Apple care for new Apple TV?

[Ethan Coohill]

did anyone get it? Is it worth the extra 29?

I'm buying a 64gb version today ( plan on using it for gaming, worth the extra 50 bucks to me) and can't decide if I want to get apple care or not.

Let me know what you guys think and what you bought with your Apple TV today and which size

 

[ABC5S]

I have had the Apple TV (apple tv 3) for a good while without any AppleCare. If something goes wrong it should show up within a short period of time. Unless you are very unlucky I won't buy into it.

Another thread here..

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/applecare-for-4th-gen-appletv.1932227/

 

[MrTemple]

How many of your at-home consumer devices have failed in the past? How many of those had no moving discs/trays/HDD platters? And how many of those failed within two years? I'm suspecting very, very few. Probably none.

The Apple TV is a tank, no moving parts, no breakable screen, you're not going to move it (though it would probably survive a drop out of an airplane just fine). It's simply not going to fail very often within the first two years.

AppleCare on the Apple TV is about 1/7th to 1/9th the cost of a new one. I doubt 1 in 7-9 will fail within two years.

Seems like a bad move (unless you want the telephone support).

[Edit: I suppose if you're *really* hard on remote controls, it might make sense, but accidental damage isn't covered, so you'd also have to be a charming person to get remote damage covered.]

PS: I always get AC on my iPhones and Macs (on both, I'm ahead of the curve, though my threshold for imperfection is lower, and I make use of the AppleCare more often than I would pay to repair them).

 

[turbineseaplane]

I have 4 different ATV3's - For years now - Not one single issue

 

[mattopotamus]

Useless IMO, especially if you buy with a credit card b.c most extend the warranty out by an additional year.