Basic Apple TV questions

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Basic Apple TV questions

1. Will the new Apple TV work using my Airport Express wireless router?

2. Can shows be browsed and purchased using the TV screen or do I have to do everything on the computer and then just view shows on the TV screen?

3. If I have a Netflix account, can I stream movies and TV shows direct from Netflix website?

I'm pretty up on technology and networking but I'm still a bit confused as to how this thing works.
I'm moving to a new place soon and considering dropping the Time Warner Cable and just using this to watch the few programs I really enjoy watching.

Thanks for any input.

Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Sep 27, 2010 7:49 AM

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Answer 1

Chenks

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Sep 27, 2010 7:51 AM in response to jperkinski

jperkinski wrote:
1. Will the new Apple TV work using my Airport Express wireless router?

yes

2. Can shows be browsed and purchased using the TV screen or do I have to do everything on the computer and then just view shows on the TV screen?

purchased no, rented yes (region permitting)

3. If I have a Netflix account, can I stream movies and TV shows direct from Netflix website?

website no. the appletv (region permitting) has a specific netflix option

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Answer 2

capaho

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Sep 27, 2010 7:55 AM in response to jperkinski

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1. Probably
2. Probably
3. Yes

I'm pretty up on technology and networking but I'm still a bit confused as to how this thing works.

It's a streaming media player with 16 GB of flash memory for caching streaming content. There is no syncing.

I'm moving to a new place soon and considering dropping the Time Warner Cable and just using this to watch the few programs I really enjoy watching.

I doubt you'll find enough content to replace cable TV. Despite the hype about TV show rentals, there isn't much available in that category at present, and you won't be seeing any NBC shows available for rental until the soon-to-be-fired CEO of NBC becomes the former CEO of NBC.

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Answer 3

Chaomath

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40 points

Sep 28, 2010 1:57 PM in response to jperkinski

I can't answer any of the specifics (others already have), but I dropped pay-TV 18 months ago and bought an Apple TV earlier this year to get access to a few shows that weren't available immediately in any other format (Mad Men, for example).

If you only are really interested in a few shows, and they're available on iTunes or Amazon, then an Apple TV will do you just fine. I also do Netflix and have a Roku box. I don't mind watching most things a year out of date.

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