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Apple to Debut Apple TV With 4K HDR Support at September Event
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I guess I need to buy 4k HDR TV before I get too excited about this.Does 4k HDR even make a big difference compared to 1080p?
For me HDR makes the biggest difference , it can actually make a bright light in a scence make you squint if watching in the dark.
To me, the 4K and HDR is great, but will Apple finally pony up and include the HD Sound Formats (True HD, DTS-HD, Atmos,DTS:X)? Because I feel jipped that my 4th gen has to internally convert the audio stream because 4th gen doesn't natively support the HD sound formats. IF it does have the codecs, day one purchase.
I would love a remote with Touch ID and app support so I could better curate content and settings for my kids, myself, and my wife.
Really? Is it HDR? How do you like it? I was looking at Sony one 55 inch for 1 grand
Nice! I bought a 4K TV a year ago in preparation for this, can't wait! Will probably give my ATV3 to my mum.
I got a Sony XBR65X850C 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD 3D Smart LED TV (2015 Model) off Amazon a year and a half ago for $1400 and sold my very old TV for $100.... so for $1300 it's been completely worth it.
Can't. Wait. For. A. 4k. Apple. TV.
I still regularly watch SD and only just got an HD capable TV. I won't be upgrading to 4K until I'm forced to.
Anyways, that's completely irrelevant. The real question is, will it have an actually useful remote?
The issue with the remote, for anyone who hasn't figured it out, is why the hell are there so many buttons? It has 6 dedicated buttons plus a multitouch surface which you can click. I might be mistaken, but I believe that for every freaking thing you can do on the Apple TV, there's at least 2, and in many cases 4 or more, different things you can do which will all do it.
The result is a UI that's far more complicated than necessary. Rather than distill it down to exactly what was necessary, they decided to throw in extra, redundant, buttons.
They need to look back at the iPhone. 4 buttons and a touch area, for a far more capable device. There's no need to have a Menu and a Home and a Siri button - all three can be handled with one button as it is on the iPhone. There's no need for a play/pause button - that can be handled with just the touch sensitive area.
Now we're down to 3 buttons - one fewer than the iPhone. Add in a lock button, same as the iPhone has.
Oh, and make it so you have an actual keyboard.
And now that we've arrived at it - throw out the stupid remote, just use any iOS device.
Anyways, that's completely irrelevant. The real question is, will it have an actually useful remote?
The issue with the remote, for anyone who hasn't figured it out, is why the hell are there so many buttons? It has 6 dedicated buttons plus a multitouch surface which you can click. I might be mistaken, but I believe that for every freaking thing you can do on the Apple TV, there's at least 2, and in many cases 4 or more, different things you can do which will all do it.
The result is a UI that's far more complicated than necessary. Rather than distill it down to exactly what was necessary, they decided to throw in extra, redundant, buttons.
They need to look back at the iPhone. 4 buttons and a touch area, for a far more capable device. There's no need to have a Menu and a Home and a Siri button - all three can be handled with one button as it is on the iPhone. There's no need for a play/pause button - that can be handled with just the touch sensitive area.
Now we're down to 3 buttons - one fewer than the iPhone. Add in a lock button, same as the iPhone has.
Oh, and make it so you have an actual keyboard.
And now that we've arrived at it - throw out the stupid remote, just use any iOS device.
Oh boy, imagine Game of Thrones in 4K, imagine Khalessi's boobs in 4K!
I hope there is more to ATV than just 4K.
I am hoping some way to be able to watch my library without the need of a Mac on at all times. I would love to hook up and external drive to ATV and be able to watch the contents of it.
I am hoping some way to be able to watch my library without the need of a Mac on at all times. I would love to hook up and external drive to ATV and be able to watch the contents of it.
Do any of these people who are posting charts and claiming 4k only makes a difference within a certain distance actually own a 4k TV? I have two 55 inch 4k TVs, both of which I sit more than 8 feet away, and I can easily tell the difference.
More precisely, you should make sure that the TV supports both HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
In my experience (from UHD Blu-rays) HDR is really a mixed bag. Most movies today aren't made with HDR in mind (since HDR is still very rare in theaters). So they regrade the colors just for the home releases, and quite often the colors don't look natural at all, and certainly not as intended by the director. Also, crushed blacks are pretty common.
Not as bad as the state of GPUs in the Mac Pro.... 5 year old tech for those deadbeat computers and still charge thousands... lol.
If this really is true I will most likely be getting one. I've never had an Apple TV before since I always used my PS4 to do my streaming stuff but having 4K and HDR would be amazing.