > a router. You plug them into your existing equipment, and gain networked > audio/video (usually wireless) streaming from whatever your iOS or Mac device > can see or hear. That is the essential (but not complete) gist of it. Think > of them as network alternatives to the wireless cordless products that have > been around for a while now, only better because they can run over wire as > well as wireless. Worse, if you consider Apple’s AirPlay lock-in. Now that > my bedroom has been hijacked by my brother again, I’m back on the wireless > headphones, but AirPort Express made a lot of sense for me. > > Time Capsule is not in the same league as other NAS products, in terms of > feature set or data protection (just one disk) and is intended mostly for > backup. It’s a lot nicer, though. Experiences of other blind folk with > these NAS products appears to indicate that they are not as accessible as > they could be. Time Capsule is of course completely accessible. There are > other people on here with experiences to relate about NASs. If you want a > NAS that is completely accessible, you also have the option of building one > for yourself. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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