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Hi
Up until yesterday each night I would plug my Macbook into an external harddrive (with 1 TB of itunes purchases) and into a TV and watch movies and TV shows.
Yesterday I bought an iMac, plan was to put the harddrive on that and stream the content to my Macbook which would semi-retire to under the TV and be used like an Apple TV permanently.
First problem was that Front Row didn't have cover art, annoying but not essential, second problem was Front-Row froze after a minute of playing anything.
It all works perfectly through itunes home sharing but not through Front row, therefore it's not a network issue, it's just Front Row.
As iTunes isn't really a solution, as the Macbook needs to be open I am thinking about Apple TV, so need to know:
1: Will this work, Apple TV seems to use Front Row, is there a difference to the version on my Macbook?
2: Will it have cover art?
3: What are the connection issues i have heard about and how likely are they? Our connection is pretty good, had itunes on Macbook and on Windows 7 laptop both streaming perfectly from the iMac at the same time so the network is solid.
4: Amazon have it for £88 (Apple store it's £101), is this the best price?
Many thanks
Anthony
Up until yesterday each night I would plug my Macbook into an external harddrive (with 1 TB of itunes purchases) and into a TV and watch movies and TV shows.
Yesterday I bought an iMac, plan was to put the harddrive on that and stream the content to my Macbook which would semi-retire to under the TV and be used like an Apple TV permanently.
First problem was that Front Row didn't have cover art, annoying but not essential, second problem was Front-Row froze after a minute of playing anything.
It all works perfectly through itunes home sharing but not through Front row, therefore it's not a network issue, it's just Front Row.
As iTunes isn't really a solution, as the Macbook needs to be open I am thinking about Apple TV, so need to know:
1: Will this work, Apple TV seems to use Front Row, is there a difference to the version on my Macbook?
2: Will it have cover art?
3: What are the connection issues i have heard about and how likely are they? Our connection is pretty good, had itunes on Macbook and on Windows 7 laptop both streaming perfectly from the iMac at the same time so the network is solid.
4: Amazon have it for £88 (Apple store it's £101), is this the best price?
Many thanks
Anthony