Thank you for your input Neil. I mostly use my Apple TV Gen 2 to play Home Videos. I have spent quite a few years using my Camcorder and iMovie to record and edit grand kid events. Or sometimes we will watch a movie I downloaded from iTunes (Netflix is very slow to add new movies).
But now the grand kids are older it is just the occasional trip down memory lane. Which I guess I could just as easily do on my iMac (as they are all stored in iTunes) So you are probably right …. perhaps we don’t need a new Apple TV. I can buy a Panasonic UHD Player for $199.00. It is cheaper to do this than replace my Panasonic BluRay Recorder. We use the recorder a lot (for TV shows we might miss) so will stay with that. Only trouble is I hate adding extra remote controls and this will mean another one. I just feel that we are under-using our LG UHD TV. My wife sees them in the electronic stores and says “why doesn’t our picture look that good?” I have to explain that they are playing UHD and we don’t yet make use of that on ours. Oh dear …. more pondering to do !!!! > On 21 Jul 2019, at 12:50 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > I think it will all depend on what you want to watch, how you want to watch > it and how many times you want to watch it. > > Back in the day I had a DVD player and an Apple TV (whatever version sold in > late 2010) hooked up to my TV. > > Once the initial enthusiasm for playing with the Apple TV wore off, I found > that I rarely used it – it seemed to be too much hard work and very limited > viewing options at the time. I am aware that the viewing options will have > increased exponentially in the last 9 years but I never got around to hooking > it up to my new (4 year old?) TV and never find myself with so little to view > to warrant dusting it off. > > Similarly, I bought lots of DVDs full of enthusiasm for the opportunity to > have collections of movies & TV series on tap to view at my convenience. > Even though it is many years since I bought the last one, many are still > unwatched and almost none would have been watched multiple times. > > For a while I used an Eye TV to record programs and have an archive of these > – but again some are still unwatched and I can’t remember the last time I > browsed this. > > For a while (pre Smart TV) I had a system whereby I could download iView > programs and built a good archive of some of my favourites – but, again, I > cannot remember the last time I browsed it. > > The major game changer for me was the combination of a Smart TV and an > internet plan giving me up to 500GB/ month for less than my old 10GB plan! > > Our TV viewing now includes very little direct TV broadcast. Nearly all our > viewing would be iView and SBS on demand. We do not subscribe to any paid > streaming services. > > Recently I have been finding less good viewing on iView but this has been > more than covered by the expanding SBS offerings. I find I periodically > browse the offerings and add anything that appeals to my “my favourites”. > When I sit down to watch TV I can then go to “my favourites” and quickly > choose a movie/program/series which suits my mood/time available. Once > watched I will remove it from my favourites. > > My main problem seems to be adding more programs to favourites than I > actually have time to watch ;o) > > Of course, my viewing habits/taste are probably a long way from the > Australian norm – no sport for starters and a predilection for foreign > language film & TV series. > > With more specific focus on your question – I would suggest thinking about > how much content you need to store: > Temporarily, until your viewing convenience. > As a library to be visited and re-visited. > > If you do have the requirement for a substantial video library, one way to do > it is to use a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device – as with all storage, > these seem to be getting cheaper all the time. > > One other consideration is that many NAS can be set-up to be stand-alone > media servers – always accessible over your network without needing to fire > up your computer – the idea being that your smart TV gets the content > directly from the NAS. > > I believe a NAS media server can offer the simplest operation – once it is > all correctly set-up – but you would need to research systems and confirm > compatibility for your particular TV. > > > Just some thoughts. > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Stephen > Chape <[email protected]> > Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, 20 July 2019 at 16:35 > To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Subject: Apple TV 4K - possible new model in September > > Hi folks. > > I am keen to move on from my Gen 2 Apple TV. > I have an LG 4K UHD Television that is not yet being utilised for UHD. > > I came close to buying an Apple TV 4K about a month ago. > But then saw rumours that a next Gen 4K may be released about September. > Around the time that Apple TV Plus is released. > > Has anyone heard any more about this please ? > > Also I cannot decide if I should buy a UHD Disk Player and begin replacing my > BluRay Disks with UHD Disks. > Or wait for a possible next Gen Apple TV and download UHD Movies from iTunes > instead. > > I guess if I go down the iTunes path I may need to move my iTunes Library to > an external drive. > Because my iMac has an internal 500GB SSD that will soon fill up. > > Any thoughts would be most welcome please. > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - > Settings & Unsubscribe - > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> Regards, Stephen Chape
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