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Apple Discontinues Third-Generation Apple TV
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Never had issues with our Chromecast. I've actually thinking of picking up a Roku 4, but would rather pickup the next iteration of Nexus TV. My experiences with ATV 2-3 over the years has been mediocre at best. I'm a massive fan of Plex and found Kodi too labor intensive.
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God how I hate that Netflix app. I can think of few things I dislike so strongly and yet use so often.
Just give me a list of genres and then list every movie in alphabetical order. How hard is that?
Bonus points if you man up and get rid of the stupid horizontal scrolling.
Yeah but, if you've got an iPhone, one swipe up lets you use Apple Music on Apple TV 3 without an issue.
If you think of all the possibilities with the world-class engineers that Apple has and it's A-series SoCs (the A10 is just a beast) and it's IMGTec PowerVR IP, they could easily deliver the best TV experience anyone has ever seen. Apple to this day does not have any 4K content, nor do they even use HEVC (supposedly because there is still the ongoing patent dispute), which really hurts the industry as a whole.
The Apple TV 4 was already outdated the moment Apple released it, it did not set any meaningful standards, and apart from the Siri integration, is just a disappointment. It does not even accept 4K content, nor does it have HDMI 2.0.
Yet, I bought one, since I thought that it's worth it somehow, but after using it for a couple of months now, it's not really a magical product, not even close.
I am not sure Apple even knows what they are doing with their other products, even though I am very happy with my new iPhone 7 256GB matte black.
The moment Google released Android TV with integrated Google Cast just shows that Apple lost the TV battle to Google. They could have easily pushed tvOS into the TV market and also selling their A-series SoCs as a package, but it seems that Apple is not interested in that at all. No one ever needs another set-top box if Android TVs already do everything you need.
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Indeed, this is from a company [Apple] apparently supporting and looking to push through legislation to force [other] content suppliers, to have used their subscription services used, possibly on the ATV in whatever future format.
Come on, there are so many easy solution to this. Can download any MKV file an stream it to your apple TV using Beamer, VLC or any other tool. With VLC you can even store your files directly on the ATV (as long as there sufficient space).
No reason to jump ship at all, just jump into the 21th century.
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Looking at the build quality of the ATV, it might be you passing first....
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You now the ATV2 is still 720p max, right?
This happened over a week ago. Not really news. I was in an Apple Store at the weekend and a confused customer was looking for one and was told rather unceremoniously that 'they [Apple] decided to stop selling it a week ago' by an Apple Store assistant. It stuck in my head because I thought it was rather strange that the employee referred to Apple in the third person.
Nobody apologized. Just pointing out the same frivolous comments on every thread.
I agree that's good stuff you are proposing. I doubt that Apple will be doing any of this except 4. and maybe new Access Points.
Which what most people won't be doing because they don't care. Also, you can download apps that talk to NAS, DLNA etc so you can download files and simply watch them.
Why would you bother doing that when there are plenty of great video apps in the AppleTV app store (e.g. Infuse) that will play any video type you can throw at them?
Then make a cheaper version of the 4th gen with somewhat better SoC and the App Store. Or go all the way
Right, like they do with the iPhone.
Looks like a new Apple TV is on the way.
You prefer they keep selling older outdated hardware?
For any device they should differentiate on the product to hit different price points. iPhone SE, iPhone and iPhone Plus. Different storage tiers and you can cover many price points.
It's painful when I see people buying older revisions of iPhone or iPads only for them to be run slowly while they're still for sale. How long did all these A5 based devices stick around for?
With one product being retired. . . could this mean the Mac refresh is on the way? They're running out of time before the holidays if they want to launch and roll out!
Except that they are not doing it.
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Are you talking about AirPlay music now? Because, as far as I know, AirPlay video only works on the Apple TV, and I stream a lot of YouTube videos that way from my iPhone - very convenient.
Cool story bro!
Don't forget to hit the lights on your way out.
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Does Plex play isos?
Oh, I don't know. Maybe one thing they can do with a media device is have it support a few of the common media formats so people can play their own media files. While they're at it, since it's a media "streaming" device allow people to stream those nice standard formats from their own media repository.
On the other hand, since Apple is making a half-assed effort at living room gaming they could support some games that cry out for a real controller or *gasp* multiple real controllers for multiple concurrent players. Like we had back in the 1970's. Revolutionary and magical, I know.
ever heard of beamer? its a mac app that lets you airplay any content directly from your PC. It's godly.
Maybe not on mobile devices but certainly not in the professional audio sector. Radio stations, producers and recording studios make heavy usage of 3.5mm (and its larger brethren). Then there's the millions of people around the world with legacy hifi systems. I know you were exaggerating with your claim that "noone" uses the jack but you're wrong... very very wrong.
apple tv has slipped into irrelevance. It doesnt do anything well anymore. I tried to stream my macbook screen to it last night to watch a basketball game and it was glitchy and jerky. Switched over to the chromecast and cast the google chrome tab and it was flawless and uninterrupted for the entire game. How is it that my roku in the bedroom and chrome cast in the living room are better options than my apple tv and xbox one?