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Apple to Debut Apple TV With 4K HDR Support at September Event

I'm more interested in the CPU capabilities than the resolution. I hope they increase the horse power enough to run sophisticated iOS apps.
 
iapplelove said:
I'm not going to lie, I've never watched anything in 4K. I don't own a blueray player and don't subscribe to cable TV.

My Sony is about 4 years old but not a 4K just 1080p, is 4K that much better?

I mainly just stream YouTube or watch my iTunes content.
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If you sit about 8 feet or further away from your TV you won't notice a difference (depending on TV size). See chart below:
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profets said:
Exactly. It’s getting painful to follow him on Twitter. Makes a big deal and links to an article, but it ends up being old info padded with nonsense.

Miss the days when he really got good scoops.
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A lot of these guys are only as good as their sources. If there's a re-org or the birdie leaves, the info dries up.

Gruber and others were smart for getting out of the rumors game for this reason.
 
chriscrowlee said:
I laugh when I see posts like this. If you streamed everything with any sort of regularity, simple math shows 350GB a month ... 4K\HDR content streams an average of 10GB per hour. That means 30 hours a month... aka one hour a day, would burn your 350gb without ever turning on your computer. 3 hours a day would surpass the cap without any other data use.

With that said, most companies allow you to buy packages of discount data packs on top of the 1TB cap. Like any new technology, if you want to be bleeding edge, you pay a premium. No different.
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Normal use for my house was the living room appletv uses average of 600 gigs/month alone according to my routers reports.
 
I'm much rather have jet black OLED level blacks than 4K
Normal TV viewing distance with moving images, 4K going to be very little difference, unless you have a crazy size screen.

4K is nice, don't get me wrong, but real like day to day TV watching for families Not the most critical
 
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If we get a jailbreak I’d be in at under $200. Anything north of that and I’ll just use a chrome cast for the amount of viewing we do on various TVs.

Home theater pc will always be my main entertainment device anyway. At meat for the foreseeable future.
 
bladerunner2000 said:
If you sit about 8 feet or further away from your TV you won't notice a difference (depending on TV size). See chart below:
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What is misleading about the data these charts use is it focuses on 'discernible pixels', but pixel density and color range are very noticeable much further away than the chart suggests. And in gaming, supersampling the image creates a much cleaner look than AA trying to fix 'jaggies'. There is no stark line between "worth it" and "not worth it" for resolution.
 
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Piggie said:
I'm much rather have jet black OLED level blacks than 4K
Normal TV viewing distance with moving images, 4K going to be very little difference, unless you have a crazy size screen.

4K is nice, don't get me wrong, but real like day to day TV watching for families Not the most critical
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This.

OLED is the biggest game changer. 4k content is still limited and even if it weren't, you need 60" or larger TV to see the different sitting at about 8 feet. That's pretty damn big. Plus all the other issues; you'd need need an Nvidia Shield TV to get 4k without lag (best streaming box on the market by far), you'd need FAST internet and have either no data caps or a lot of bandwidth (good luck to Canadians and Australians).
 
neliason said:
I would love it if the price comes down compared to the current models. I think the Apple TV is a good product but the price is a bit too high for what it offers compared to other products. But I won't be surprised at all if they keep their price points.
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They may keep the price points but discount the ATV4 to better compete against lower-priced competitors.
 
lordofthereef said:
If we get a jailbreak I’d be in at under $200. Anything north of that and I’ll just use a chrome cast for the amount of viewing we do on various TVs.

Home theater pc will always be my main entertainment device anyway. At meat for the foreseeable future.
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You can already easily sideload apps so a jailbreak isn't needed at all in my opinion. It's makes a great game emulation box.
 
tazinlwfl said:
What is misleading about the data these charts use is it focuses on 'discernible pixels', but pixel density and color range are very noticeable much further away than the chart suggests. And in gaming, supersampling the image creates a much cleaner look than AA trying to fix 'jaggies'. There is no stark line between "worth it" and "not worth it" for resolution.
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It's not exact but it's close enough for most people to agree on those scenarios. 4k in most cases for your average person sitting about 8ft away from a 48"-60" WILL BE a total waste.
 
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i hope they have a surprise in store for us and not just 4k/HDR support. show us some magic.
 
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