For the inexperienced jailbreaker, aTV Flash delivers an impressive set of features without having the user actually waste time finding, downloading and installing individually each add-on, media center and widget.
It costs $30, a price that isn’t exactly expensive, although in the world of digital content, this is an amount that can actually get you your buck’s worth in several ways, whether it is a bunch of new apps and games, movies or music. If you’re thinking whether or not the software is worth its price, here’s a list of some of the main features aTV Flash installs on your Apple TV(although you can install all of them by yourself).
It costs $30, a price that isn’t exactly expensive, although in the world of digital content, this is an amount that can actually get you your buck’s worth in several ways, whether it is a bunch of new apps and games, movies or music. If you’re thinking whether or not the software is worth its price, here’s a list of some of the main features aTV Flash installs on your Apple TV(although you can install all of them by yourself).
The best and most important feature aTV does for you is enabling your Apple TV to run content that isn’t limited to iTunes. Thanks to a wide range of audio and video codecs, you can run via your Apple TV AVI, MP4, WMV, DIVX, EYETV, FLV, MKV, MOV, MPEG, MPG, OGG, OGM, RM, WMV, RM, XVID, AAC, AC3, FLAC, MPEG3, MPEG4, VBR MP3 and WMA. It also extends the DVD files compatible to VIDEO_TS/VOB, DVDMEDIA, IMG and ISO. Compatible subtitles are SSA and SRT file formats.
It also extends the media transfer and stream capabilities to Mac, PC and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices and support for FTP, SMB and NFS protocols.
It provides you with functionalities such as creating video playlists and surfing the web via Couch Surfer Pro, a web browser that has support for HTML5 videos. There’s even a Google Search feature that helps you browse the internet right from your couch, using the remote.
There is improved metadata and cover art for your media, as it automatically downloads and displays information available for your content via TheMovieDB and TheTVDB.
It installs for you nitoTV and XBMC, needed to play and add new TV channels and content sources on your jailbroken Apple TV.
It gives you the choice of two third party remote controls for Apple TV: the Remote HD and Rowmote.
aTV Flash gives you hassle-free access to new music, by providing direct support for Last.fm . You get radio stations, artist bios and slideshows.
It also installs for you weather widgets.
All these without impacting the original features on your Apple TV. Remember however that these are all things you can install by yourself individually and that these are not features limited or provided exclusively via aTV Flash.