An Apple TV revelation (to me at least!)

[balamw]

I finally figured out what I think has been a big part of my trouble with my TV. The network has been really weak since day 1. Prone to interference, etc... A few weeks after I installed Take 2 it went way downhill to the point that I was ready to chuck it.

Tonight I factory restored back to 1.0 and the problems persisted. Sync rate was super slow and it would freeze even streaming audio. So I simplified my network, removed the Airport Express, enabled .n on the Airport Extreme and still dog slow.

And that's when I figured it out. My TV has been sitting on top of my DVD player since I got it. The metal from the DVD player housing seems to be affecting the TV antenna enough to essentially kill it. I stuck about 3" of cardboard boxes between the DVD player and TV and it synced at a rate I would expect. I'll have to build something nicer or just find it another home.

Moral of the story. Avoid placing the TV directly on any conductive surface.

Hope this finally makes Take 2 usable for me.

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[frankiepdx]

That's good to know since i was about to put a 2nd one in the bedroom, right on top of the dvd player.

 

[Roy Hobbs]

Thats weird my TV has been sitting on top of my DVD player since the day I bought it. I have had zero issues with network connections or interference.

 

[balamw]

Thats weird my TV has been sitting on top of my DVD player since the day I bought it. I have had zero issues with network connections or interference.

Your wireless link may be less marginal than mine. It's been there for a year and working most of the time.

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[swhit]

wireless interference

I agree that the apple tv is prone to wireless interference. I had to turn off wireless networking on my wii, which was sitting next to the apple tv, in order to reliably stream movies to mine. I wouldn't think a dvd player would have the same effect. But then again, I wouldn't think that networking on a second device (the wii) would interfere either.