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Apple Begins Accepting Online Orders for New Apple TV

The Canadian markup price is a bit harsh but I bit the bullet and bought it anyway.

My previous AppleTV is the best $99 I ever spent. I use AppleTV every single day for multiple reasons from iTunes movies and TV shows to AirPlay, Netflix and just slideshows of my Flickr photos turning my TV into an electronic picture frame on my wall. I'm looking forward to the unlimited uses the App Store will introduce.
 
Hmm.. I do notice that in my country the remote is named "Apple TV Remote with Touch" and not "Siri Remote". I also notice it got the model number MG2Q2 compared to MLLC2 in the US. The dual-microphones and Siri is no where to be seen in the details for the actual Apple TV, nor is it mentioned in the details for there remote itself if you try to purchase one standalone. But on the US Store both Siri and the microphones are mentioned both places.


It seems like the dual-microphones is only available in selected countries. That's rather dumb, isn't it? Especially as the remote features the same price with as it does without the microphones. Apple does not mention anything about the lack of Siri and microphones, they simply decides to not mention anything about it at all and all the product pictures clearly shows the remote with a microphone button and a hole for the microphone on the top.



This is some really poor information from Apple right here. I do not expect to use the Siri portion of the Apple TV much, but they should be able to tell us whether it's included or not. I suppose one could always import a second remote from the correct countries, but comeon..
 
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pbasmadj said:
No, I sincerely don't like the direction they went with it. I don't like the new design or features. Superfluous, is the term to me. It is not just a passing thing. I don't like the design or features of the new one.
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Seriously flawed logic you have, but it's your money
 
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For me its not about the hardware or software its all about the programme content which is garbage. I can get free films on YT and I buy the occasional DVD so am happy. Apple should divert at least some of our money to making the best content they can and begin promulgating the USP of Apple=best.
 
All ordered, 32gb model should be fine! Looking forward to seeing the range of apps available on launch, I heard Guitar Hero was ready to go?
 
I was gonna get this until I saw the new TiVo. Unless you are a cord cutter TiVo made a product that is better in so many ways. The only thing TiVo lacks is an app store which could make this choice better in the longterm, but for now I am gonna sit back and wait.
 
Sold my apple tv 2 for $100 a month and change ago, but xbox one for HBO go/Netflix and aux cable for music to my receiver hasn't been that painful of a substitute...
 
notabadname said:
No 4K, so already behind the state of the art. Had to get the RoKu 4, with 4K and VuDu. (Just one of multiple 4K streamers available or about to be available).
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notabadname said:
VuDu has new releases in 4K, as does Netflix. And 4K Blu-ray is on the way. The same, not so visionary, remarks were made about 1080P when it came out - "not much content" etc. (are you still watching a 720P display on your primary viewing screen?). And I remember the exact same arguments defending Gen 1 & 2 Apple TVs - do you recall they were 720P max? The hardware has to be in the market before the providers start putting a lot of content out to the consumer. But if you don't see the explosion of 4K - from BestBuy to Costco or Sams club - you simply have your head in the sand. At screen sizes of 50 inches and larger, 31 percent of TV shipments were 4K, and 4K LCD TV shipments grew nearly 400 percent Y/Y. (As of 1stQ 2015) Finally, The term "state of the art" refers to the highest level of general development. In consumer display technology that is currently available, in regards to resolution, that would be 4K. And the highest output resolution commercially available to the consumer in streaming is 4K, i.e., "The state of the art". Therefore, as a simple matter of fact, Apple's newest TV streaming device does not provide the "state of the art". If you don't require or desire that level of performance, then that is excellent and part of consumer choice. But that does not change the fact you can buy the Android MXIII, RoKu 4, NVIDIA® SHIELD, or Amazon Fire TV all with 4K streaming. Sorry Apple TV, but you are definitely not at the current "state of the art", which in consumer display resolution, is 4K.
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You might want to read up on 4K content. http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2015/01/4k-streaming-bandwidth-problem.html

http://bgr.com/2013/09/26/netflix-4k-streaming/

It's marketing hype through and through. With the way ISP's cap everyone and how they do not upgrade their infrastructure, can you imagine millions of people streaming that much data? Let alone, how much overages there would be? 4K has not been thought out, not standardized and right now, is just another way for companies to "cash in" on the consumer. If you want to invest in that technology, by all means - do it.

However, Apple is smart for not putting that feature in the ATV. It's not proven, it's not standard and it's not even close to commercialized. A couple of companies like Amazon and Netflix don't qualify for "commercialized".

I'll stick with 1080p for now and will enjoy it thoroughly. Blu-ray 4K will be nice because well, it's physical media, not streaming so it will have no problems with adoption, when the standard is implemented. I will purchase them and when I get a 4K tv, I will be ready. I am pretty sure it will be backwards compatible with 1080p sets as well. Maybe? I don't know because these companies like to scheme and lock you out, forcing you to upgrade. So who knows.

State of the art means the best devices, technology, software and content. If it's not supported, it's just an expensive gadget. :)
 
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usarioclave said:
That's incorrect. The app size initial download is limited to 200mb, but the app can download the rest of its stuff. If your app has more than 200MB of actual code that would be odd, especially for a TV app.
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You didn't look at what my comment was in reference to. In the previous comment I had mentioned that additional content can be downloaded. Though because of the bandwidth and other issues, you aren't going to see most developers having you download several hundred megs of additional content for their games.
 
Hopefully these will be in stores soon. Itching to buy one, and also want to use my Discover 20% off with apple pay perk right now. Will shave a cool $30 off the price of this, which I guess is worth waiting another week or two.
 
utopianbl said:
for anyone not buying applecare which comes with replacement warranty - you will have a hand held remote that you will be flinging around wii-style when playing games.

Also, water damage is a real possibility with the remote. I think the warranty is a good add on.
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I don't buy Applecare for anything, and i have yet to encouter a situation where I could have used it. Lucky I guess? but any failures I have had have been years past any warranty Applecare could have provided.
 
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If I have a current AppleTV (2013) and I don't care about playing games on it, is there any reason to consider buying a new one? I don't rent or buy movies on mine; its use is for Netflix, HBOGO, and streaming content I create on my Apple devices. The Siri remote is nice, but I don't need to search across services.

I guess I answered my own question. :)
 
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ryanasimov said:
If I have a current AppleTV (2013) and I don't care about playing games on it, is there any reason to consider buying a new one? I don't rent or buy movies on mine; its use is for Netflix, HBOGO, and streaming content I create on my Apple devices. The Siri remote is nice, but I don't need to search across services.

I guess I answered my own question. :)
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Exactly
 
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ryanasimov said:
If I have a current AppleTV (2013) and I don't care about playing games on it, is there any reason to consider buying a new one? I don't rent or buy movies on mine; its use is for Netflix, HBOGO, and streaming content I create on my Apple devices. The Siri remote is nice, but I don't need to search across services.

I guess I answered my own question. :)
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Would you be happy with an iPhone 1 today? It does all the basic stuff.

Eventually, you get left out of new services and apps that only work on new hardware. You might not know that you wanted these new things until you start using them and vow to never go without them.

For example, you use Netflix. The original AppleTV still works but doesn't have Netflix. Would you have been happy with that? You couldn't use Netflix before. Why would you want it now?

Once the new AppleTV is out, your local channels are going to start offering apps with their content. You won't be able to use them on the AppleTV 3. Apple itself is probably planning its own Netflix style service with unlimited access to content for a monthly fee. You'll be left out of that too.
 
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