<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Marc <<a href="mailto:drayson@net1plus.com">drayson@net1plus.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">I've been reading the postings about using the Apple TV as a Front<br>
End with great interest.<br>
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Then I looked at the Apple TV more closely on Apple's site and it<br>
does not appear to have a DVD drive. I guess you're meant to get all<br>
your media on line, which seems a little silly to me, but what do I<br>
know about marketing (answer: very little).<br>
<br>
Would there be any obstacle to attaching an external DVD player or<br>
DVD-R drive to the Apple TV through the USB 2.0 port and using it<br>
with MythDVD? It kind of spoils the one-box philosophy, but it<br>
would still be pretty compact altogether.<br>
<br>
I'm in the research and learning phase of setting up a MythTV front<br>
end and back end, and am still exploring the options to figure out<br>
what best suits my needs. It sure looks like the Apple TV could do<br>
everything I want in a front end at a lower price than I can build a<br>
quiet attactive PC, except that it does not have a DVD player.<br>
<br>
Thank you for any helpful or humorous responses.<br>
<br>
Jeff Walther<br>
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</div></div>There should be nothing to prohibit this configuration.<br>
The only issue would be during the install process, when using the<br>
bootstick, you would not be able to have the drive connected.<br>
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