Noobie Questions

Hi,

I'm thinking of asking my g/f to buy me an Apple TV for my birthday

I'm thinking of Jailbreaking it and using XBMC,

I've seen that I can use a plugin called Icefilms to stream movies.

Is this free to us ?

Can i basiclly turn on my TV and Apple box and select a movie/tv show to watch and it will start playing ?

thanks

Hi,

As far as i know , YES!

It works like that for me with my windows HTPC

Matt

Do i need an Apple TV to test this out ?

I never thought about testing it.

I've a PC and laptop. Can i set it up and run a test with out spending money ?

If i dont have to buy the Apple TV i wont.

XBMC is multi-platform. Go ahead and grab the windows installer and test it out on either the PC or the laptop

cool.. I'll try it when i get home.

1 more question regarding Apple TV,, i take it the PC doesn't need to be on if I jailbreak Apple TV and install Xbmc on it.

I take it i can just run it with out the PC on.

Yes. No pc required.

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