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The former is useful for connecting to stereos for music streaming the latter is useful for an older TV set.

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The Apple TV also supports an optical audio connection and, through Kanex's $59 ATV Pro adapter, VGA video and mini audio output.

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The current third-generation model supports 1080p streamed video, whereas the identical-looking second-generation model supports just 720p. Running the January 2013 software update, Apple TV supports Bluetooth keyboards so that you can easily search your libraries and your Internet-based media sources.

You also need a $99 Apple TV (one of the black models), which connects to your stereo or TV via an HDMI cable. I recommend an 802.11n network to get best performance if you have an older protocol, you might consider getting a new router that supports the new 802.11ac protocol so that you're ready for the faster-than-802.11n computers and mobile devices slated to debut later this year. The hardware you need to create an iTunes-centric media centerTo do this, you need a wireless network for your mobile devices, along with either a wireless or wired network for your computers and Apple TV.

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The family can watch a movie together on the big screen or view their choice of show on small screens, drawing from a mix of local and shared media files. Plus, your iOS devices can play both locally stored iTunes content and any content streamed via Apple TV, so you can have multiple videos and music mixes playing simultaneously throughout your home. You can play them on your Windows PC or Mac on your TVs if each set is paired with its own Apple TV and on your iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches, though not on other mobile devices. ITunes is the best media hub when coupled with Apple TViTunes lets you make your locally stored digital media files - as well as ones streamed from the iTunes Store, Hulu Plus, and Netflix, plus social video sites such as YouTube and Vimeo - available to nearly all your screens. (Devices like Roku and Boxee TV are for Web-based streaming, acting essentially as a central hub for your digital subscriptions - a subset of what the Apple TV/iTunes combo can do.) However, there's technology that gets darn close: the combination of iTunes and the Apple TV. Though the coming Miracast protocol may one day provide that ubiquity outside the Appleverse, that's a good year or more away from widespread adoption. Most of these services work only on a subset of mobile devices, so the "watch anything anywhere" scenario will be hard to achieve.īut even within your own network, there's no universal technology yet to allow ubiquitous media streaming from one device to another.And periodic slowdowns and outages can make viewing unreliable.

At 1GB to 2GB per video, you'll quickly see your cable bill skyrocket in the new world order of tiered broadband pricing.

You have to download media every time you want to view it, which will become problematic in the near future as Internet providers move to tiered data rates for fixed broadband connections.

Those can be part of your media center mix, but by themselves they raise two major problems: No, it's not a cloud-based, streaming-on-demand strategy, A la Google Play, Netflix, Hulu Plus, iTunes Store, or Amazon Instant Video. Think of it as the lazy geek's home media center. There's a much easier way that not only works well, but that everyone in the family can use.