http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ Discuss Apple TV Movies and More! en Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:19:31 +0000 http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=50#post-148 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:10:43 +0000 imls1978 148@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Hey people!!!<br /> Got some good news if you are into film making like i do.<br /> Recently I found this website about independent movies, and they have this contest and I thought it was a good idea to share it with you guys. So if you are interested you should check this out.<br /> Here's what it says on their website:</p> <p>DO YOU WANT TO BE A BIG STAR?</p> <p>Enter your 3 to 15-minute short film into BigStar TV's Monthly Short Film Contests to Win $1,000!</p> <p>The categories include Horror Short, Drama Short, Comedy Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short.<br /> For official contest rules &#38; entry information visit <a href="http://www.bigstar.tv/film-contests" rel="nofollow">http://www.bigstar.tv/film-contests</a></p> <p>peace,</p> <p>martin </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=49#post-147 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:14:14 +0000 YodaMac 147@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I have joined Living Social and Love the Living Social "feed" box you have on the ATVJ website, but I cannot seem to make one of my own? Where did you get it?</p> <p>The "Grab it" button gives me some html that shows the box, but no content. Any suggestions on how I could get one of those with my own content in it to add to a web page? Thanks.</p> <p>I'm asking so I can post my own Living Social box on my MyAppleSpace.com web page. Thanks! (I already joined the AppleTV group there and recommended this site to em all!)</p> <p>YodaMac </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=46#post-146 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:18:55 +0000 appletvjunkie 146@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Ok sir, your wish is our command. Have at it. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=48#post-145 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:17:13 +0000 appletvjunkie 145@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>knmrp you are definitely not being dumb. Apple and or the Studios do this from time to time. I remember at one point Apple had listed The Biggest Loser as an HD download for a few days only to remove it complete never to be seen again. I would say it was growing pains be we see it WAY too much with the movie rentals. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=40#post-144 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:14:43 +0000 appletvjunkie 144@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>ILoveAppleTV, that makes perfect sense. I'll get working on that. The only problem I see with this list is that the studios may or may not take these movies away at some point. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=48#post-143 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000 knmrp 143@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Within 24 hours of diasappearing it's back. Very strange. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=48#post-142 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:40:19 +0000 knmrp 142@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Standard def episode of latest House ("Joy") appeared yesterday but my HD season pass of same episode did not auto-download. Decided to check ITMS and House Season 5 HD has disappeared. </p> <p>Standard Def Season 5 is there but link to HD season 5 and the season itself is missing as of earlier today. Either I'm being dumb, Apple have screwed the pooch or NBC have had a change of policy/heart??? </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=47#post-141 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:47:33 +0000 atvfeine 141@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Okay, in honor of this Halloween season, here are my Top 10 horror flicks. But just to let you know, I've been watching scary movies since I was a little kid, so it takes a lot for me to get freaked out. For instance, the Exorcists, that movie makes me laugh! Too many cheesy 1970's "Special Effect." I guess you can say I've been some what desensitized! A movie has to be more psychologically scary then gory. The one that does this for me is The Grudge! So here the list:</p> <p>1. The Grudge<br /> 2. The Shining<br /> 3. Bram Stocker's Dracula<br /> 5. The Omen (1976)<br /> 6. The Ring<br /> 7. The Exorcism of Emily Rose<br /> 8. Nightmare on Elm's Street<br /> 9. Halloween<br /> 10. Friday the 13th</p> <p>Can you imagine watching these movies alone on a deserted island?! You'd definitely go crazy! </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=45#post-140 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:05:12 +0000 YodaMac 140@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I have used Lostify to add info to my TV shows. For Movies I just copy and paste a description and release date from IMDB.com.</p> <p>I actually use a personally chosen still frame from the movie rather than a movie poster or DVD cover art. Just a preference, and I enjoy picking a good widescreen image out. :) </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=45#post-139 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:56:30 +0000 bgraham 139@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I rely on MetaX to fill in the details. I may update the rating field because I do use the parental controls on the Apple TV and I want to make sure it doesn't cut out movies that are appropriate(and vice versa). If MetaX is missing anything else I usually leave it. My biggest requirement is to have a cover for the movie - purely for eye candy.</p> <p>Bill G </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=46#post-138 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:54:00 +0000 ILoveAppleTV 138@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Please add a forum for general Apple TV discussion. Thank you. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=40#post-137 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:52:37 +0000 ILoveAppleTV 137@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Yes, but can you download any of these movies on the Apple TV? How about a top 10 of movies available on the Apple TV? </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=45#post-136 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:45:56 +0000 TheHeistMonkey 136@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I've just started organizing all of my movies in iTunes for AppleTV and wondering how much detail everyone here puts into the information for the movies,</p> <p>Just curious. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=43#post-135 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:37:59 +0000 TheHeistMonkey 135@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I have a 750gb hard drive via USB to my iMac connected to my wireless router upstairs, and my AppleTV attached to the TV downstairs.</p> <p>Currently I have 145 movies and 694 episodes of TV on the hard drive using about 550 gigs of space.</p> <p>The plan is to split TV and Movies to seperate hard drives once I need the space (Battlestar Season 1 HD is taking up a sizeable chunk right now.) </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=42#post-134 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:23:14 +0000 Anonymous 134@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Ian,</p> <p>I have a 95GB/month limit and I usually get to at least 75% or more per month. The way I deal with it: monitor my usage, usually around mid-month. Unfortunately the prevailing attitude of ISPs and many of the public is "what the heck do you need all that bandwidth for? Surely no one needs 95GB!". Not much I can do up in Canada as there is little competition and both major networks (Bell Canada and Rogers) have caps. My ISP also has throttling in place, although I find it's time-of-day based. Downloads are significantly faster after 10 pm, for example.</p> <p>I have a friend in Japan who has true fiber optic 100 MB/s service for the equivalent of 30$/month. That is 100MB/s up and down with no cap, no throttling.</p> <p>Bill G. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=44#post-133 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:15:26 +0000 Anonymous 133@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>ericw,</p> <p>I'll look into it. I just applied for their beta. Unfortunately, being in Canada I'll likely be banned from Hulu and other network content (which if you didn't know is limited to US IP addresses :-().</p> <p>Bill G. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=43#post-132 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:45:11 +0000 ianspector 132@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I have linked my AppleTV with iTunes running on my Windows Home Server. The Home Server currently has 4.5TB of storage (two 500GB, 2 1TB and one 1.5TB discs). I mirror the library across two physical discs. I have the AppleTV connected on Cat6 to my Gigabyte hub (shame ATV is only 100MB). I am currently using storage at a rate of 200GB per month. Other than spinning five discs the server uses very little power and is on 24/7. I use the integrated graphics and a very low power AMD dual core CPU. No screen, keyboard, mouse.</p> <p>I have many hundreds of DVDs, HDDVDs and Blu-Rays that would be wonderful to have consolidated on my ATV.</p> <p>For large amounts of storage I chose the server as it means that my content is always available, and it is backed up. Any other box may be in sleep mode when I wanted the content. In an Apple environment you would need to select a machine that was always on when you needed it for synced data. </p> <p>Ian </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=43#post-131 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:45:52 +0000 atvfeine 131@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>As one of the criminal minds of this organization... Fire way smithy1428! The forum was setup for all AppleTV junkies to exchange ideas, opinions and advice. So go ahead, tell us your troubles. Hopefully someone will have an answer for you! </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=44#post-130 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:13:34 +0000 ericwc 130@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>So the other week XBMC was release for ATV. I don't think most people understand how huge that is. It allows ATV to do so much more and easily I might add. I know there are a lot of hacks out there for ATV but XBMC is very user friendly and by using the atvusb-creator found here (http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/) install is a piece of cake. But what most people do not realize is there is a company called MediaMall that has make PlayOn. It is advertised as a way to stream Hulu, CBS, ESPN, NetFlix and more to a ps3 or xbox360. BUT you can also use XBMC with it! Now granted the quality is not great the shows are encoded for you computer but still the amount of free content available is HUGE! You guys (ATVJ) should really do a write up on it.</p> <p>Eric </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=43#post-129 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:50:52 +0000 ericwc 129@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I am a nobody here but...<br /> Go for it!</p> <p>Eric </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=43#post-128 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:29:01 +0000 smithy1428 128@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I am glad to see ATVJ forums up and at it...</p> <p>I absolutely love my ATV - the best part of my Apple network and only wish that it received the plaudits that I believe it deserves.</p> <p>I am looking for some technical advice as to the best way in which to set up my Apple Tv to work best within my Apple network.</p> <p>My objective is to make the most of my movie collection that I am slowly adding to a 1TB HDD...</p> <p>I will await a response before I go into any more detail as I do not want to upset the moderators or anyone else at ATVJ if they do not intend for there to be discussion on such issues. Once I have the green light, I will explain my setup in a bit more detail.</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=42#post-126 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:26:31 +0000 ianspector 126@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>My ISP strangled my 8MB ADSL connection after 16 days of last month and 70GB of downloads. As the AppleTV experience was somewhat diminished by at 28KB connection, what ISPs are people using in the US and the UK that do not impose such a draconian limit. Even more annoying my ISP did not use deep packet inspection to differentiate streaming traffic, it just shut down the connection and waited for my call. </p> <p>One thought I had was to install a second ADSL connection and buy a router that can bond both connections giving me a performance boost as well as doubling the capacity.</p> <p>The ISPs need to wake up to the fact that video on demand is springing up all around them and they must realize that the world has changed. </p> <p>What are other people doing?</p> <p>Ian </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=38#post-125 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:02:50 +0000 hfisher999 125@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>I am just waiting for them to upgrade to at least 1080i </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=41#post-124 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:38:41 +0000 bebo 124@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>10. The Matrix<br /> 9. The Goodfellas<br /> 8. A Bronx Tale<br /> 7. Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii(its kind of a movie haha)<br /> 6. Fight Club<br /> 5. Ace Ventura When Nature Calls<br /> 4. Dark Knight<br /> 3. The Clone Wars(and the cartoon version)<br /> 2. Old School<br /> 1. Saving Private Ryan </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=40#post-123 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:35:34 +0000 appletvjunkie 123@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Yeah I'm chickening out and just going for Sci-Fi.....It would take waaaay too long to think about my all time Top 10. Also, Superhero Movies to me crossover Action &#38; Adventure and Sci-Fi Fantasy.</p> <p>10. Aliens<br /> 9. Superman The Movie<br /> 8. The Incredibles<br /> 7. Jurassic Park<br /> 6. LOTR: Return of the King<br /> 5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn<br /> 4. The Dark Knight<br /> 3. Star Wars<br /> 2. The Matrix<br /> 1. The Empire Strikes Back </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=39#post-122 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:26:20 +0000 YodaMac 122@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Okay, here's my attempt at filling my love of Sci-Fi, Comedy, Classics, etc.</p> <p>1. Star Wars: A New Hope<br /> 2. Blade Runner<br /> 3. Field of Dreams<br /> 4. A Christmas Story<br /> 5. Meet John Doe<br /> 6. Young Frankenstein<br /> 7. Brazil<br /> 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey<br /> 9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind<br /> 10. It's a Wonderful Life</p> <p>I wish I could include Lord of the Rings Trilogy as one movie (...in which case I would include all 3 original Star Wars movies as well...) :)</p> <p>Close, but not quite Top 10:<br /> V for Vendetta<br /> Casablanca<br /> 12 Monkeys<br /> His Girl Friday<br /> A.I. Artificial Intelligence<br /> Raiders of the Lost Ark<br /> A Fish Called Wanda<br /> Monty Python and the Holy Grail</p> <p>... guess that would make it my Top 20... :) </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=37#post-121 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:24:08 +0000 YodaMac 121@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Okay, here's my attempt at filling my love of Sci-Fi, Comedy, Classics, etc.</p> <p>1. Star Wars: A New Hope<br /> 2. Blade Runner<br /> 3. Field of Dreams<br /> 4. A Christmas Story<br /> 5. Meet John Doe<br /> 6. Young Frankenstein<br /> 7. Brazil<br /> 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey<br /> 9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind<br /> 10. It's a Wonderful Life</p> <p>I wish I could include Lord of the Rings Trilogy as one movie (...in which case I would include all 3 original Star Wars movies as well...) :)</p> <p>Close, but not quite Top 10:<br /> V for Vendetta<br /> Casablanca<br /> 12 Monkeys<br /> His Girl Friday<br /> A.I. Artificial Intelligence<br /> Raiders of the Lost Ark</p> <p>sorry - guess I should've posted this in my own thread.... </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=38#post-120 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:58:48 +0000 tgr 120@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Occasionally, there's a HD movie for rent that bears the tell-tale pixelization that's apparent when a print isn't digitally transferred properly.</p> <p>I'd love to find out what movies you've rented that aren't up to "High-Definition" snuff.</p> <p>The other day, I rented "The Bourne Supremacy," and pixelization was clearly visible in its many dark, and "shadowy" scenes (I'm not referring to the plot).</p> <p>What have any of you noticed?</p> <p>tgr </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=37#post-119 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:38:57 +0000 atvfeine 119@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>Pickin just 10 movies is harder then I thought! But here they are...</p> <p>1. The Matrix<br /> 2. Fight Club<br /> 3. Terminator 2<br /> 4. 300<br /> 5. Die Hard<br /> 6. Anchorman<br /> 7. Pulp Fiction<br /> 8. Goodfellas<br /> 9. Scareface<br /> 10. V for Vendetta</p> <p>There were other movies I wish I could add like... Black Hawk Down, The Bourne Identity and Star Wars of course! I guess I like Action movies! </p> http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/topic.php?id=36#post-118 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:05:20 +0000 appletvjunkie 118@http://appletvjunkie.com/forums/ <p>We want to hear your thoughts and feelings after watching Slacker Uprising. You can hear our review in the latest episode of the ATVJ Podcast. </p>