Got the new TV yesterday

[iMikeT]

I bought the new TV yesterday and I have to say that I'm loving it.

At the moment, I'm using it primarily as a Netflix box and streaming what ever I have on my iPhone via Airplay. HD Netflix looks good enough on a 52" LCD while sitting across the room but it does have its issues. Other than that, I'm enjoying the experience.

I do want to stream my iTunes collection from my iMac but I'll wait until I have the hard drive space available and after I digitize my DVD collection. I'm just waiting on hard drive prices to drop and for Thunderbolt enclosures to become available/affordable.

There is one thing I want to ask the community about the TV. I want to create a separate Apple ID for it but also be able to use my iPhone as a remote. The way it was set up, it doesn't seem that it's possible. So do I really need to have the same Apple ID for the TV if I want to use my iPhone as a remote?

 

[big samm]

Just bought mine today also... I already have 2 of them (2nd gen) but wanted 1080p !

 

[HazyCloud]

I just tried it and you have to sign into iTunes and use Home Sharing with the Apple ID you want to use as a remote. You also have to turn on Home Sharing on the Apple TV and sign in with the same ID. If a remote is all you want, this should work. I have a bunch of things tied to one ID in iTunes so I use that across the devices and it works very well.

 

[pilot1226]

Just ordered mine from Best Buy. Had some gift cards. Should get here next week. Very exited. Just digitized my DVD collection. Might have to buy a bigger hd though, didn't think I'd see the day I filled my 1 TB!

 

[iMikeT]

Just bought mine today also... I already have 2 of them (2nd gen) but wanted 1080p !

I was actually holding out until it shipped with 1080p and I'm glad I did. I think that I'll be getting many years of service with the TV.

----------

I just tried it and you have to sign into iTunes and use Home Sharing with the Apple ID you want to use as a remote. You also have to turn on Home Sharing on the Apple TV and sign in with the same ID. If a remote is all you want, this should work. I have a bunch of things tied to one ID in iTunes so I use that across the devices and it works very well.

Well it looks like there's no way around it for now.

The reason why I want to use a different Apple ID is that I want to truly keep the TV separate from my main Apple account because I don't want other people making purchases and rentals without my knowledge.

----------

Just ordered mine from Best Buy. Had some gift cards. Should get here next week. Very exited. Just digitized my DVD collection. Might have to buy a bigger hd though, didn't think I'd see the day I filled my 1 TB!

Nice, I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do.

Question, why didn't you just go to a Best Buy store? Also, did you really digitize your DVD collection using your iBook?

 

[pilot1226]

Q

Question, why didn't you just go to a Best Buy store? Also, did you really digitize your DVD collection using your iBook?

No, that would be painful. I have a Windows 7 Desktop that I built almost 2 years ago. It does a pretty good job of Rip & Encode.