I'm curious what everyone is getting for storage? I don't plan on using many apps just streaming Hulu and Netflix. My question is will iTunes movies still stream? Thank you!
Surely if they end up allowing DVR functions they will either put out new hardware or allow us to attach external storage for recording.
If they do bring DVR they still have to take into account the base model and neither 32 or 64Gb is much space for recording functions.
My 1TB HDD fills up fast with recordings at the moment so the storage options they have announced wouldn't cope too well, especially when there are lots of apps eating up that space as well.
I agree about the app size limit changing although I think they will wait and monitor the average amount of downloads we make.
Once they have an idea of how much space the average user is taking up for apps they will know by how much they can increase the local storage without it limiting our downloads by much.
But like I said before, more is better regardless. Even if you don't think you'll use it, we just don't know what the future holds so it's better to be safe than sorry.
With app sizes limited to 200 meg and anything above that having to be downloaded each time it's needed they aren't using a huge amount of space...
They just should allow the use of "normal" Bluetooth Controllers like the Dualshock 3 or 4 and approximately a thousand generic Bluetooth Controllers from other Vendors - everything would be perfect. I don't understand why they aren't allowing this. It works perfectly on the mac and with jailbreak on iOS...Also, Apple really need to make its own gaming controller to tell the gamers and game developers that Apple TV can be a serious gaming device.
Apple TV does support MFi controllers, but the selection leaves much to be desired and they are more expensive to boot. If Apple makes its own controller like Amazon does, it would legitimize the market and get more people noticed (much like Apple Pencil).They just should allow the use of "normal" Bluetooth Controllers like the Dualshock 3 or 4 and approximately a thousand generic Bluetooth Controllers from other Vendors - everything would be perfect. I don't understand why they aren't allowing this. It works perfectly on the mac and with jailbreak on iOS...
I know, but these MFI cntrollers just work with iOS devices and the (coming) Apple TV. I've seen just one or two with a decent build-quality that i actually would buy, but i think it was priced at 80€ or something wich is extremely expensive (and definitely not worth it if you compare it to Xbox One or Dualshock 4 Controllers which are cheaper and much better).Apple TV does support MFi controllers, but the selection leaves much to be desired and they are more expensive to boot. If Apple makes its own controller like Amazon does, it would legitimize the market and get more people noticed (much like Apple Pencil).
M I think this will essentially boil down to 2 questions:
Do you plan to use the Apple TV 4 a lot? If so, the larger storage capacity will feel faster due to less waiting for content.
Do you have very fast internet connection? If so, you can likely get away with the smaller storage capacity.
I'm a little nervous to see the Australian price of the new TV.
I always go for the largest available capacity (64Gb iPhone 5, 128Gb iPad Air p) so history dictates I will probably go with 64gb even though I likely won't need it.
My iPad Air (which I have had since launch day) currently has 82.9gb available space. So I should learn that sometimes just getting the highest storage is superfluous to my needs.
...and even MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint if it ever came to the AppleTV (I see no reason why it couldn't, just use a Bluetooth keyboard)...
Unrelated to this thread, but with apps like those and misc input methods, the AppleTV would make an interesting "computer" in some situations.
I would like to ask the same question, but for the 4K model, since the 64 GB version is unavailable everywhere.
That will never happen anyway. Welcome to the world of cloud DVRs. There is no way Apple will provide a locally recorded DVR service on top of a streaming service. The providers will never allow it.If they ever do put out this live tv streaming package, and they allow for DVR'ing said tv, it's possible that 32g might fill up quickly.