I only lasted a few days with Apple Music. It was/is an utter, utter mess and what's worse it completely screwed up my library so instead of having one playlist I ended up with 5 playlists for everything and it was never the same playlist and I never did figure out how to actually download a song.
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New Apple TV to Start at $149, Feature Universal Search With Siri
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I only lasted a few days with Apple Music. It was/is an utter, utter mess and what's worse it completely screwed up my library so instead of having one playlist I ended up with 5 playlists for everything and it was never the same playlist and I never did figure out how to actually download a song.
Cos plex supports MKVs etc without pre-transcode. It does any conversion that it needs to do on the fly..
But ... This feature is HUGE. If I want to watch Monster Squad (or anything right now, I have to go into Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, godknowswhatelse and search for it there. That's terrible. TERRIBLE. If I could just be like ... Hey Siri, I want to watch Monster Squad, she could say "ok, sure, it's available on Netflix. I'll play it for you now."
So. Much. More. Better.
I don't want to watch Netflix, or any other channel. I want to watch Game of Thrones. And Monster Squad. I couldn't possibly care less what channel/provider gives it to me.
If I was buying, I would want the very latest but A8 connected to a power source I think should be able to outperform an A9 processor running on an iPhone/iPad.
indeed. 4k sets have already started to drop heavily from last year. HDR 4K will still carry that 55" $2K+ price tag though. 4k HDR OLED....when that hits $2000-$2500 it will be heaven haha.
I am hoping with everything we are hearing about the new Apple TV that is is fact coming and is going to be released. The ability to add third party apps along with the universal search. This is a day one purchase for me.
The problem with 4K is that while it's really nice and the price dropped surprisingly/shockingly fast a lot of people finally started investing in HDTVs and Blu-rays a few years ago and there's no compelling reason to just toss out 2 and 3 old HDTVs for 4k. I think the technology arrived too soon.
This will be a universal remote-- it will be able to control your cable box, etc. So the end-game (if it is not there at Day 1) would be for Siri-driven universal search to cover your regular cable/On Demand, in addition to what you get through the Apple TV.
9to5mac is saying we won't see 4k:
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/02/apple-tv-4-2015-specs/
If true: Bummer.
I see the point. I understand the nice factor but to me it feels a long wait for something that could have been done a while back. I know with Comcast X1 system, still fairly new, you can type in a name and it will find when a show is playing and if on demand, etc.
The feature is nice. but this is not a key feature thing to me. Don't get up there and say, that thing that a few other TV boxes already do...we are doing it too and this is magical. This can be a feature but hopefully not the Keystone!
I will be shocked if it doesn't have 4k.
Here in the UK everyone is either doing or planning to do 4K in the near future, Sky, BT, Amazon, Netflix now and BBC next year. A technology company like Apple must be seen to be either at or near the cutting edge surely?
Here in the UK everyone is either doing or planning to do 4K in the near future, Sky, BT, Amazon, Netflix now and BBC next year. A technology company like Apple must be seen to be either at or near the cutting edge surely?
Not necessarily. Think outside the box. If universal search is tied to the remote, it does not have to be restricted to what's streaming through AppleTV. It could also search through metadata for any device it controls, such as your cable box. And Apple has the means to pull that off.
Assuming this really is Steve's solution to the TV problem of which he spoke...
Right. People are missing the meaning of "universal". Given Siri is built into the remote (which should also be universal) it could search and control more than just what streams through the AppleTV. Your Roku and Xbox and whatever don't do that. The remote would be a key part of this.
Actually I'd be shocked if it will have 4k support. Did you forget that the ATV3 is only capable of 720P? What makes you think Apple will give you 4k this soon and especially at the $150?
I hope I am wrong but I don't think they will.
Agreed. Search has been a pain point for all platforms for far too long, but that's partially because it's not an easy problem to solve. Every service catalogues their content differently, and getting them to all talk together and play nice is no small task.
It will just seem that way when Apple implements it - which has always been part of their genius, right? That they take something that seems like it should be easy (even though it's not), and make it actually easy.
unless we're streaming games like Onlive/Nvidia from the app store now, chances are we're going to run into a full storage problem.
I've used both for my ATV3, and in my experience a dedicated remote (or a universal A/V remote) is far, FAR superior.
ATV Remote:
- Pick up remote, which is in easy reach because its only purpose is here at the TV.
- Without even looking, based on ergonomics of real physical buttons, hit whatever button I need.
iPad/iPhone:
- Get up and go to whatever room I last left the iPhone in.
- Go back to TV and sit down.
- Press a button on the iPhone to wake it up.
- Slide to unlock/Enter Password/Use TouchID.
- Navigate to the Remote app.
- Launch the Remote app.
- Select which of my three AppleTVs I want it to control.
- Try to remember why I needed the remote in the first place, 3 minutes ago.
- Press the button I need.
4K is meant for physical media, not streaming! It makes complete sense to not focus on 4K unless you double as a blu ray player.
But...but...according to the so-called experts, physical media is on the way out...