Same. My MacBook Pro, iPad pro and iphone all support AV1 decoding now and once Apple releases a Apple TV that has that decode i can switch my 160tb Plex server to AV1 instead of H265.As long as it has Hardware AV1 decoding I'll be happy
Same. My MacBook Pro, iPad pro and iphone all support AV1 decoding now and once Apple releases a Apple TV that has that decode i can switch my 160tb Plex server to AV1 instead of H265.As long as it has Hardware AV1 decoding I'll be happy
No, it needs a browser that does not freeze on 50% of the web pages out there.Include Safari browser !!!
It's not a bad idea, but given that many using an ATV don't do games with it nor want to, it wouldn't be good if the price went up for features that the non-gamers wouldn't want, so maybe they should keeping making the regular ATV and add a new Apple TV Game edition or some other decent name and market it as specifically for gaming, plus all the other features of the regular ATV are still there. Then drop the various storage sizes which seem pointless for the base ATV, and just have a single ATV with 64GB and the ATV gaming edition with 256GB. Something like that. Maybe to market it as a real gaming-specific thing and not just a renamed ATV with higher storage, they need to develop their own bespoke controller to include, but still support other stuff via BT. Given the history of ATV remotes and apple mouse designs over the years, this honestly doesn't seem like Apple's strong suit.My naive self got the upgraded to the current Apple TV thinking it could play games good, it can barely play my favourite kart racer game and the Dualsense connectivity is appalling. I’ve said it before that they need to put an M-series chip in the tv and make it a console. I’m not looking at any new Apple TVs and until that happens. In the meantime, I’ve got no one to bequeath my current one to anyway.
You could have bought the 3rd gen 4K! Been out since Nov 2022. If any of its upgrades vs. the 2nd gen were something you were looking for, it's got them.Been waiting years. I have a 2nd gen 4k Apple TV. Been waiting a long time to upgrade. Every time I think about it, there’s rumours of a new one about to be released. Never happens of course. Is 2025 actually going to be any different?
Snoopy might already be smarter than Apple AIDon't forget the new powered-by-AI Snoopy screensavers that will work only on the new Apple TV.
so maybe they should keeping making the regular ATV and add a new Apple TV Game edition or some other decent name and market it as specifically for gaming
I have the 2nd gen ATV 4k and it works quite nicely with my LG OLEDWill it play nice with my LG OLED TV? The last one I tried (and subsequently returned) did not.
Wow, overheating??? What model do you have? Our 2017 64GB AppleTV 4K never gets hot at all when we play games.Unless they add the cooling fan back (current Apple TV starts overheating after merely half an hour of play), and allow games on tvOS to actually save your progress permanently (instead of only a temporary cache + iCloud, which often fails and erases your progress), it's still going to be useless for gaming.
I am finding it hard to understand why Apple keeps investing time and money when it puts no effort into making the AppleTV competitive. With a $30 GoogleTV dongle I can add Ethernet, SD card and external storage options via USB-C for under $50. Have access to AppleTV+ including all the other Big Name streaming services and more so. Plus I can add a web browser and use it as an ultra portable computer in a pocket.
2.5G, please!As long as they keep the Ethernet option, I don't care if the price goes down or not.
You're making a different argument than the one I was engaged in with what I wrote. I was replying to someone saying that the Apple TV is way behind other STBs like the Shield. It's not, it's different. What you wrote is an argument for why so many people aren't buying STBs to begin with.These are niche use cases. Most TV manufacturers install Roku, FireTV or GoogleTV.
Those that had their own OS have mothballed it, Roku is being replaced with GoogleTV as the default Smart TV OS of choice by many manufacturers and FireTV is just a custom skin of GoogleTV. Amazon is the primary driver for FireTV as TizenOS is for Samsung. In this space the present clear winner is GoogleTV for tv manufacturers and with that comes developer investment.
I am sorry if Apple is unable to innovate in this space why even bother, if a consumer is on a budget and many are, do you think those consumer will opt for a plus $100 set top box from Apple or just use what’s built-in the TV which is GoogleTV with AirPlay included. Many consumer just play mobile games and the built-in hardware spec do a fine job. If anyone is into serious gaming it’s either a dedicated gaming console or a PC, Apple is high on its own smoke and drunk on its own Kool-Aid.
At this point it might as well cut deals with TV manufacturers to have it run TvOS as a form of advertising but Google beat them to the punch.
I’ve given this some thought already, they should call it the Apple Arcade or the Apple Arcade Pro.
Even on iPad Pro M4, console gaming is pathetic at best. The hardware is good enough for average gaming, but mobile users won’t spend a penny for expensive AAA games.Good luck getting any big game studios to offer titles for tvOS, but it’s good to know what is possible.
Apple's way of looking at this is "If someone uses a USB camera with the Apple TV, then they wouldn't be using an iPhone with it."It would be nice if they would allow a USB camera so one could use FaceTime without requiring use of an iPhone's camera.