We use ours to run Plex, connected to a projector. We don’t have a TV in the house.
We cannot use streaming services as none currently provide accessibility controls for our autistic son.
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10 New Features and Changes Introduced With 2022 Apple TV
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We cannot use streaming services as none currently provide accessibility controls for our autistic son.
Glad we have the 4 GB Ram now identified. Is Apple going to greatly increase app caching (128 GB storage) in a future tvOS update?
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For those pondering upgrade from Apple TV 4K 2nd generation, and with LG TVs (including 2022 models), LG does not support HDR10+; they say their dynamic tone mapping is as good. There is no reason to upgrade (faster processor is not important, even with their gaming).
Next worthy upgrade is Wi-Fi 6E (6 GHz) or Wi-Fi 7 (multi link) and/or some sort of meaningful support for premium home theater (5.1.2 with Dolby Atmos for example, with discrete speakers).
Next worthy upgrade is Wi-Fi 6E (6 GHz) or Wi-Fi 7 (multi link) and/or some sort of meaningful support for premium home theater (5.1.2 with Dolby Atmos for example, with discrete speakers).
I use mine for streaming Apple music through my system(s) It's much more streamlined and smoother than airplaying it with a phone/ipad. I have 7 tvs in my house. Not all are smart TVs. All of their interfaces are inconsistent and glitchy. I can play music throughout the house with the Apple tvs. User experience is just more consistent and familiar. And there is never a need of "booting-up" an Apple tv and with my universal remote the HDMI switching is done automatically when I choose watch Apple tv. It may not be something for you but I'd hate to live without it.
Oh and I'm not watching any shows on my macbook or phone when I have a 85 inch tv to watch them on.
Anytime I pose a similar question, the response has always been Apple's user interface is superior.
It probably is in many cases, but the question is, is it $129 USD better?
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AppleTV the app is like any individual app on a Mac, iPhone or iPad.
AppleTV the hardware is much more like the Mac, iPhone or iPad in that it is capable of running MANY apps beyond only that one.
I understand the confusion due to Apple choosing to use the same name for 2 very different things.
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YES! With the ease of use, familiarity and consistency. Oh and the fact it works seamlessly with all other Apple products if you have them.
Most TVs can still not play my Apple Music while displaying all the family photos stored in the cloud. It has apps and lots of other things no TV has.
Have you used a Fire TV stick though? Mine is the most frustrating UI and lagtastic experience that I wouldn’t use it for free. Replaced it with an older ATV and couldn’t be happier!
I use mine for what its intended for, streaming.
Streaming TV's are so underpowered and so bad, they're practically worthless.
I dont have to boot anything special. I press the power button on my Apple TV remote and it turns the box on, TV and sounder all on. And when Im done, it turns everything off.
I have more than one Roku and more than one Fire Stick.
Don't like the Android TV look and feel of Fire Stick.
Some like Fire TV because you can side load apps, making it more like Android.
The Silk browser is a plus even if it is clunky to use with the remote, or even the app.
Roku is so easy, even a caveman could use it. HA!
HobeSoundDarryl
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I have a smart TV which came with the AppleTV app for "free."
I also have multiple AppleTV STBs which also run the AppleTV app... and a whole bunch of other apps too.
AppleTV STB is not only AppleTV the app anymore than iPhone is not only a telephone.
That shared though: nothing wrong with Firestick. If it does what you want, that's a great bargain vs. AppleTV pricing.
Agree a totally pointless device.
I thought for sure it was gone when they put the full TV App out on all the other platforms and licensed Airplay to third parties.
Thats what I have a computer for.
A fraction of the cost? Even a switch is $300 and the games are like $60 each.
Yup. Seems like a waste of chips to have (nearly) the same hardware in a box next to your smart TV. But the UI is really great. Less clunky than eg what’s on LGs TV. The remote and how you interact and control with it is also great. Don’t know how the new one works, but the small glass-one with swipe gestures is really great.
App makers get analytics and usage data. If people weren't gaming on Apple TV, developers wouldn't waste their time and resources on something that's not being used. It's why we've seen many stop adding Apple Watch components, as the investment in time and labor simply wasn't worth it for how few made use of those features.
I still don't understand why a streaming box needs 128GB of storage. Even caching a 4K movie during playback is a lot less than that.
Does apple expect us to download a bunch of large games and install them directly on it?
Does apple expect us to download a bunch of large games and install them directly on it?
It's pretty unclear marketing at this point regarding HDR10+. It was supposed to be a TVOS 16 feature, not tied to hardware. It's just a bit of metadata after all.
But it's hard to verify if older models can support it as the apps themselves must be updated to fetch video with HDR10+ metadata.