It appears Apple has been listening because a few things were fixed in this update that haven't been officially reported:
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1. Netflix now shows whether a movie is available in HD with an HD icon. (update: this feature was apparently added a day before the update)
2. Watched/Unwatched now works correctly automatically.
3. Manually marking a video as watched from the "Unwatched" category is no longer buggy.
4. Playcounts and Last Played Dates are now updated correctly for both music and videos.
5. 720p subtitles now work correctly.
6. Videos in iPhoto now show up on the Apple TV.
7. Items in Playlists now show up in the correct order you put them in instead of alphabetical order.
8. People who had certain TVs that required them to use an HDMI to DVI converter or older HDTVs that don't support 720p were having problems with the picture being wavy or wobbly. That has now apparently been fixed according to a thread on Apple's forum.
9. Large Photo Libraries used to repeat only a small subset of the library when used with the screen saver function. Now this works much better and random photos are shown from the library or folder. (You will need to reselect what photos to use in settings to see the fix immediately)
10. TV shows are now sorted correctly in order by Season and then on the next level by Episode.
11. Video playlists now continue to the next one when played instead of returning you back to the main menu.
12. Song and artist information are now updated from Internet Radio streams.
13. The About screen now shows the wifi channel, BSSID, and the output resolution to the TV. (The new Apple TV now allows for 480p output as well with the update for SDTVs and HDTVs that cannot handle 720p.)
14. The frame skipping issue with HD content seems to have been completely resolved for most people who were experiencing the problem.
Has anyone else found anything that hasn't been reported? And why can't Apple just provide more detailed release notes like they urge their own developers to do?
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Unresolved bugs/issues:
1. Some people have had consistent frame skipping issues and many who did have the problem reported that the update completely fixed it for them but a few others say it still happens for them but less often.
2. Some people are reporting HDMI handshake issues with certain TVs where the screen turns pink and requires switching the TV to a different input and back to resolve. (Since it only happens on certain TVs it is possible that this cannot be fixed on Apple's end)
3. TV Show Seasons still don't appear to be nested the old way but this could be a design decision and not a bug since Itunes and all iOS devices work the same way.
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Missing Features to be added that were on the old Apple TV:
1. iTunes LP support
2. iTunes Extras support
3. Egg cooker lol!
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All in all a very good update I would say. Hopefully they can concentrate on the few remaining issues now and get Airplay working in more situations like for iPhone videos in the camera roll. I'm really liking the implementation of Airplay where it does work. If you have an iOS device, the new Apple TV now basically has a mobile hard drive with a built in touchscreen remote and the ability to switch between your big screen TV(s) and your mobile screen at will. If you don't like to have your computer on and iTunes running to access your iTunes content, you don't really have to anymore.
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1. Netflix now shows whether a movie is available in HD with an HD icon. (update: this feature was apparently added a day before the update)
2. Watched/Unwatched now works correctly automatically.
3. Manually marking a video as watched from the "Unwatched" category is no longer buggy.
4. Playcounts and Last Played Dates are now updated correctly for both music and videos.
5. 720p subtitles now work correctly.
6. Videos in iPhoto now show up on the Apple TV.
7. Items in Playlists now show up in the correct order you put them in instead of alphabetical order.
8. People who had certain TVs that required them to use an HDMI to DVI converter or older HDTVs that don't support 720p were having problems with the picture being wavy or wobbly. That has now apparently been fixed according to a thread on Apple's forum.
9. Large Photo Libraries used to repeat only a small subset of the library when used with the screen saver function. Now this works much better and random photos are shown from the library or folder. (You will need to reselect what photos to use in settings to see the fix immediately)
10. TV shows are now sorted correctly in order by Season and then on the next level by Episode.
11. Video playlists now continue to the next one when played instead of returning you back to the main menu.
12. Song and artist information are now updated from Internet Radio streams.
13. The About screen now shows the wifi channel, BSSID, and the output resolution to the TV. (The new Apple TV now allows for 480p output as well with the update for SDTVs and HDTVs that cannot handle 720p.)
14. The frame skipping issue with HD content seems to have been completely resolved for most people who were experiencing the problem.
Has anyone else found anything that hasn't been reported? And why can't Apple just provide more detailed release notes like they urge their own developers to do?
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Unresolved bugs/issues:
1. Some people have had consistent frame skipping issues and many who did have the problem reported that the update completely fixed it for them but a few others say it still happens for them but less often.
2. Some people are reporting HDMI handshake issues with certain TVs where the screen turns pink and requires switching the TV to a different input and back to resolve. (Since it only happens on certain TVs it is possible that this cannot be fixed on Apple's end)
3. TV Show Seasons still don't appear to be nested the old way but this could be a design decision and not a bug since Itunes and all iOS devices work the same way.
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Missing Features to be added that were on the old Apple TV:
1. iTunes LP support
2. iTunes Extras support
3. Egg cooker lol!
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All in all a very good update I would say. Hopefully they can concentrate on the few remaining issues now and get Airplay working in more situations like for iPhone videos in the camera roll. I'm really liking the implementation of Airplay where it does work. If you have an iOS device, the new Apple TV now basically has a mobile hard drive with a built in touchscreen remote and the ability to switch between your big screen TV(s) and your mobile screen at will. If you don't like to have your computer on and iTunes running to access your iTunes content, you don't really have to anymore.
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tv for playing music from my Library because it didn't update playcounts for music items.