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Apple TV. How it hasn't shipped and needs to hurry up!
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Sept. 29 is exactly 4 weeks after the announcement, at which time Steve quoted 4 weeks as the launch time frame. So, my money is on the 29th. Additionally, I wouldn't be at all surprised to read on Sept 27 that people start seeing updated shipping info online, and possibly even some units making it into customers hands.
Just my guess.
Just my guess.
Shipping Date/Launch Date
Hi Guys
Went into the Apple Store on Monday and asked what date were they expecting to launch the Apple TV. The assistant said they still have no date and staff won't be told until the night before. But like your all stated, there's only a week or so left!
Hi Guys
Went into the Apple Store on Monday and asked what date were they expecting to launch the Apple TV. The assistant said they still have no date and staff won't be told until the night before. But like your all stated, there's only a week or so left!
I am guessing we will see ours at our doors late next week on the 30th.
It will ship on the 29th and deliver on the 30th.
It will ship on the 29th and deliver on the 30th.
You already got charged?! I ordered mine before the keynote even finished... and I still am not showing a charge from Apple. I'm sure it'll be here soon. I'm just readying all of my media in iTunes. It's gonna be great!
BEST NEWS ALL DAY!!! WOO HOOO!!!!!
I ordered mine on 9/2 because stupid me thought I ordered it on 9/1 but never finished the order. So mine still says ships september and no CC charge, but here is to hoping I see it before the weekend!
I'm excited for this. I'm getting my Dad one for Christmas (and may get myself one too). I've begun ripping his entire movie collection (an effort between me and my Mom but I can rip 8 movies in the time it takes her to rip one We have HUNDREDS to rip.)
I should be done by Christmas just in time for him to hook up his new Apple TV.
We have HUNDREDS to rip.)I should be done by Christmas just in time for him to hook up his new Apple TV.
Out of interest can I ask your procedure and settings? using Handbrake? what preset - Apple TV one? custom etc?I'm excited for this. I'm getting my Dad one for Christmas (and may get myself one too). I've begun ripping his entire movie collection (an effort between me and my Mom but I can rip 8 movies in the time it takes her to rip one
I should be done by Christmas just in time for him to hook up his new Apple TV.
cheers
I know you didn't ask me, but here are my settings for Handbrake as I find them to work out well.
Custom Setting
Framerate - Same as source
2 Pass Encoding - Check
Turbo First Pass - Check
Average Bitrate - 1500 (usually comes out anywhere from 1600-1900kbps)
Hope this helps you out in your conversions.
What do you do about hard drive space for this? Is his computer a desktop or laptop?
Mac Pro. I have the 640gb original HD for OS X only, then a 2TB for iTunes (1.2TB used), 1.5TB for Backup of the itunes library, 1 TB backup of just iTunes TV Shows/Concerts (have over 300 live concerts), and a few other drives to keep redundant backups of iTunes. Right now my iTunes library is 23,000 songs all encoded at 256kbps AAC w/VBR and 110 movies, and 1317 TV Shows/Concerts/Kid Shows. Its a bit insanity.
Which is why I am so ready for the new Apple TV. As you can tell by my library there is no way for me to put this on 1 device, so streaming is a go for me. I am so ready, it cannot get here soon enough.
My credit card got charged too. Woohoo! There was a hold on it on sept 1 when I ordered but that went away and this one's the real deal
Cool. I'm thinking whether it will be worth it to convert my DVD collection to itunes formats (I only have a small collection) but because of how long it takes to do and storage involved (I only have a macbook pro with a 320GB HDD, guess I could get a 500GB though) i'm not sure if it's worth it.
I have another question, for tv shows, what's the best way to seperate them into each episode while keeping it in an apple tv format? Before I would rip it with handbrake, trim it with quicktime but quicktime puts it in a format apple tv can't read (Quicktime format)
I understand iMovie could be used for this, but you can't import m4v (or mp4, I forget) files for some reason.
I am a little confused by your question. When I rip my TV Shows from DVD's in handbrake it already breaks them out into separate episodes. You just set up a queue of 3-6 episodes per DVD and let handbrake work its magic. After handbrake is done I use MetaX to get all the artwork, tags, descriptions. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
When I was using a MBP what I did was I had an external firewire drive, 1.5TB Seagate (still used as my primary itunes backup) for all my iTunes stuff. Otherwise you will always start to run out of room and although this is not great when you are on the road as you will not have your iTunes library it was my best solution as my iTunes library is a bit excessive.