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Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

McDave — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:59:13 -0000

The new HD content on Nat Geo's pretty good (I'm not in the US so the washingtonpost one doesn't appeal)
Comedy-wise I thought TMOUS (The Ministry Of Unknown Science) had some good moments but I don't think The Chaser's War and Rove would work outside of Aus/NZ. Still, why not give them a go?

McD

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Jason Pettus — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:15:31 -0000

I'm currently trying to find good new videocasts as well, so ended up checking out each and every show you mentioned here. I had two comments, based on what I found:

1) I was really surprised by how many of these shows have stopped production, yet are still being recommended by your friends; seriously, there's at least half a dozen shows on this list that haven't had a new episode produced in months and months and months. I wonder if this says something about videocasting as a whole -- that even these shows' fans sometimes don't notice that the show itself has effectively been canceled. If their fans don't even notice that the show's off the air, how good could that show really have been?

And 2), you realize of course that if you removed all the tech shows from your list, there'd be something like two shows left? This is another big problem with videocasting, in my opinion, is that the VAST majority of shows currently being produced have something or other to do with the tech industry -- bad news for people like me, who don't want to spend hours each week watching pasty overweight nerds mumble on and on about Microsoft certifications or whatever. It'd be nice to see more videocasts that are devoted to subjects besides tech news and horrifically bad sketch comedy; won't someone out there make more of them?!

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

R2C13 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:42:45 -0000

Here are two of my favorites that haven't been mentioned here yet.

LynchLand: RSS feed is http://www.liamlynch.net/po...

MobuzzTV http://mobuzz.tv

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Rev Chumley — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:45:18 -0000

Hehe Gotta keep up the crappy old UHF quality bad screen effects and cheesy props somehow Erik :)

Has anyone tried Galacticast yet? Thats one of my faves as well.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Erik Herz — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:36:27 -0000

I did a quick check of the following shows via an AppleTV with a 45" Sharp Aquos LCD Display. I set the Apple TV resolution to 1080i. I sat 10 feet away. I like to watch news and podcasts so my tolerance level is much higher than the average person who likes to watch beautiful high action movies. Here are my initial thoughts about what I watched:

BBC London News: a little fuzzy but acceptable quality for news, does not fit full screen

Democracy Now!: too fuzzy and not quite acceptable quality, does not fit full screen

Diggnation (large quicktime): great quality, fits full screen!

Dr Who: too fuzzy and not acceptable quality, does not fit full screen

ForkYou!: great quality, does not fit full screen (square)

GETV: great quality, does not fit full screen but does have the right aspect ratio

HAK5: good quality, does not fit full screen (square)

Scobleshow: pretty good quality (high motion outdoor shots were rough), fits full screen!

TED: great quality, fits full screen!

TikiBarTV: great quality, fits full screen!

Wild Chronicles: ok quality (high motion was rough), almost fits full screen, right aspect

Cult of UHF: good quality (the red saturation and bad chroma was artsy, right?) ... the quality seemed better during movie itself, did not fit screen (square)

We are pretty close here. I think we need to increase the bitrates and standardize the sizes and aspects so that the viewing experience is uniform. Diggnation, TED, and TikiBar TV got it right for their content type. Scobleshow is close.

It is great so see this content on AppleTV. Keep up the fantastic work.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Jonathan Sampson — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:44:16 -0000

http://www.sampsonresume.co...

Of course ;)

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Rev Chumley — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:55:55 -0000

I'm rather partial to my show. Great for couch surfing on the Apple TV as it's full length B-movies hosted in the old UHF "show host" style. Try it out.

http://www.cultofuhf.com

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

aawoken — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:34:31 -0000

Macbreak is on hiatus or soemthing.They stopped putting up episodes.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Christopher Coulter — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:49:26 -0000

PS - The softmods are gonna make AppleTV worth something, just like XBMC did for Xbox 1.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Don McAllister — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:43:00 -0000

Always up for some blatant self promotion....

My weekly video podcast ScreenCastsOnline ( http://www.screencastsonlin... ) teaches you all about the mac and related software. The free show plays OK on the Apple TV but....

I've been producing a 720p HD version of the show since October 2005! It's available to ScreenCastsOnline Extra! members ( http://www.screencastsonlin... ) and there are over 70 HD shows ready and waiting for immediate download via iTunes.

Blatant Self promotion over :-)

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Christopher Coulter — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:33:21 -0000

All this rot, and yet they cancel The Black Donnellys and The Wedding Bells...sigh. Well, Cranky is good, should be on a cable network.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Brian Adkins — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:22:27 -0000

Apple TV Barely watchable on slashdot.org

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Rick — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:21:44 -0000

I'm surprised no one seems to have mentioned the TED Talks. Here's the website: http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/ -- but you can grab it from the podcast directory on iTunes. These are some of the best, most enlightening talks that I've seen - and are completely worth your time. There's a time limit on the talks that folks can give so they don't go too long and while I haven't seen all of them yet (still working on it) every single presentation so far has been funny, smart and sobering all in one. The presenters include some of the best, brightest and most creative people the world over. Ok, now i'm sounding like an advertisement - but seriously I hope you'll give them a watch...

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Todd Spatafore — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:21:42 -0000

Your Xbox 360. It should help with airflow around the 360.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

kveljones — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:07:20 -0000

my total passion project is my vlog... Question of the Week- indie tunes and inspiration on the streets of NYC... would love feedback on how it looks on apple tv....

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Erik Herz — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:06:29 -0000

I like Democracy Now! ...
http://democracynow.org/pod...

My kids watch National Geographic ...
http://www.nationalgeograph...

I sure miss ZeFrank ...
http://www.zefrank.com/thes...

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Scott McNulty — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:23:50 -0000

If you like food (and who doesn't?) I would suggest you check out:

http://www.forkyou.tv

The fact that I am a co-host/co-creator has nothing to do with this suggestion. ;)

I don't have an Apple TV yet... I would be curious to know what it looks like displayed on your giant TV.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Larry — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:17:18 -0000

In the Attic, with Pete Townsend

it Rocks.

In the episodes Pete and Rachel go to concerts,
and play acoustic sets with the acts backstage.

Discovering new bands and great songs with this.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

rundagj — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:58:38 -0000

Below are the video podcasts I watch:

Cranky Geeks, Diggnation, DL.tv, Geekbrief.tv, Hak5, InDigital, IT Idiots, PaulDotCom Security Weekly (Audio and Video), TeXtra, The Merlin Show, The Tech Teachers Vidcast and Webnation.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

David Millsaps — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:30:20 -0000

Calacanis

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Jason B. — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:17:48 -0000

I know a guy who used his Apple TV to make a Car-puter. The specs are perfect for it. I don't know if the thing is actually fit to watch TV on though. I need something that can dim the lights too. Have you ever heard of Life|Ware from exceptional innovation? I would suggest going over to Tvtonic.com and then looking through the feeds they have there Scoble. They have you on there and a decent amount to choose from. I would say engadget but I noticed you didn't mention them.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Grace Piper — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:00:10 -0000

My show is Fearless Cooking, you can subscribe to me at iTunes. I try to overcome my and my fans fears in the kitchen.

I also really like wreckandsalvage.com and Mark Day at markdaycomedy.blip.com, funniest shouty ranting Scottish comedian ever.

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

billstreeter — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:23:55 -0000

The "verdi" mentioned above is at www.michaelverdi.com, that would be Ryanne's coauthor on "Secrets of Videoblogging"

And of course there would be my vlog ...

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Andrew — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:21:29 -0000

The new Doctor Who video podcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctor...

Re: What should I put on my Apple TV?

Ben Hoffman - Tech-Head - Tech — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:25:21 -0000

An interesting list of I have not heard of most of them.