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Hi
Having spent the best part of 2 days trawling many sites trying to work out which solution is best for me, I've drawn a blank and decided to seek the opinions of you good people.
My primary goal is to put all of my DVD's and Music on a Hard Drive and be able to play these through my lounge HDTV and Sony Amplifier.
As an aside I'd like to be able to browse the internet and look at my photo's on the lounge TV.
It's essential that the final product is Very Easy to use and very reliable. I work away from home and cannot be having the wife on the phone requiring technical support when she wants to watch a DVD.
I'm thinking of getting the following:-
New Mac mini
4tb Firewire HDD (Not sure of type, Lacie seems popular)
Air super drive
I'm also considering Apple TV. I like the look of the user interface and it looks like I can play my DVD's through ATV if I save them as MP4's
Then to remote controls. It looks like I can configure an IPad or Ipod Touch as a remote for this setup. Would an Ipad meet my criteria of being simple to operate? Is there a way that my Ipad could control the amplifier and TV via an IR blaster?
If I went down the ATV route is it correct that I could put ATV units on the kitchen and bedroom TV's and if so could it access the DVD's on the hard drive connected to the lounge mac mini?
Thanks for your help with this.
Kev
Having spent the best part of 2 days trawling many sites trying to work out which solution is best for me, I've drawn a blank and decided to seek the opinions of you good people.
My primary goal is to put all of my DVD's and Music on a Hard Drive and be able to play these through my lounge HDTV and Sony Amplifier.
As an aside I'd like to be able to browse the internet and look at my photo's on the lounge TV.
It's essential that the final product is Very Easy to use and very reliable. I work away from home and cannot be having the wife on the phone requiring technical support when she wants to watch a DVD.
I'm thinking of getting the following:-
New Mac mini
4tb Firewire HDD (Not sure of type, Lacie seems popular)
Air super drive
I'm also considering Apple TV. I like the look of the user interface and it looks like I can play my DVD's through ATV if I save them as MP4's
Then to remote controls. It looks like I can configure an IPad or Ipod Touch as a remote for this setup. Would an Ipad meet my criteria of being simple to operate? Is there a way that my Ipad could control the amplifier and TV via an IR blaster?
If I went down the ATV route is it correct that I could put ATV units on the kitchen and bedroom TV's and if so could it access the DVD's on the hard drive connected to the lounge mac mini?
Thanks for your help with this.
Kev