Gary,
My response last night got stuck so is late, but the Apple TV
shouldn't affect cable at all, it doesn't generally even use the same
connections unless you're
using an HDMI cable from your cable box. Please explain more about
your setup.
Also, I've had an Apple TV for a year now and am very happy. There
are a good number of things you can do with it for free. For example,
you can
search for and watch a lot on YouTube, and there is a radio option
that has a good number of options as well. There is a lot that can be
watched on PBS
as well. While not free, the $7.99 a month Netflix streaming option
let's you watch a lot of stuff on your Apple TV without paying for
each program. If you
have other Apple devices such as an iPhone, there are some things you
can do to share iTunes music between devices, and you can send your
iPhone
output to your Apple TV which is nice if you have your Apple TV
connected to a stereo. You will need an Apple ID, but you don't need
to pay to get that.
While Dane is correct that there are restrictions, the big one being
that accessing your personal music must be done through iTunes, there
are home
sharing options that let you access music from another computer on
your network that provide some flexibility. I have found the Netflix
interface to be
much nicer than accessing it through a computer. It would be
interesting to know how Raspberry Pie handles that. When someone says
"It's accessible
but not out of the box and there are several ways to go" as was said
about Raspberry pie, that sets off alarm bells for me. Since you have
already made
the purchase of the Apple TV, I'd be surprised if you regret it. What
concerns me a little is that there may not be a clear understanding of
what the Apple
TV is, and some of us can help with that. Generally, you can pay to
get some programming and you can get some for free, but there aren't
really apps as
such. You will have to select which input you want to be watching on
your TV, and that isn't always simple on some TV's but can usually be
mastered.
However, we need to understand better how your system is set up and
what you already understand so that we don't give you a bunch of useless
information.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 04:09:14 -0500, Gary Wood wrote:
I did buy one. We tried setting it up the other day, but for some
reason, I
couldn't get anything on cable. What's the advantages of the
Rasberry Pie?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
<[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV
The Apple TV is a separate device from your cable system, nothing
whatever
to do with the cable system, are you thinking of buying one? The
Apple TV is
a good system, I have one but there are better systems available such
as the
Raspberry Pi running XMC Media Center.
On 23 Feb 2014, at 1:50 pm, Gary Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
When someone sets up Apple TV, can he or she still watch the cable
channels normally watched, or can they only watch ones on the Apple TV
system?
**********
Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
faceTime +61400494862
Fax +61397437954
Twitter: @grtdane
