Here, for no reason whatsoever, are my first impressions after having received the new Apple TV 4K last night. This replaced the previous-gen ATV4K in my man cave room, which now serves in the living room with a slightly older non- Dolby vision TV.
- Having owned and used Roku, Chromecast with Google TV, and fire sticks/cubes, dongles, ATV is still the cream of the crop, and, in my opinion, worth what they charge. Yes, it should be cheaper, but the entire experience is second to none. Chromecast with GTV is a close second, the roku interface is from the dark ages, and the fire tv experience leaves a lot to be desired, not to mention the fire sticks, from my experience, have awful performance issues.
- Remote: am I one of the few people who liked the previous remote? I actually not only didn't mind it, I liked it. Never lost it, appreciated the touch surface for fast navigation, and always enjoyed it to the larger, cheaper feeling remotes from everyone else. I like this new remote, even though it looks like the original silver remote and the first siri remote had a love child and this was the result. Has a cool retro Apple look to it, and I like that it's a little larger. I see why it had to be upgraded, but I never had an issue with the last version.
- I see, so far, absolutely no difference in the performance between this and the previous gen. Just my opinion. Will be using it all weekend and will update this as I go.
