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I'm looking for Apple TV/WDTV advice.
I shoot corporate videos. I have over 100 of them and they're currently stored both on DVDs and on a hard drive (Firewire, but can transfer them to USB).
I'm not particularly interested in accessing the internet or viewing pictures or other media.
I'd like to be able to play them on my TV directly from my hard drive and access them from my remote control/on-screen menu. However, it's not that straightforward:
The Mac my drive is connected to is in my office, which is out of range of my wifi, so if I have something like Apple TV, it won't have access to my computer wirelessly, and I don't want to buy another computer.
Ideally, I'd be looking for a standalone device – ie, a box that plugs into my TV via HDMI and which either has 1TB of storage built in, or else has USB or Firewire connectors so I can connect an external drive to it without requiring wifi. In essence, an iPod, except with the addition of:
1 Greater storage (1TB or 2TB)
2 A good TV-based menu
Cursory research suggests that WDTV Plus might be more appropriate, but I'm concerned about reports of the poor menu. I don't care what it looks like, but I want sufficient metadata options to be able to search using a variety of criteria.
Any suggestions?
I shoot corporate videos. I have over 100 of them and they're currently stored both on DVDs and on a hard drive (Firewire, but can transfer them to USB).
I'm not particularly interested in accessing the internet or viewing pictures or other media.
I'd like to be able to play them on my TV directly from my hard drive and access them from my remote control/on-screen menu. However, it's not that straightforward:
The Mac my drive is connected to is in my office, which is out of range of my wifi, so if I have something like Apple TV, it won't have access to my computer wirelessly, and I don't want to buy another computer.
Ideally, I'd be looking for a standalone device – ie, a box that plugs into my TV via HDMI and which either has 1TB of storage built in, or else has USB or Firewire connectors so I can connect an external drive to it without requiring wifi. In essence, an iPod, except with the addition of:
1 Greater storage (1TB or 2TB)
2 A good TV-based menu
Cursory research suggests that WDTV Plus might be more appropriate, but I'm concerned about reports of the poor menu. I don't care what it looks like, but I want sufficient metadata options to be able to search using a variety of criteria.
Any suggestions?