Happy there is a kinda new Apple TV and remote. Disappointed it is an old handmedown chip and still 60hz. Disappointed there is no find my remote. Seems like a halfassd attempt. I would’ve gladly paid a bit more for a better box.
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Apple Announces New Apple TV 4K with A12 Bionic Chip and Upgraded Siri Remote
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Unlikely, given that the current Siri remote doesn't have a replaceable battery. But I don't really see a need since a battery charge in my remotes still lasts for months after several years of use.
Not sure if anybody's answered you yet, but here's your answer:
Requires iPhone with Face ID running iOS 14.5 or later, and is available for Apple TV 4K (1st generation and later) and Apple TV HD with tvOS 14.5. These software updates will be available next week.
- HDMI 2.1
- Thread support
- Working with Paramount+, FOX Sports, NBCUniversal, Red Bull TV, and Canal+ to stream in high rate HDR.
What were you expecting?
Glad they didn't announce the new ATV as some garbage sound bar thing like some were wanting.
Why would the Apple TV have spatial audio? Isn’t that a function for your home theater system?
Apparently the A12 also supports hardware decoding of VP9 which some people want for youtube 4k HDR videos.
No. Headphones/airpods. But that could be a software update to the existing ATV. It doesn't require new hardware.
AirPods Pro + iOS has spatial audio.
Many people want tvOS to have spatial audio like one has with the iOS devices.
I know folks have said it before here, but they JUST RELEASED AIRTAGS. Couldn’t they have built that functionality into the remote? Hell, Rokus have had a way to find the remote since they first came out!
Because the other function of a good home theater system is waking up everyone in the house and annoying the neighbors.
specs are secondary to performance. Apple has always been very good at designing hardware and software to give better performance to other setups that, on paper, should be better.
No idea what Thread support is and I can’t receive those TV channels in my location. I don’t know what I was expecting because I don’t know what the purpose of the Apple TV is anymore. I can get TV+ through an app on my smart TV.
I have a few 64GB ATVs, and get "Out Of Storage" messages all the time.
Really wished there was a 128GB option.
Do you have a link or source for that info? Never heard anything about Siri coming (finally) to austria on the ATV.
smart tv's tend to suck and don't get updates as long as dedicated boxes do. They also don't have as many apps.
There are some exceptions here. But I would never buy a smart tv for the purpose of using the built in apps.
If you run a home theater you'd want to use a dedicated box. One could use eARC if you have a TV and receiver that supports it but it can be buggy. And less and less tv's are supporting DTS.
Since I do run home theaters, two in my house with parts to put together a 3rd if I had the room, I use external boxes, several different ones, for a variety of reasons.
THREAD is a smart home standard. It allows a variety of devices to communicate without a hub. There's more to it than that but that's quick jist.
If you don't care about home theater or smart home devices then none of that really matters to you.
I disagree.
The price is the same that it was with the A10X, and barely, if any, performance increase, with the same storage options.
Apple unveils the next generation of Apple TV 4K
With A12 Bionic and the all-new Siri Remote, the best living room device gets even better.
www.apple.com