40gb or 160gb?

[cubedweller]

yeah, this is what i am thinking. though I have been considering upgrading the hdd in my MBP to the largest i can find but i don't know. i might go the time capsule route too

I'm trying to figure out the best way to accomplish this as well. Right now I have my movies on my MBP. It's fine for the time being but I will soon fill the internal hard drive up. It will then be time to move my files to an external. I'm grappling with a few choices: (1) Time Capsule (2) AEBS + External HD (3) NAS HD.

(1) Expensive. Wireless Time Machine backups are a plus though.
(2) Cheap (180$). I have a 500GB Maxtor External (Free). Upgrading to a "N" wireless network.
(3) These HDs tend to be a bit more expensive. I'd imagine the AEBS would be easier to configure with the external HD -- this is only an assumption.

Can anyone provide any insight to any of these options? I'm leaning towards (2) as it will allow me to upgrade my network at the same time as allowing me to connect the 500GB HD.

Thanks
~E

 

[ayale99]

Yeah, right.



The odds are less that you'd max out the 160 by 4:1.



Since the ATV2 update we routinely have stuttering issues with movies encoded with Handbrake's ATV Preset (MPEG4 H.264/AAC/AC3) with 2-pass enabled. The only solution is to sync files. And yes, we're using an 802.11n AEBS. Soon, mine will have a 750 gig drive.

1a. There's is no freaking way possible that you can even begin to calculate that. Everyone's media library is vastly different.

1b. The odds are 1:1 that you are one of those people that like to pick fights in forums. Example: Throwing unproven ratios at me and then a few posts later, asking another guy to prove his estimates. You should try other forms of human interaction...Cave Man.

2. Stuttering issues? Not me. The odds are 1:1 that you need to check your network settings.

3. If you're already planning on upgrading to a 750gig hd, then 160 must not be enough? Thanks for proving my point.

 

[ayale99]

I have to weigh in on this one. I bought the 160, and don't regret it for a moment. We have a lot of music, a lot of images/photos, and have enough free space on Apple TV to not have to worry.

I am not done acquiring music. Or art. Or digital images.

Are you?

Buying a 40 seems, well, short-sighted, unless you plan to use it solely for streaming.

I am a sole streamer. Reason being, I already have over 160gig of media. I'd rather stream than pick & choose media to sync.

The next versions of AppleTV needs to come in 500gig & 1TB flavors so we can all sync.

 

[ayale99]

I'm trying to figure out the best way to accomplish this as well. Right now I have my movies on my MBP. It's fine for the time being but I will soon fill the internal hard drive up. It will then be time to move my files to an external. I'm grappling with a few choices: (1) Time Capsule (2) AEBS + External HD (3) NAS HD.

(1) Expensive. Wireless Time Machine backups are a plus though.
(2) Cheap (180$). I have a 500GB Maxtor External (Free). Upgrading to a "N" wireless network.
(3) These HDs tend to be a bit more expensive. I'd imagine the AEBS would be easier to configure with the external HD -- this is only an assumption.

Can anyone provide any insight to any of these options? I'm leaning towards (2) as it will allow me to upgrade my network at the same time as allowing me to connect the 500GB HD.

Thanks
~E

I'd go with (1) myself. I'm hoping to upgrade to that option as well. Seems to be the most versatile.

If I were you personally, I'd probably go with (2) since you already have the 500gig hd. It's essentially the same as the Time Capsule setup.

I haven't seen any good reviews on NAS hd's yet. Seem to be a bit buggy & slow.

My current setup is a 500gig Firewire drive hooked up to my MBP. Works fine for now...till I get a Time Capsule.

 

[Cave Man]

1a. There's is no freaking way possible that you can even begin to calculate that. Everyone's media library is vastly different.

Yet you proceeded to do just that:

This question has been posted a million times. Get the 40gig and use streaming. The 160gig is worthless because odds are that you would max that out as well.

2. Stuttering issues? Not me. The odds are 1:1 that you need to check your network settings.

You're wrong again. Since the 2.0.1 update, the stuttering has disappeared.

3. If you're already planning on upgrading to a 750gig hd, then 160 must not be enough? Thanks for proving my point.

Had you said it's worthless for "some people" or worthless to you, there'd been no dispute. But to make such a blanket statement as you did is incredulous.