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Hi guys
I have xbmc on atv1 and my mac mini, I would like to buy atv2 for the bedroom, would you buy it now or would you wait for a while reading the posts, it seems there are a few bugs,
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I've literally had mine 2 days and bought it specifically for XBMC.
I'm am extremely impressed.
Streaming 720p MKV's perfectly
have the iPlayer plugin working
My only issue is the tethered boot, however that has nothing to do with XBMC or the team..
I would highly recommend this as a cheap media player.
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Have you tried atv2 with 1080p mkv's?
If you could test a few mkv's to see how higher the bitrate it could handle, it would be very appreciated since 'im interested in getting one...
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I use PLEX to play all of my 1080p files, it works great most of the time. Currently PLEX is for Mac's only.
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I would say yes, I've been using the unofficial builds and the work being done on this is nothing short of amazing, I've tried 1080p MKVs and they played flawlessly. Once they sort out some audio downsampling issues the ATV2 will be the perfect little machine.
Also as of today, a non tethered jailbreak is available making it even better!
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what's the different between a tethered boot and an untethered boot? I plan on getting an ATV2 for my game room. Using ATV1 for awhile now and i will need something that can play my 720p HD mkv movies.
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Thanks for the repiles, I have looked at the various links, I will buy one but think I will wait for a month or two
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One is in the works, give it a few days.
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My advice is if you can wait, wait atleast 2-3 months if you are a Windows User. If you are a Mac user then wait one more month. But don't expect the ATV2 to replace a full fledged XBMC install on a HTPC. It's good, but not that good.
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Go for it.
Prices are great for the units on ebay or even in BM stores.
I did the tethered process in an OSX vm, yet got by the whole set it up by your computer business by powering the device through the small battery backup unit I use for my TV setup anyway. No need to power down and it worked great, just plug in the one end of the hdmi cable prior.
I'm running the nightly from feb. 1, and 720p, 1080p, browsing, etc is all working great, much smoother and just plain better than the atv1.
Another hats off to the team that makes this possible.