mac mini and MLBTV

[norwegian wood]

Does the mac mini display all web content onto an hdtv now that the new one has the hdmi output on it?

would i be able to watch mlbtv if i used a mac mini as my media center? right now i use a ruko player and the picture quality kind of sucks and it often has to reboot start buffing in the middle of an important at abt.

Thanks

 

[LeeTom]

Yes! You'll have the resolution of your choice, up to 1920-by-1200 or 1080p using the HDMI port, or 2560-by-1600 using the Mini DisplayPort, and it'll look as crisp as can be.

Even the older one did, using a MDP-HDMI adapter in conjunction with a separate audio cable. I've been using one for years as my home theater pc, and it works great. I also use a Harmony Remote and RemoteBuddy software and I have pretty decent control of the mini that way.

 

[norwegian wood]

DAMN. I've had an apple tv for a for a couple years and often wondered why mlbtv is not available that way. Now i might have to upgrade to a mac mini from the appletv and raise apple's stock price even more

 

[LeeTom]

yeah, it can do everything that the appletv can do plus so much more. granted, it's harder to do EVERYTHING with a remote, so a bluetooth keyboard/mouse is sort of required, but you have a full browser with silverlight and flash (read: hulu, network tv websites and netflix streaming), front row, itunes rentals, 500gb of internal storage space plus access to network storage, a dvd drive with dvd player, the ability to rip dvd's in full quality (MacTheRipper) or in H.264 format to put on your iPhone (HandBrake), etc etc etc...