AppleTV and HDFury3

[jmac69]

I have an apple tv (1) and was thinking about upgrading to an apple tv (2) on my Pioneer Elite PRO-1000HD. Problem is, my plasma doesn't have HDMI inputs and the appletv2 does not have both component and HDMI outputs like the appletv1 does. My existing HD sources use component outputs and connect to a Zektor switch, into a B&O Beosystem 1 and then into the plasma.

So I purchased an HDFury3, and disconnected the component output on my AppleTV1 and tried using it's HDMI output, into the HDFury3, and connected it back into the Zektor switch using the component output of the HDFury3 - after this, no image at all. The blue light on the Fury is illuminated so I know there's a good signal there.

I can't figure out why it works using the component output of the AppleTV, but when I use the HDMI out from the same AppleTV, through the Fury, I get nothing. Any ideas?


Thanks

Jmac

 

[next010]

The ATV defaults to 720p output, you might have to connect the ATV to another display via HDMI and set it to a resolution that is supported by your TV, I'm guessing it does not like the 720p signal passed from the HDFury.

 

[peterjcat]

Have you tried taking the switch out of the equation and plugging the HDFury3 straight into the plasma?

ATV2 HDMI -> HDFury3 -> component TV works for me.

 

[jmac69]

Sorry, I've been away for a while.

I have tried all possible combinations of "hdmi settings" on the appletv2 - auto, RGB high, RGB low, PBr... no dice.

I have taken the Zektor switch out of the equation as well, and that doesn't work either...

Any other ideas?

Thanks

jmac

 

[next010]

You tried different resolutions too ?

Your not missing much at the moment with the ATV2 the only major differences are Rotten Tomatoes ratings, Netflix and Airplay support. You can patch in Airplay support on the ATV1 with RemoteHD.

 

[jmac69]

I don't believe you can alter the output resolutions on the appletv2 - at least I couldn't find where you could.

The AppleTV2 supports a much larger field of file types for playback, and I'm encoding my videos for AppleTV2 now, since I have a second TV with an AppleTV2 in another room...

Thanks

jmac

 

[next010]

I thought you were trying with the ATV1 which allows setting the resolution, the ATV2 doesn't as far I know.

The ATV1 and ATV2 play the same media types, the primary difference is that the ATV2 has hardware acceleration for H.264 which enables a few more features in H.264 to be enabled that the ATV1 could not handle & allow higher bit-rates of course.

 

[jmac69]

I have created a number of video files that won't work on the AppleTV1, but do work on the AppleTV2... that was the thinking behind the upgrade...