2011-03-18, 18:19
Superorb Wrote:Yup, the ATV2 is a great price considering it can run XBMC, the only drawback is that it will not display 1080p and that the remote only has like 5 buttons on it. I'm not sure if you can use a regular MCE remote though.
My old PC is a P4 Northwood CPU. It is slow to boot, but resume/sleep only take a few seconds. I have an 8400gs and a single 5400rpm drive though.
You can program any remote to work with AppleTV, it has an option in the settings to receive each button press and memorize it with any spare IR remote you may have laying around. It's actually easier to setup than most LIRC configurations, albeit you have a more limited range of buttons to access the functionality of XBMC but all the important ones are there.
If you have an iphone or android based phone or tablet though, the need for a remote is pretty much gone now anyway. The apple tv is a great device, however it seems there are a few residing samba issues that I'm sure will be solved in the near future.