Well, the main reason I got it for the family is that we don't have any gaming consoles, our Blu-ray player doesn't do netflix, and our TV doesn't have a net hookup, so this is our only option for netflix.
My mom is not very computer savvy and we can't just use my mini and hook up a keyboard to it and a wireless mouse. Not with where our TV is and how the furniture is situated.
Right now, the way we control my mac mini, is I use my PowerBook G4 to remote into it, pull up the browser, head to netflix and start a movie. It works, but it's not the easiest thing for my mom to do. Sure, my dad could do it, but it's not a good enough solution to be called perfect.
We have a 15Mbps internet connection, so streaming isn't an issue, and we don't need a hard drive in the Apple TV since we don't plan on storing any movies. We don't have the space for what Apple considers the proper media format for iTunes, and it just doesn't make sense to try to rip our movies in, and even then, with the new encryption on the current DVDs, it's making it very hard to do that without any pay-for software that is quite expensive.
I think that while it's not the perfect solution for everyone, since they have other things that can access netflix, but it is for us. I will let you know how it works out. This will finally give my iPod Touch something to work with
My mom is not very computer savvy and we can't just use my mini and hook up a keyboard to it and a wireless mouse. Not with where our TV is and how the furniture is situated.
Right now, the way we control my mac mini, is I use my PowerBook G4 to remote into it, pull up the browser, head to netflix and start a movie. It works, but it's not the easiest thing for my mom to do. Sure, my dad could do it, but it's not a good enough solution to be called perfect.
We have a 15Mbps internet connection, so streaming isn't an issue, and we don't need a hard drive in the Apple TV since we don't plan on storing any movies. We don't have the space for what Apple considers the proper media format for iTunes, and it just doesn't make sense to try to rip our movies in, and even then, with the new encryption on the current DVDs, it's making it very hard to do that without any pay-for software that is quite expensive.
I think that while it's not the perfect solution for everyone, since they have other things that can access netflix, but it is for us. I will let you know how it works out. This will finally give my iPod Touch something to work with