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Apple Announces 'Apple TV 4K' With 4K and HDR Video Powered by Faster A10X Chip
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20 dollars for 4k movies is the real story here. This will force Amazon, Google and VUDU to lower their 29.99 price
That question can be asked of all Apple products. But that doesn’t stop them from becoming industry leaders. Sometimes price is not always the leading factor.
UHD Blu Ray already starts at $13 on Amazon.
That’s comparing digital to physical. With a digital copy and family share I can have 4 people stream the same movie at the same time in different locations. To get anything close to that I would need 4 physical disks costing 13x4 = 52 dollars. It all depends what your needs are.
Blu Ray is also better quality than download.
The only adapter I've seen didn't have dolby vision and was $179. Making an apple tv 4k $358 because apple cheaped out on a $5 part.
I agree which is why I'm asking what is the leading factor that would get people to buy an ATV over a Roku ?
The automatic upgrade for HD movies already purchased to 4K could be the killer app for me. But does this only apply to HD movies purchased directly from iTunes? What about movies bundled as a code with BluRay purchases?
Well if you are already a part of Apple’s ecosystem. Getting an Apple TV just makes sense.
The Roku does not have optical audio. Or Dolby Vision.
***Edit: I see you said Ultra. Didn't know there was a new one. But still no Dolby Vision or HDR10 right?
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Because the ATV4K has Courage™ built in. Roku? Not so much courage in there. (but I still love my Roku)
I was hoping for better pricing, but the free upgrade on purchases from 1080 to 4K kinda/sorta makes up for it.
Not upgrading my Apple TVs this year. But the best thing about this announcement was the free upgrade of purchased content to 4k. I’m sure that will make all you ATV holdouts happy.
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I don't have a 4K TV set so this ATV update is irrelevant for me. I wished they have other updates under the hood to justify people like me to upgrade.
One thing would be to be able play your media library on a external drive or NAS. Having to turn your Mac on to watch my personal library is infuriating.
One thing would be to be able play your media library on a external drive or NAS. Having to turn your Mac on to watch my personal library is infuriating.
New remote with a ring around the menu button. Wonder if it lights up?
Apple’s website says it is compatible with 4th gen and up.
It doesn't directly say it supports HDR10 or Dolby Vision, so I guess I would have to read through the 168 answered questions or buy one to find out lol but thanks. I still say apple should have included the $5 optical port.
***Edit: someone said no HDCP 2.2, so I'm gonna assume it doesn't support the new apple tv
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Personally, I have a lot of iTunes movies also a pretty large iTunes music library.
There are apps available on the current hardware that let you play directly from a NAS.