04-15-2007, 06:49 PM
You must use optical out to get surround sound (5.1), no matter what device you own now or in the future, decoding output is through the S/PDIF port only, on both devices due to licensing issues.
BGnR
IF it were me, I would do DiVX for the EyeHome, because you don't own AppleTV yet, and once you see what is coming out in a few months, you aren't going AppleTV unless you have tons purchased iTunes you have to play through your 50" HDTV.
But if I wanted to stream iTune music purchases, I would've purchased that 100 buck Airport thingy.
But you can do the DiVX hack on ATV if you insist on AppleTV.
BGnR
IF it were me, I would do DiVX for the EyeHome, because you don't own AppleTV yet, and once you see what is coming out in a few months, you aren't going AppleTV unless you have tons purchased iTunes you have to play through your 50" HDTV.
But if I wanted to stream iTune music purchases, I would've purchased that 100 buck Airport thingy.
But you can do the DiVX hack on ATV if you insist on AppleTV.