Will 1st Gen ATV be good enough?

Really? I wonder why I had so much trouble with ATV2? I was using the latest version of iOS (4.4.3 I think) despite the recommendations of downgrading. It came with this version so I don't have a previous version to downgrade to. I tried using the default skin and upgraded to the stable version of Eden. I'd say about 75 percent of the time when entering TV Shows or select something to watch, it would crash to FrontRow.

(2012-04-23 14:50)keiron99 Wrote:  

(2012-04-23 14:25)Krieg Wrote:  1st generation ATV with Broadcom HD card can do 1080p. Without the HD card you are stuck to SD. Some 720p will play OK, most won't.

Interestingly I just got a response from someone selling an ATV1 who says that it will support 720p because it has version 3.0.2 software. Is he right?

The ATV1 can do 720p only with the correct profile. This means you will have to reencode everything.

The original ATV2 can play 720p and 1080p but can display only 720p. So effectively can't do 1080p

The new version of the ATV2 can play and display 1080p but then you have the jailbreak issue.

I have been using the Apple TV 1 with a broadcom BCM970015 for hardware

and the Crystalbuntu linux image with XBMC

http://www.stmlabs.com/

this has been and continues to be an absolute impressive XBMC experience.

so YES ... it is good enough .. with the right software image and hardware addition.

(2012-04-25 04:47)kadeschs Wrote:  Really? I wonder why I had so much trouble with ATV2? I was using the latest version of iOS (4.4.3 I think) despite the recommendations of downgrading. It came with this version so I don't have a previous version to downgrade to. I tried using the default skin and upgraded to the stable version of Eden. I'd say about 75 percent of the time when entering TV Shows or select something to watch, it would crash to FrontRow.

Just this week I bought a second jailbroken ATV2 (being put off ATV1 by the effort of installing software and hardware and the high powr consumption) and it constantly crases. Virtually every time I press a button it reboots. Massively annoying. It's obviously going back.

(2012-04-27 20:52)keiron99 Wrote:  

(2012-04-25 04:47)kadeschs Wrote:  Really? I wonder why I had so much trouble with ATV2? I was using the latest version of iOS (4.4.3 I think) despite the recommendations of downgrading. It came with this version so I don't have a previous version to downgrade to. I tried using the default skin and upgraded to the stable version of Eden. I'd say about 75 percent of the time when entering TV Shows or select something to watch, it would crash to FrontRow.

Just this week I bought a second jailbroken ATV2 (being put off ATV1 by the effort of installing software and hardware and the high powr consumption) and it constantly crases. Virtually every time I press a button it reboots. Massively annoying. It's obviously going back.

Sounds like the jailbreak/install is broked. Working ATV2's don't do that.

Up until recently I've used a hacked native OSX setup. Yeah, it was a lot of time, effort, and tweaking to get the functionality I wanted. I recently tried out Crystalbuntu on ATV1 after being disappointed with XBMC's stability under ATV2. I must say I was very impressed with how easy it was to setup and to get XBMC up and running which I find is all I need now-a-days on ATV1 so the minimal overhead of Crystalbuntu was very welcomed. I'm still waiting on my video card to arrive so that I can enjoy HD content. I would have recommend this to anyone who stays inside of XBMC as this takes very little effort, almost no fiddling or tweaking. Make the USB stick and sit back while it sets your ATV up. Go for the card if you want to and you kick it up a notch.