Edouard! Thank you for that. Apple TV is the route for me as i'm a little concerned over the future of Blu-Ray now plus remember how horribly fragile those DVDs were? A lot of mine simply don't play anymore.

I think you've got an amazing sound system in your BV10 with ATV  it certainly seems a more reliable idea than using the BS5 Encore/BS5 which seem to do less than an iPod when it comes to gapless & playlists (something I use all of the time due to my continuous mixes that I make) & continuous radio shows.

Thanks also Elephant!

elephant wrote:

EdouardG wrote:

I think it's not because of the Apple Tv or PS3 quality, but only because of the file size that is much bigger on a Blu-Ray compared to a downloaded HD video.

iTunes' "HD" is 720p - there are rumours that Apple are gearing up for 1080p, and the ATV2 only supports 720p (at least "only today").

The PS3 would be driving the BV10 at 1080P and so looks better because the source is better as BluRay discs are almost certainly containing 1080p material.

EdouardG wrote:

It's worth the 119€ and I feel that the audio seems to be better when sent to the Apple TV 2 compared to music sent to the Airport Express.

I agree it is well worth the price.

The sound quality difference is because through the Airport Express you are using Apple's digital to analogue audio converter, but with the ATV2 the audio signal is sent in digital form along the HDmI cable and you have a better, more expensive, B&O digital to analogue converter inside the BV10 working for you 

Hi Elephant,

Your reply is very helpful cause I wasn't sure if it was me or the audio quality that sounds better with the ATV2, now I understand.

My BS9000 with an Airport Express plugged to it seems useless now🙁 it's just a nice piece of art in my living-room...

Hope iTunes will supply HD 1080p HD videos soon.

Have a nice sunday

Paul Winn wrote:

Edouard! Thank you for that. Apple TV is the route for me as i'm a little concerned over the future of Blu-Ray now plus remember how horribly fragile those DVDs were? A lot of mine simply don't play anymore.

I think you've got an amazing sound system in your BV10 with ATV  it certainly seems a more reliable idea than using the BS5 Encore/BS5 which seem to do less than an iPod when it comes to gapless & playlists (something I use all of the time due to my continuous mixes that I make) & continuous radio shows.

Thanks also Elephant!

You're welcome!

You'll have good moments with your ATV2.

I ripped most of my dvd's to get rid of them...It takes so much place, now they are in my garage resting in boxes.

Don't forget to share your thoughts when you're delivered of the Apple TV 2.

Cheers

Ripping DVDs sounds an excellent idea instead of me rebuying them on iTunes. I have a fab MacBook can you recommend the software to rip DVDs please?

I hate seeing DVD boxes around the apartment. Whereas books look fabulous, I really think DVDs and CDs look really tacky in a house!

I was planning on the BV11 but i'm holding out for an Apple OLED tv now i reckon!

Paul Winn wrote:

I have a fab MacBook can you recommend the software to rip DVDs please?

I have used link, it is free.  One think about ripping DVDs is that they take much longer than CDs. In my experience a CD can ripped at up to 10x the speed of its play time - a DVD is almost 1:1 so as Handbrake itself jokes: once you have started a rip go and make a cocktail !

I have also used , but to be honest I can't remember why I tried it (it was something to do with the capture formats) and now my demo version has expired.

elephant wrote:

Paul Winn wrote:

I have a fab MacBook can you recommend the software to rip DVDs please?

I have used link, it is free.  One think about ripping DVDs is that they take much longer than CDs. In my experience a CD can ripped at up to 10x the speed of its play time - a DVD is almost 1:1 so as Handbrake itself jokes: once you have started a rip go and make a cocktail !

I have also used , but to be honest I can't remember why I tried it (it was something to do with the capture formats) and now my demo version has expired.

There are also commercial (money!) tools available that may be better.

Search the forums for "handbrake" you will find that quite a few of the posters use it.

Paul Winn wrote:

Ripping DVDs sounds an excellent idea instead of me rebuying them on iTunes. I have a fab MacBook can you recommend the software to rip DVDs please?

I hate seeing DVD boxes around the apartment. Whereas books look fabulous, I really think DVDs and CDs look really tacky in a house!

I was planning on the BV11 but i'm holding out for an Apple OLED tv now i reckon!

As Elephant, I use Handbrake to rip my dvd's on my iMac.

It's very simple to use, free, and you can choose a lot of different formats (Apple formats included).

Another freeware I use sometimes is Adapter.

I downloaded it to rip some YouTube videos or other videos from the web (i.e Bang & Olufsen website videos).

It's pretty simple too.

But to me the most powerful is handbrake.

Cheers

Thank you Elephant and Edouard plus Rich that sounds awesome - im cetainly gonna give that a try too!

Thanks guys i will never miss having to reload a DVD ever again!!!

beopuig:

I totally love your vintage oriented systems! Is it two pairs of S-60/S-75's you are using? 🙂

I just 'copy' and 'paste' the picture in to the text box! Much easier!!

Søren Hammer wrote:

beopuig:

I totally love your vintage oriented systems! Is it two pairs of S-60/S-75's you are using? 🙂