Comments on: Fr. Geek’s Apple TV Tour

By: Alecia Spiering

Alecia Spiering — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:09:04 +0000

Fr. Bill,

You are amazing. It’s great to see the Church use modern tecnology to evangelize . . . we need it for sure!

Love your podcasts! I’ve been telling others about them and hope they visit your website and experience them. All for the greater glory of God!

Alecia Spiering, North Plains, OR (St. Edwards parish)

By: Fr. Bill Holtzinger

Fr. Bill Holtzinger — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:34:16 +0000

I’ve received e-mails from folks saying that they will need to buy a switcher due to the lack of inputs on the back of their HDTV. Be aware that the AppleTV will not work when a switcher is placed between it and the TV. Other devices are not likely effected. That’s my situation. If you have only one HDMI input, you may want to use the switcher for all those devices that need HDMI while using the RGB component outputs for the AppleTV. Component cables can handle HD content too. Just a thought for yall!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:10:41 +0000

As always, great job Fr. Bill. I just got mine a couple of days ago – as everyone is saying, the setup couldn’t be easier and the viewing and listening experience is, shall I say it, heavenly. The iPhone got more attention, but the AppleTV is the understated innovation.

By: Inge

Inge — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:24:58 +0000

Very cool video. My “to-buy-list-when-I-earn-my-own-money” gets longer and longer

By: Martin B.

Martin B. — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:00:10 +0000

This was just awesome! Thanks!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:15:42 +0000

Great video! Thank you Fr. Bill!
Should I get the Apple TV now, or save the money for the iPhone? Or may be the true video iPod?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:09:29 +0000

Terrific show !

TV + Fr. Bill Holtzinger – a combination you simply can’t beat.

By: viking

viking — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:38:51 +0000

Thanks for the response Fr. Bill. It is leagal in Norway to rip DVDs you own, but I don’t know about the leagal system in the US, but I would guess that it is fair use.

And thanks for the info Bob. And George, you know priest don’t have to worry about the wife factor, they can buy what gadgets they want as long as they have the money

By: Bob McWilliams

Bob McWilliams — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:40:48 +0000

Viking an others you may want to read this link.

Apple locking out modded Apple TVs?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/

By: George Leite

George Leite — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:29:57 +0000

HDTv on a priest salary, Fr. Bill must have given up eating!

Great job Father, even if my podcasts aren’t on your list.

By: Fr. Bill Holtzinger

Fr. Bill Holtzinger — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:02:53 +0000

Dear Viking,
If you have the software to rip a DVD, then it is simply a matter of exporting it, vi Quicktime, with the preset for AppleTV. The legality of this is still in question, so I would recommend using one’s own DVD player to watch movies. Besides, the DVD’s have the extras that make the DVD format so appealing. I will be buying a movie to download for review, but I would prefer to have my movies on DVD if only for those extras. I believe that Windows Media Center should allow one to watch movies from a DVD and stream the content to the xbox on your TV. I cannot see any reason why this could be added as a firmware upgrade for the AppleTV in the future. I’m not a Window’s geek, so any input would be helpful here.
The HD content for the AppleTV is rather restrictive. It must be no more than 1270 X 720 at 24 frames per second. That means that not all the HD samples on Apple’s own web site can be used on the AppleTV. Some would need to be down-converted.

By: pat

pat — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:16:40 +0000

I’m expecting my Apple TV today. Great video. I have heard that the streaming quality is quite good for the video, so that there’s really no need to synch movies and tv shows. Since the HD is only 40GB, it seems to make sense to synch the photographs.

By: javier

javier — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:56:39 +0000

Nice video! I would like to get one, but i just got an xbox 360 and Congress “aka my wife” won’t apportion the budget for two toys. Very well done, keep up the good work.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:01:26 +0000

Just don’t go all video, I’m begging you! I don’t sit and watch podcasts, I listen while I do other things. Also, don’t forget that you have blind listeners, okay?

Thanks so much for all you do.

By: Lama

Lama — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:06:07 +0000

WOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: viking

viking — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:26:16 +0000

Great video Fr. Bill! I also want one. I have one question though, can you also rip DVDs (which you own) and play them trough the apple tv?

Also check out this:

http://appletvhacks.net/

By: elaine

elaine — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:45:56 +0000

Great show, Fr Bill! I absolutely loved it. Great editing and pacing with the music. Loved it. Thanks Fr, and keep up the good work!

By: Brian H.

Brian H. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:18:36 +0000

I want my Apple TV! Thanks Fr. Bill.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:25:33 +0000

Fantastic video! It is definitely worth watching, if you are interested in the TV device.

Fr. Bill, you have a talent for doing videos like that: entertaining, full of energy and informative!