Do I need/want an Apple TV?

[icehockeyboy]

As it says........will it be a good addition to my stuff, Squeezebox etc, and the AV kit too?

[Riislingen]

It´s not bad at all, just slightly limited as opposed to what a Boxee i.e. can do.

I bought one for Netflix purposes primarily. As I have Internet based TV services and PPV ability with movies already, Apples slightly slim EU offering didn´t add anything substantial value on that part.

What do you want to do with it and what do yoy need in your setup ?

[WAD62]

As it says........will it be a good addition to my stuff, Squeezebox etc, and the AV kit too?

I suppose it depends what you want from it...if it's just a media centre you want then a Raspberry Pi running XBMC is a cheaper option...

[Riislingen]

snipped...a Raspberry Pi running XBMC is a cheaper option...

Nice

[WAD62]

Nice

I only have the 250mb version and it works very nicely for iPlayer etc...we'll see how it does with DVDs & Blu-Rays shortly

[icehockeyboy]

What do you want to do with it and what do yoy need in your setup ?

Dunno!

[Martinh]

If you have an iPad, iPhone, ipod touch or apple computer, you can do some nice stuff with it, like airplaying music to your system for example. The mirroring feature allows you to send what's on the iPad screen to the tv too, which is very handy.

You can also use it for Netflix, renting movies, listening to Internet radio. If you jailbreak it (very easy), you can install xbmc and play flacs too.

Sonically it's not the best, but pretty good IMHO.

[Riislingen]

Dunno!

Yet another case of gadget fondling...

[icehockeyboy]

Yet another case of gadget fondling...