No idea, I have never seen it either.

yea, amazon only got the ones with hdd enclosure, i see the price also my balls kecut

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Added on January 14, 2009, 11:21 pmis there any other hdd enclosure tat look like macpro ar?
i just found another by macally, dem cute

This post has been edited by rx330: Jan 14 2009, 11:21 PM

up for string

Like I said before, my experience with enclosures is restricted to WD MyBooks only, boss. The whole idea is to keep any external storage I need to connect to, connected wirelessly, so I dont have dangling cables to deal with. So if you look at the chart I made, all these external storage drives I had, are connected to the Time Capsule itself, nothing is on the laptops. I do have a Buffalo 500GB USB-powered external HDD, but that one does not stay stuck to the USB port on any of my Macbooks permanently.

If you're into looks, then I guess LaCie would be complement the looks of your MBP. But I've read some bad things about LaCie drives, no matter how good they look.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jan 15 2009, 02:11 PM

will do thanks

rx330 how much i saw WD ShareSpace? cant really find at Spore~
Either settle with 1TB TC/ WD 1TB Firewire 800/ Netgear NAS

Western Digital's hard drives now tops at 2 TB!

Looks like it's time to overhaul the Sharespace again. Anybody wants 4 x 1TB WD Caviar Green?

haha String~ how much u plan to let go
me probably getting my 1TB on thursday ~

2TB for WD cost..approx rm1.2k~

Wait till I get my grubby hands on those 2 TB units first, then we'll discuss the price. Probably wont be less than 70% the market price, since it is more less quite recent.

Too bad I dont have another Australian run next month, Gizmodo already reported that the 2 TB HDDs are already on store shelves there.

much respect goes to you MR Stringfellow. I have been creating my home media network over the past year and have a very similar set-up to yours: lots of apples, a few MyBooks and a PS3. the last item on my list is now the WD-SS. do you recall where you purchased it in Melbourne? i am in Melbourne and have only seen them from as low as $899. $100 may not be so much but i'd rather spend that $100 on something else than just give it to officeworks for nothing

regarding the appleTV, i had hacked it a couple of times to enjoy the extra features but right now it is back to factory settings. i found boxee and xbmc to be finiky and slow. plus now that Handbrake has finally provided me with a compressed MPEG file that plays 5.1 sound on BOTH the ps3 and appleTV, iTunes is more than adequate server. and like you, i am perfectionist when it comes to metadata. it is very distressing not seeing the posters etc on the ps3. does anybody know how to make this happen? i have (tried) medialink, ps3mediaserver, eyeconnect, toast streamer and another one that i can't remember but none make the ps3 look as good as the aTV. they are all boring trees and folder icons. i was thinking to use the RAID back-up of movies formatted FAT32 and link that to the ps3 to achieve proper imagery of posters etc. what are your thoughts? is this, or something similar possible?

the only features that i really miss on the hacked aTV are bluetooth keyboard and EyeTV. applying the EyeTV app turns the aTV into a PVR and gives a real use to the 160gb on board memory. the picture could be a choppy or slow but i found when i trimmed down the number of fr/apps, the EyeTV performed better. do you record terrestrial TV at all or only iTunes/ Torrent? i see you point re tv shows being available ONE day later, but i don;t always think the answer is to simply buy it. i also enjoy searching for torrents etc. just personal choice. and of course with a bluetooth keyboard, web-surfing/ emailing/ etc is sooooo much easier/ better.

anyway, you have detailed your experience and set-up very thoroughly. thanks for taking the time. i notice you have also been very generous with your responses to all queries. i hope i can also call on you for advice? and maybe i offer you a trick or two!

regards,

Hi TS,

I am interested in setting up a similar setup. However i am a Mac newbie and has zilch to build upon. Thus due to my limited knowledge and cost constraint, i am planning to start with only 1X (AppleTV) and 1 X(TimeCapsule+USB hdd).

1) If i attach a simple USB hdd to the TimeCapsule, will i still need a working Mac to become the iTunes reference for the AppleTV?

2) Does the AppleTV only play h264 codec only? Does hacking it helps? This is a major headache for me as my files are of all sorts.

Thanks for the help.

hi, i'm not TS but i can answer your questions:
1) no. iTunes is the conduit to the appleTV and iTunes works equally as well via PC.
2) the appleTV can play any file type if it is hacked. if you are a novice user and can afford USD50, try atvflash. it is very easy to use and has every available fr/app for the aTV. if you would prefer not to spend $50 or are a competent user, hacking is very easy. iClarified has many how-to's and includes links to any required dl's. the atv-loader on google is also very easy to follow and install.

personally, i have hacked the atv and found most fr/app's useless or too much maintenance. may i suggest converting all your files to h264/mpg instead. in the end you will find this to be a better decision.
i have used Handbrake as it converts any file type to H264 or you can convert direct from a DVD. now all the files are H264 and play in 5.1 on atv and ps3. And they are all stored in iTunes.

hope this helps,

Very nice setup.... my dream.... just waiting to come back to malaysia and design my dream home....

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Added on March 3, 2009, 9:09 pmjust wondering.... is time capsule worth to buy... coz it seem cost toooo much compare other brands with same features.... do you have any problem with it? how about its wireless streaming speed-n??? is it reliable & as fast as they claim?...

This post has been edited by desaputra: Mar 3 2009, 09:09 PM

stringfellow, can you share with about iTunes HD movie experience?
how the quality? it really concern me now

YES. I guarantee it.

Disclaimer: The guarantee is honored only if you run an all-Apple network of devices. Add the mess that is Windows, I can no longer vouch for that guarantee.

Zero problem whatsoever.

Quality? Apple's HD offerings from iTunes, is not HD by true definition. The resolution may be 1280 x 720, allowing the "HD" moniker, but the video and audio bitrate, plus image quality from these videos falls way short from a 720p you can get from HD-DVDs or Blu-rays. Streaming them using my setup, because of the crappier quality, allows better transmission, because the data rate being transmitted is wayyy below the bandwidth cap, or if any, its overheads.

I have not tried streaming ripped .mkvs from Blu-rays, because frankly, it is legally wrong. Plus not to mention, these rips only tries to preserve the quality of the image, but takes a laidbrack approach when it comes to sound.

Either way, I keep my SD and HD content separate. SD via this wireless delivery system, with the occasional "HD" from iTunes, and the true HD contents using Blu-ray discs and players.

it's understandable itunes's HD movies are in lower bandwidth. Cuz none of the ISP can provide sufficient internet speed to support such a huge file download.

Speaking of HD content, Apple just launched HD downloads of movies through iTunes today at 4 AM. Before this, only HD versions of TV Shows were available. Filesize for the HD movie download is around 3++GBs, so expect 720p resolution, and Dolby Digital Plus at best. HD movie purchase, however, also includes SD versions of the same movie, for your iPhone/iPod/Apple TV viewing.

sounds good too you?

previously, the series are 720p?
i tot previously also got movie with HD, but about 1.3/4/5Gb file size one?

Why pay USD19.99 for a HD download from iTunes, when a Blu-ray costs only USD17.99? Stripped-off image quality and severely pared-down audio format is not what I call HD.

Ouch.. US$19.99 is broad daylight robbery.. in the comfort of our living room!

String, my D-link 323 2Tb have been periodically restarting on its own, its driving me nuts! When you setup your WD sharespace, Can it hot swap?

D-Link 323 force me to format them before i can use it which is a pain in the ass. I have about 900-950 Gb filled,i cant transfer manually unless i have a spare 1Tb drive and even then, its gonna take forever