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<blockquote data-quote="aj-uk" data-source="post: 845100" data-attributes="member: 11251">AudMan,Yes, the AppleTV can stream movies which are in compatible formats straight from your iTunes library wirelessly. So if you have a WiFi network set up, you can just point your AppleTV to your iTunes library on one of your computers (Mac or PC) and using the Apple Remote, choose what you want to watch/listen to from your iTunes library.It's really not that much bother converting things to compatible formats, programs like Handbrake make it very straightforward, and the speed depends on what processing power you have available. It doesn't take me long at all.There's the added bonus that you can rent or buy movies and buy TV shows from the comfort of your chair using the AppleTV, you can watch a trailer, decide you want to rent the movie and then press the button and be watching it within a minute (depending on the speed of your connection to the internet)If you're going on Holiday, you can also sync content onto the drive of your AppleTV. It's nice and slim compared to a Mac mini, so just pack the device and some connecting cables and you can plug the AppleTV into a TV in a hotel room or whatever and enjoy your movies/tv hows/podcasts/photos/music.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aj-uk, post: 845100, member: 11251"] AudMan, Yes, the AppleTV can stream movies which are in compatible formats straight from your iTunes library wirelessly. So if you have a WiFi network set up, you can just point your AppleTV to your iTunes library on one of your computers (Mac or PC) and using the Apple Remote, choose what you want to watch/listen to from your iTunes library. It's really not that much bother converting things to compatible formats, programs like Handbrake make it very straightforward, and the speed depends on what processing power you have available. It doesn't take me long at all. There's the added bonus that you can rent or buy movies and buy TV shows from the comfort of your chair using the AppleTV, you can watch a trailer, decide you want to rent the movie and then press the button and be watching it within a minute (depending on the speed of your connection to the internet) If you're going on Holiday, you can also sync content onto the drive of your AppleTV. It's nice and slim compared to a Mac mini, so just pack the device and some connecting cables and you can plug the AppleTV into a TV in a hotel room or whatever and enjoy your movies/tv hows/podcasts/photos/music. [/QUOTE]

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