It cant handle Apple loss less files. Documentation says AAC except lossless.

It cant play CD or DVd. It doesnt stream from PC. You transfer files to beomedia and it plays from there. So its a bit more then a streamer. It adds a mediacenter to your TV pretty much like the beomedia if I understood the postings here correct. JK

I can check over the weekend. I did notice that it picks up playing where it stopped after changing the source back to DVD but can't tell if it stopped spinning. I think when paused, DVD would do that. Is yours connected through Scart and ML? Also what options are you using. Cheers JK

Everybody says that. What is up with a 2 way remote. I figure there is none.

Frankly, I do not care much about a picture. I want to know if there will be a 2 way remote. If they expect me to use Beo 4 or Beo 5 I would say they missed the boat. We haven't heard a single thing, besides "not to worry".

I like simplicity as well. Long term I think avoiding Apple for media is like trying to avoid Windows back in 2000. I am not so keen on video, for music though I don't think I would be happy perusing my collection through a Ipod Touch and I don't want my TV to be on for that even though the integration through the STB works like a charm. I might

They already retracted that sort of, no update it seems. Even if they would do one, that would not bring a media center that handles multiple libraries or files shared on a network. For that they would do a bigger announcement and it would not be in line with their model of constant minor improvements. It could be that they release something improved

The trouble with Apple is, that one expects so much and they deliver so little. It is like making baby steps with them. Trouble is, they have the market position so that they can take their time. A true Mediacenter that can handle distribution of DRM protected files and a multi user library I would think is 2 years out. I don't think we see much

> As beautiful as the A18 prototype was, though, it had a problem. Hermansen isn't particularly tech-savvy (he bought his first PC last December), and the controller on his A18 came with just one button, making it difficult to wade through a music library. Hermansen resisted adding more. "For me, it was not natural with all those buttons

>> On the "crippling" of the ATV: Apple have to provide secure handling of files<< That doesn't make any sense to me. If I can play the drm movie on Itunes from a NAS there is no reason why to restrict that from a ATV. The only thought I have on this that people might treat it like a portable harddrive and buy a movie once