A few months back I picked up an Amazon Fire TV. I’ve had an Apple-centric household for many years and have been a strong supporter of the Apple ecosystem, but a couple of things changed that caused me to evaluate the Fire TV. First, iTunes is where all my media lived. This used to be great. Everything … Continue reading A Fire TV in an Apple Household
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Classic games on the Apple TV with Provenance
I recently learned about a classic game emulator for the Apple TV called Provenance. I’ve toyed around with emulators attached to the TV before, for instance see my post on the RetroPie. One thing that particularly interested me about Provenance was its ease-of-access. Instead of hooking up the RetroPie, flipping the TV over to its input, waiting for … Continue reading Classic games on the Apple TV with Provenance
AppleTV and HDCP (Copy Protection)
For a few weeks, my AppleTV complained about HDCP copy protection whenever I tried to play something from Netflix: I assumed it was either a firmware update I had recently installed on the device or a policy update on Netflix’s end. Either way, it did not bother me too much. I have both the AppleTV … Continue reading AppleTV and HDCP (Copy Protection)
Apple TV, iPhone
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/01/So, Mister Jorbs showed off the new Apple TV and iPhone yesterday. Although I followed everything live on Mac Rumors Live, … Continue reading Apple TV, iPhone