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Never even considered ATV before (my bandwidth was too limited with so many other things going on in my life), but now I'm wondering if it might make sense as way to tame my DVD collection. I have a NAS with 4TB usable space (I can add 2TB more when required) of which less than 5% is full (go big or don't go at all!). I have two TVs in different rooms (one in the same room as my computer/NAS). I had several questions that have been bugging me as I've starting thinking about going this route before I start plunking down the cash.
1) Having never ripped a DVD into iTunes (digital downloads only), how much hard drive space does a DVD typically take?
2) Does ATV work well with full season TV episodes on multiple dvd's (thinking about finding a specific episode where you left off)
3) Hows does ATV work with surround sound (5.1)...does the ATV become just another input on the receiver (My receiver HDMI inputs are full so I would either need a different input means or a new receiver with more HDMI ports)?
4) Do I need a separate ATV for each TV?
5) Has anyone tried ripping BluRays to iTunes and playing them back through ATV? Can it even be done? How much more HD space does THAT take?
6) Any good basic tutorials out there? Google hasn't been much help...too many useless web hits to find anything good.
Thanks!
1) Having never ripped a DVD into iTunes (digital downloads only), how much hard drive space does a DVD typically take?
2) Does ATV work well with full season TV episodes on multiple dvd's (thinking about finding a specific episode where you left off)
3) Hows does ATV work with surround sound (5.1)...does the ATV become just another input on the receiver (My receiver HDMI inputs are full so I would either need a different input means or a new receiver with more HDMI ports)?
4) Do I need a separate ATV for each TV?
5) Has anyone tried ripping BluRays to iTunes and playing them back through ATV? Can it even be done? How much more HD space does THAT take?
6) Any good basic tutorials out there? Google hasn't been much help...too many useless web hits to find anything good.
Thanks!