Apple TV 2

Thanks. I got a guide off lifehacker and another off the xbmc wiki page. Still not having any joy though :(
 
Does anyone know where one can buy Apple TV 2? I had 2 in the house and both were stolen a during break in. I used it for Netflix and XBMC.
 
Yes I saw that, but Apple TV 3 would be useless as there is no working jailbreak for it meaning it cannot run XBMC etc. It has to be ATV2
 
Isn't a raspberry pi cheaper ? You can download images for xmbc for it.
 
I think it may also be slower and less responsive .

What about the Google Play?
 
nazz said:
Yes I saw that, but Apple TV 3 would be useless as there is no working jailbreak for it meaning it cannot run XBMC etc. It has to be ATV2
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Plex connect is not the best but it works.
 
nazz said:
Yes it is cheaper, but I do not think there is a native Netflix app available for Linux.
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Netflix works on Ubuntu via the Chrome browser.That's the only officially supported method that i'm aware of. No actual app.
 
I think the plugin to play silverlight on linux is called pipeline. It is a bit of a waste to run a full blown OS just to use it as a media player. The other issue with not using a native netflix app, is that one will need to use an app like Hola to bypass the country restrictions for netflix. With the netflix app it was just a matter of changing a dns setting.
 
Interesting but not suitable as it cannot be used to run a Netflix app. In order to watch Netflix, one have to purchase more software that needs to run on a PC which will allow the use of Netflix. The Apple TV 2 is able to run XBMC / Kodi and the Netflix app with much effort. Another good option seems to be Google Nexus Player, but they cost about 2K
 
I always thought I would miss xbmc when I got a Roku and was forced to adopt plex but never did.
 
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