Apple TV

[Sushubh]

Cool I guess. In any case, a 5K set top box is a very useful device as it would make your 2-3-4 year old television set a Smart TV. And of course, you can replace it, upgrade it and throw it away. You can also use it on multiple television sets, resell it, loan it... etc. etc.

 

[mega_processor]

The problem is that set top box are provided by cable guys.They mostly have cheap options.I have seen only Asianet provided Cisco set top boxes to their clients.In Mumbai the quality of set top box is on decline.First it used to be from koream companies like HUmax now they are all giving out chinese.devices from companies like skyway who sell their set top boxes at as low as 8$ fob china.

 

[SOLIDTR]

Does Apple TV supports the following formats
Video - AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9, FLV (h.264) Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG Audio - MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS Playlist - PLS, M3U, WPL Subtitle - SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI

User Interface:

[*]English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese , Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Polish, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian,Hungarian

[/list]Subtitle:
[*]English, Dutch, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, Czech, Slovakian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Hindi (India), Malay/Bahasa (Indonesia), Central European language

[/list]Multilingual Input: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Hungarian

 

[Sushubh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV#Supported_formats

VideoH.264 up to 720p at 30 frames per second (1st & 2nd generation)H.264 up to 1080p at 30 frames per second (3rd generation)High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.MPEG-4 up to 720×432 (432p) or 640×480 pixels at 30 frame/sMPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640×480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.Motion JPEG up to 720p at 30 frame/sMotion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280×720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.PictureJPEGGIFTIFF AudioHE-AAC (V1)AAC (16–320 kbit/s)FairPlay protected AACMP3 (16–320 kbit/s, or optionally VBR)Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4)Apple LosslessAIFFWAVDolby Digital (5.1 surround sound pass-through) (aka AC-3)[38] TV compatibilityCompatible with high-definition TVs with HDMI and capable of 1080p or 720p at 60/50 Hz.Requires HDCP when playing protected content.A sustained 8 Mbit/s or faster Internet connection is recommended for viewing 1080p HD movies and TV shows, 6 Mbit/s or faster for viewing 720p content, and 2.5 Mbit/s or faster for SD content.

 

[SOLIDTR]

Also please tell would it possible to connect with standard Tv a 20 inch Onida kind of ...

 

[Sushubh]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5713

 

[SOLIDTR]

Still am not getting it please can u brief me on the Standard tV compatibilty and video formats if you dont mind

 

[Sushubh]

I do not think it is a good idea to get Apple TV for an old CRT TV.

 

[SOLIDTR]

Sir i have both CRT and LCD i want to watch on both some time..please tell me is it compatible with Apple in a CRT TV also

 

[shr]

Apple TV is not compatible with CRT.