Didn't Apple say this was originally put in place to minimize the "mode switching", which causes intermittent "drops" in the video connection to the TV? Are they going with the stance that showing content in it's native FR/DR is worth those intermittent drops now?
As someone who entered the world of 4K/HDR via a new TV on Friday, and has a ATV 4K arriving tomorrow, I can't really speak to it, but it was brought up as a "negative" for the ATV 4K in at least one review I read. Good to see it being addressed already!
Gotta say though, I've been fairly pleased with the Netflix / Amazon / Hulu apps on my TV thus far. Hoping I made the right call to get a media player at all!
Now to figure out this ARC business so I don't have to toss my 1080P AV receiver... hehe
Congrats and welcome to the club!
I just bought an LG C7 55” OLED a few weeks ago, and after upgrading my 5.1 & receiver over the summer along with the Apple TV 4K, I have to say, it’s such an amazing experience.
And yes, IMO, the inability to auto switch to native Hz/fps is currently a drawback, as you should ideally display content at its native fps to get the best picture. Otherwise, you introduce judder. This is why most TVs come with a “dejudder” setting, usually to mixed effect, because there is no best remedy. And nothing is like watching the real deal, i.e. 48 or 60fps content.
Any 24fps content (which is to say, most content) will have judder when played at 60Hz. This is because 24 does not divide evenly into 60, and so even if the frames are doubled, that still leaves 12 that the TV/device has to make up and fill in somewhere. Basically, 36 out of 60 frames are “fake” when you’re watching 24fps content at 60Hz.
