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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 1236446" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>I'd be curious though - would it be smart enough that, if a file were larger then 7 GB, would it cache as much as it could and then do like a shifting window on the stream? I wonder if the protocol supports something like that where the ATV2 can communicate with iTunes to pause, or if it can play fast enough where it just won't cache the entire thing - makes me wonder though if that were possible, how would they handle rewinding, I'd assume they'd have to have some way to tell iTunes to send data previous to XX:XX time...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is a nice TV - we got really lucky at the time when we got it (ie: it was really cheap as new models were coming out and stores were liquidating the previous models - around Dec 2008) - it's an HL67A750 LED lit DLP projection that's just over a foot deep (a lot smaller then our previous antique uber heavy SD projection TV) - of course it's 3D functionality is rather limited, but that's ok since neither I nor my wife really get into 3D movies that much. IQ is fantastic</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which is a bummer as that seems like what one of its strong suits would be considering the video library Apple has. Granted the video quality is leaps and bounds above netflix, but for immediate gratification, Netflix really wins there. Granted, one day when we can all have huge net pipes to our homes it'll be irrelevant (already is in some cities, but since I live in the middle of nowheresville...)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's the one thing I'm just not sure about - according to Apples FAQ that I had read a while back when I first got an ATV2 it states...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BUT that doesn't clarify if it just transfers the play license from the computer to the ATV2 and you have to redownload it OR if it will transfer the movie from your iTunes library to the ATV2... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is strange. With n compliance, there really should have been enough bandwidth (unless the ATV2 was really far/through walls and/or there were several things using the wifi simultaneously)... But since I was usually using a wired network or local drive (USB or firewire) for high bitrate videos, I never really encountered those problems. </p><p></p><p>I'll have to read that other link you provided about the speed difference using WPA2, you've got me really curious about that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I had heard about the anamorphic rip issue with DVD's, but since I hadn't really ripped my DVDs to play on plex, I had never really experienced it - the few that I wanted in my Plex library were older movies that were not anamorphic but rather pre-rendered letterbox. Plus were you watching raw ISO rips or MKV or some other container of the video from the DVDs?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 1236446, member: 89124"] I'd be curious though - would it be smart enough that, if a file were larger then 7 GB, would it cache as much as it could and then do like a shifting window on the stream? I wonder if the protocol supports something like that where the ATV2 can communicate with iTunes to pause, or if it can play fast enough where it just won't cache the entire thing - makes me wonder though if that were possible, how would they handle rewinding, I'd assume they'd have to have some way to tell iTunes to send data previous to XX:XX time... It is a nice TV - we got really lucky at the time when we got it (ie: it was really cheap as new models were coming out and stores were liquidating the previous models - around Dec 2008) - it's an HL67A750 LED lit DLP projection that's just over a foot deep (a lot smaller then our previous antique uber heavy SD projection TV) - of course it's 3D functionality is rather limited, but that's ok since neither I nor my wife really get into 3D movies that much. IQ is fantastic Which is a bummer as that seems like what one of its strong suits would be considering the video library Apple has. Granted the video quality is leaps and bounds above netflix, but for immediate gratification, Netflix really wins there. Granted, one day when we can all have huge net pipes to our homes it'll be irrelevant (already is in some cities, but since I live in the middle of nowheresville...) That's the one thing I'm just not sure about - according to Apples FAQ that I had read a while back when I first got an ATV2 it states... BUT that doesn't clarify if it just transfers the play license from the computer to the ATV2 and you have to redownload it OR if it will transfer the movie from your iTunes library to the ATV2... That is strange. With n compliance, there really should have been enough bandwidth (unless the ATV2 was really far/through walls and/or there were several things using the wifi simultaneously)... But since I was usually using a wired network or local drive (USB or firewire) for high bitrate videos, I never really encountered those problems. I'll have to read that other link you provided about the speed difference using WPA2, you've got me really curious about that. I had heard about the anamorphic rip issue with DVD's, but since I hadn't really ripped my DVDs to play on plex, I had never really experienced it - the few that I wanted in my Plex library were older movies that were not anamorphic but rather pre-rendered letterbox. Plus were you watching raw ISO rips or MKV or some other container of the video from the DVDs? [/QUOTE]
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