I don't know if this helps or not but could 120hz frame rate be the issue? But then again, most if not all TVs in the last couple years have shipped with the 120hz...so I don't know.
My tv is only 60hz (which I prefer...I can't stand 120hz tv...it just looks wrong to me, though from what I understand you can disable it now and set it to 60hz manually?)
Again, like I said. The Apple TV is fine -
1) I tested it in the Apple store and it was fine.
2)Same HDMI cable and same Apple TV unit would NOT work on most Samsung TVs I tested it on in a large TV store.
3)I have tried other HDMI cables but still had the same result, but again this is irrelevant as I tried it in a TV store and it would not work on most Samsungs.
4)Apple UK had no idea why this would happen, and told me to call Samsung.
5)Samsung UK (probably a call centre in India) said NO Apple TVs should be compatible with Samsung TVs going forward. Call them and check for yourself, as they will tell you the same thing).
6) the rename the HDMI input to PC does not fix
7)neither does the disable Hot Plug as on newer Samsungs there is no Hotplug (not that I can find anyway and ive tried the engineers menu)
I gather everyone elses Apple TV is working fine, but I am not amking this problem up. Try taking a 2012 Apple TV into a TV store and try it on several Samsungs and you will see what I mean...
As in my last post, I say again it is your AppleTV, if all or at least many of them had problems we would have heard a LOT of noise here on MR and the internets.
IT is your AppleTV or a faulty Samsung TV or whatever cable you have.
Many posters already said to have no problems at all yet you go on with your 'rant".
Get a new AppleTV after you brought yours back, if it still gives problems let Samsung check your TV.
Thanks for the constructive feed back.
A "Rant"? Did you not read my post?
The Apple TV DOES work of some TVs. Forget my TV, forget the HDMI cable. There is something which is stopping the Samsung TVS recognising the Apple TV. Yes, Samsung helpline may well be run by morons but they siad to me that Apple TV is NOT compatible with any Samsung TVs.
Yesterday I paid one of the Apple Genius Bar staff to come with me to the TV store and then to my house to show him the problem. He did say he has never seen it before but still could not figure out what the problem was.
We then went back to Apple and I exchanged it for a new Apple TV (which was pointless it was a working Apple TV, just not with certain Samsungs), and still the same problem.
Multiple people seem to have used the ATV3 with a 2012 / 2013 Samsung TV. Maybe it's area dependent ?
If it was a big problem it would have been all over the internet/media and it is not, there are millions of these sold and millions Samsung TV's are sold, there must be 10.000s of people with both an AppleTV and a Samsung TV, by now it would be a know widespread problem and it is NOT.
And it is a newbie, I am not believing any of what he says.
...and because this is the first time ive posted on this website makes me a newbie?
As I have previously said, Samsung have said there is a problem, or an incompatibility issue. Call them for yourself and explain my post and see what they say.
Yes, it may be area dependant, but again what I haev seen is than when you move the ATV from set to set it doesnt work on all TVs.
Plus after the Genius bar employee seeing what I showed him yesterday means it isnt area dependant.
You registered January 2013, and it says you are a newbie, that to me means you are a NEWBIE!
Plenty of people can't be trusted nowadays on the internet, plenty here as well.
But whatever, I said there is NO noise anywhere about Samsung-AppleTV incompatibility yet you don't want to hear this.
Show me articles and links which tell about this huge problem, you can't.
Google it,