3.5gb! love the idea of this absolute chump sitting down and watching rips that go incredibly blocky and smeary as soon as there's a vaguely dark scene and him patting himself on the back that "bitrate doesn't matter".
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Apple TV+ Offers Highest Quality 4K Streaming, Averaging Up to 29Mbps
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3.5gb! love the idea of this absolute chump sitting down and watching rips that go incredibly blocky and smeary as soon as there's a vaguely dark scene and him patting himself on the back that "bitrate doesn't matter".
I’m easy to please. I still watch plenty of plain old YouTube videos on the 50” and think it looks good.
Oddly, it did the same thing again last night when we went to watch The Morning Show. I'm not sure it's a streaming thing because when you choose a movie, it should take you to the info page for the movie (description, choose episode, etc.). For me, I never get to the info page. Click a movie from the main page -- spinner. I tried other shows (non-ATV+ movies) in the ATV app and they play fine. It's just ATV+ shows.
Again, click on any ATV+ new show, and spinner. Had to restart my ATV4K again and it played fine.
Oddly, we don't have any issues with any other app or streaming source on this box. Just ATV+ movies.
I have seen The Morning Show and it is fantastic. If Apple continues to mature its service it will become a Netflix killer. The only thing they need to do is make Apple TV+ available on more screens.
Yes there 6 Shows are well worth Watching ... oh wait.. only one is . the rest is apple trying to hire big names to make themselves look big. but yet are clearly falling far short of Amazon and Netflix.
Where did you get the idea that only 1 is worth watching? I'd say 6 out of the 7 are worth watching.
If you’re downloading content to an iPhone/iPad, it will most likely be down converted to the devices approx native resolution, 720/1080. Playing a 4K video on an iPhone is a waste of data.
That said, your math was pretty much accurate for streaming, ~75 hours at 29Mbps would get you dangerously close to hitting a 1TB monthly data cap. To break that down further, that’s only ~2.5 hours of streaming a day to hit that in a month, which is easily doable for the average household. And that’s *just* streaming AppleTV+ and not factoring in any other internet activities.
Yes, but why for example is Breaking Bad not in 4K on iTunes?
Amazon Prime has far better 4K TV material than iTunes which is (as far as I'm aware) non existent outside the new offerings from Apple themselves.
I'm sure Breaking Bad started around 2008 so it's no surprise there's no 4K version on iTunes. Maybe in time it will be re-released in 4K as long as it's done right and not a lazy upscale effort.
You’re actually confusing the technologies. It has absolutely nothing to do with server infrastructure. It has to do with the size of the segments, the compression quality of the segments, and the size of the segments. Every streaming service has to pay a cost for every bit of data that is streamed to the consumer.
So just imagine Apple becomes Netflix’s level and streams 4K with h264 compression at max quality. Their burn rate will increase dramatically much more, and it will probably be something that will hurt their profits
Double check. I have a 2018 model and it got the AppleTV+ app and Airplay app on a software update in the last 6 months
Model 40UN7100
2017 Models earlier than that though, I don't know.
So you're saying Apple will not have the ability to ensure that they can continue to deliver ~30Mbps as demand grows? For instance by adding more servers to more locations? I find that hard to believe.
What a load of BS. It’s not bragging rights to have a picture that doesn’t pixelate like crazy like it often does on HBO Now. Its a damn luxury.
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Incorrect. Having HDR won’t improve the pixelation problem HBO has. Only bitrate will.
No, I am saying Apple will start to see its costs of delivering 30Mbps go up. There is a reason why some services for 4K cap out at 15-20 MBPs. It’s not because of infrastructure but because of the ROI of how much users stream vs how much return Apple gets from user acquisition value.
As demand grows, so do your costs. Infrastructure can easily be solved.
You act like Phil and Tim are making TV shows. They're hiring tv/movie people to do it.
Sure. Okay. But that wasn't the point I was making. Infrastructure, costs, call it what you will. The fact remains that we don't know what Apple will do as demand grows. They may reduce quality or they may not. It remains to be seen. And again, during the meantime, they offer a visually superior service.
Mine does, too. We have it plugged in to the router and have 250 mbps download speed. We’ve verified the speed through the fast app and every other website and app. We actually get about 260-265. Netflix lags, even when showing trailers. Prime doesn’t nor do any of the other Apple TV apps. I’m thinking of deleting the Netflix app, then reinstalling it to see if it helps. The picture is better on Apple TV than watching through Comcast’s box.
I get 60 mbit/second streaming Netflix 4K. Note that this is still lower quality than an HD blu-ray, because it has 4x the resolution of the HD blu-ray but only 3x the information. This is still around 100x compression, and the still frames show it.
I've finally been able to utilize my ATV 4K to it's full potential recently. With the launch of ATV+ and season two of Jack Ryan both in 4K, I've certainly noticed the difference when streaming compared to, say, Netflix or Hulu shows that aren't in 4K.
Definitely very much appreciated to finally watch UHD content with my new 4K TV.
Definitely very much appreciated to finally watch UHD content with my new 4K TV.
Netflix 4K is a sham. It's 4K just to tick a resolution box, but everything else about it is trash: bitrate, compression, and metadata.
For a night and day difference, take any 4K movie on Netflix, watch a couple chapters. Then grab a remux, play the same chapters, and you'll be shocked at what 4K should really be.
For a night and day difference, take any 4K movie on Netflix, watch a couple chapters. Then grab a remux, play the same chapters, and you'll be shocked at what 4K should really be.