We're just about to purchase a new Samsung Smart TV (8000 series) and want to use Netflix etc via the apps on that television.

I would like to get videos/photos from my iphone onto my television when necessary - is this something Apple TV will enable me to do?

Also, I'd like to watch some films via iTunes on my TV - would I be able to do this with my new television or only if I have Apple TV?

What else does it do? I presume it's just a one-off payment?

Thanks.

If you want to watch/listen to iTunes based media films or songs then yes you'll need Apple TV. A lot of modern smart TV's allow photos to be thrown at them from your iPhone/Android phone using specific apps installed on the phone, not sure about your samsung.

If it doesn't then yes you'll need Apple TV to get your pics on to the TV

Yes one off payment, a fantastic device if you have a few Apple products in your house. Another bonus it allows it's DNS to be changed, this in turn allows you to access other Netflix regions for added content, you'll need another service for this too.

I am a graphic designer, so have everything Apple including 'TV', but just got a Roku box and now don't use the Apple, I recon everyone should get a Roku, brilliant. It has netflix, sky movies (monthly subs), spotify, utube, catch-up, and a huge range of other apps showing old films, food, health etc

^^I've been tempted by a Roku to have a look, but being unable to change the DNS is a downside, as is the fact I've run out of HDMI slots (4), does the Roku have optical out for sound?

You can get a extension double HDMI, the top of the range has a headphone on the remote.

I'd also recommened a Roku over the Apple TV. Apple TV could be amazing, but currently its not and there is little evidence that any more UK channels are on the way. Short of being able to watch your iTunes content and Netflix it doesn't do much.

A Roku on the other hand will give you Netflix, NowTV (Sky Movies, Sky Sports day pass and Sky Entertainment pass with live streaming of about 20 channels like Sky One, Atlantic, MTV, Discovery,etc), plus catch-up from BBC iPlayer, 4OD, 5 Demand and ITV Player coming soon. You can also watch Pay Per View movies from Sky, with 'Sky Store' channel, so probably same PPV movies that iTunes is offering.

Problem is the only Roku worth buying at the moment is the Roku3. The future usefulness of the rest of the range at this moment is up in the air as while they say they are looking into bring the HTML environment to the rest of the range the chips in the non Roku3 devices is underpowered for HTML5 so its debatable if they will be able to get it to be viable

At under £100, the top of the range Roku is great value.

Thinking of getting the apple tv mainly for shows on itunes. Teen wolf and season 9 of supernatural when its available. One thing Im concerned about is PQ. Anyone who has downloaded films or shows in hd off itunes How good is it?

Still,think the Roku is better, fast and simple.

But I does it have access to itunes? The shows I want only seem to be available through iTunes.

The answer is fairly simple, if

1 You have a collection of itunes tv/films,
Or 2 , if you have a ipad or iphone and think the airplay function- the ability to stream any online video on your tv- would be useful,

An Apple tv is worth getting.

If not it isn't.

Don't have iphone or ipad. I do have galaxy note.

I have 3 Apple TVs in the House they are fantastic. (2 Bedrooms and Livingroom)

I connect my Macs, iPhones, iPads and iPods up to them for 'Airplay' so you can send YouTube, BBC iPlayer, Netflix to the TV. Also send your iTunes music for playing (Have decent AMP connected to the TV), i have Plex so ripped all my DVDs onto that and can Airplay my Plex collection around the home, all via this neat little box and my iDevices.

I can view my Photos, they also have a screen saver mode that auto brings in your photos from your iphone.

I can also access any films i have bought via iTunes on it. Also some games support Apple TV so the controls change like Worms 3.

Whats the picture quality like from itunes? Im looking at tv shows rather than films.

The picture quality of both movies and TV shows on Apple TV are very good.

Got the apple tv. Need hdmi cable now and wanted to know if its worth getting a hdmi with ethernet cable or just a standard one and normal network cable?

regardless of the spec of the HDMI cable you buy, you would still need an ethernet cable (assuming you're not using WIFI).

Would have to be wifi since I've no more slots on my router unless I unplug the one from my tv.

why were you mentioning HDMI /w ethernet then?
did you think that the ethernet spec within HDMI would allow you to use that for networking? it doesn't.