Get a Mac mini instead. The Appletv cannot use all formats and encodings

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On 18 sep 2010, at 12:50, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote:

> I essentially use my old G5 as a media player in the living room and all the 
> media lives in the kitchen/office. I could save space by having an AppleTV 
> there instead except that then I would need a TV and I don't have one;-) now 
> that we have Airplay coming, that seems even easier. But am I right that the 
> Appletv is essentially a converter/receiver to run stuff to a TV output 
> rather than anything else? Is it basically defeating its purpose to find a 
> way to connect it to a monitor?
> 
> That G5 is on the way out (flakey flakey flakey) and I'd rather not buy a new 
> computer just to watch the odd film. Am I going to have to go full circle and 
> get AppleTV/a screen with TV inputs now?
> 
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