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Apple tv 1 with broadcom crystal hd card and linux on it does 1080p
Broadcom Crystal Hd (logic supply) $40
Apple TV 1 (amazon, craiglist, pawn shop) $40-$90
Ubuntu Linux $0
You get HDMI, Composite, Component, TOSLINK
You get a remote
*you do lose wireless capability but a wireless bridge game adapter or powerline ethernet can get over that
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It would help with any video formats that aren't hardware accelerated (Xvid/Divx), no?
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ATV1 is shipped using a cut down version of 10.4. He's installing linux on it so the point of OS is moot.
And Airplay is integrated into XBMC now, another moot point.
Code:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%';
IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.
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Pure speculation on my part, but I don't think we'll see a new (or at least, A5 powered) ATV. The fact that the A5 didn't make its way into the iPod touch line seems to suggest that it's either too expensive for Apple to use it in all their devices, or there is some kind of shortage (or they have too many A4s).
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just my two cents .. online apple stores all over the world ran out of stock of refurbished ATV2s nearly at the same time as amazon dropped their price
ATV2 4.3 8F455 Seas0npassed / XBMC 11
Samsung HT-P70 5.1 / Samsung WS-32Z419P
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He wrote "refurbished" as in not new!
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macf1an Wrote:just my two cents .. online apple stores all over the world ran out of stock of refurbished ATV2s nearly at the same time as amazon dropped their price
That means nothing. Apple has referbs of iPods from one and two generations ago. They go in and out of stock all the time. Referbs don't reflect currently manufactured stock at all.