Originally Posted By: hybrid8
I just don't think there's any reason to jailbreak and old Apple TV to get it to work with SMB and a few extra codecs/containers when retail products already exist that do all that for a lower price.


In your opinion...

For me there is every reason to do it, as I get SMB video playback of the a range of codecs*, plus I get to keep all of the normal Apple TV functionality including AirPlay, PhotoStream etc. Stuff that I wouldn't get with another cheap box.

* excluding notably, RealMedia files wink
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