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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1216266" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>The Apple TV 2 is a GREAT device, and I say this after having been a very unsatisfied user of the original Apple TV and a Mac mini in use as an HTPC. You can very easily stream movies off the iPad to the ATV2 using Apple's AirPlay feature. The videos do generally have to be compatible with both devices, although there are 3rd party apps for the iPad that will play a greater variety of video formats and will transcode them to something the ATV2 can understand on the fly. The performance in those cases may or may not be very good due to the extra processing demands though.</p><p><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/23/hands-on-with-airplay-ipad-and-apple-tv-updates-make-a-magic-co/" target="_blank">Hands on with AirPlay: iPad and Apple TV updates make a magic combination</a></p><p></p><p>What I do is keep all my videos in iTunes and set up a Home Share so the ATV2 can read my iTunes library. As long as iTunes is open on my Mac, I can play anything in it on the ATV2. You actually use the ATV2's menu to browse the contents in iTunes and launch from there. There's also a Remote app for the iPad that will let you control the ATV2 and browse your media.</p><p></p><p>Like I was saying... this is my 3rd go at an HTPC setup, and by far it's been the best. Apple's streaming tech is simply much smoother than anything else I've used.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1216266, member: 38864"] The Apple TV 2 is a GREAT device, and I say this after having been a very unsatisfied user of the original Apple TV and a Mac mini in use as an HTPC. You can very easily stream movies off the iPad to the ATV2 using Apple's AirPlay feature. The videos do generally have to be compatible with both devices, although there are 3rd party apps for the iPad that will play a greater variety of video formats and will transcode them to something the ATV2 can understand on the fly. The performance in those cases may or may not be very good due to the extra processing demands though. [URL="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/23/hands-on-with-airplay-ipad-and-apple-tv-updates-make-a-magic-co/"]Hands on with AirPlay: iPad and Apple TV updates make a magic combination[/URL] What I do is keep all my videos in iTunes and set up a Home Share so the ATV2 can read my iTunes library. As long as iTunes is open on my Mac, I can play anything in it on the ATV2. You actually use the ATV2's menu to browse the contents in iTunes and launch from there. There's also a Remote app for the iPad that will let you control the ATV2 and browse your media. Like I was saying... this is my 3rd go at an HTPC setup, and by far it's been the best. Apple's streaming tech is simply much smoother than anything else I've used. [/QUOTE]
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