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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 1230600" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>The biggest problem with the ATV 1 was that the interface had a huge lag. This was a result of having the aforementioned ATA Hard Drive but it also had to do with the fact that the interface was poorly designed and the machine was extremely underpowered from a CPU perspective. On top of that my ATV 1 would be so hot after playing a movie that I believe I honestly could have fried an egg on top of it. The ATV 1 would pair with your computer, would show up in iTunes as a device (like the iPod) and since it had a hard drive you could store media on it as well. It was a case of Apple having a wonderful idea but executing it in a less than stellar way.</p><p></p><p>The ATV 2 however is a wonderful product with little or no lag (depending on your network) and with no hard drive the unit is both very small and very cool (temperature wise, well the other way too). It also have a much better CPU driving the whole setup and the use of home sharing (with an iTunes account vice a specific machine) makes the whole operation much smoother. Since there is no hard drive you can't store media on it but with the way it operates and streams you don't really need to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 1230600, member: 6762"] The biggest problem with the ATV 1 was that the interface had a huge lag. This was a result of having the aforementioned ATA Hard Drive but it also had to do with the fact that the interface was poorly designed and the machine was extremely underpowered from a CPU perspective. On top of that my ATV 1 would be so hot after playing a movie that I believe I honestly could have fried an egg on top of it. The ATV 1 would pair with your computer, would show up in iTunes as a device (like the iPod) and since it had a hard drive you could store media on it as well. It was a case of Apple having a wonderful idea but executing it in a less than stellar way. The ATV 2 however is a wonderful product with little or no lag (depending on your network) and with no hard drive the unit is both very small and very cool (temperature wise, well the other way too). It also have a much better CPU driving the whole setup and the use of home sharing (with an iTunes account vice a specific machine) makes the whole operation much smoother. Since there is no hard drive you can't store media on it but with the way it operates and streams you don't really need to. [/QUOTE]
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