Getting a New TV. Can I just plug in my ATV 4K or do I need to set it up as a new ATV?

[jaybar]

Hi

I already have an ATV 4K, connected to a an older TV, which we are replacing with a new 4K TV.

Can I just plug it in using my HDMI cable or do I need to set the ATV up again as new?

Thanks

Jay

 

[FarmerBob]

Make sure your HDMI cable is "High Speed Certified". Otherwise things will go wonky. Go to this site for more info:
https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_2_1/index.aspx
and
https://www.hdmi.org/index.aspx
and look for this sticker on the packaging:



Once it's all set up you can go through the "Settings" on the ATV4K and run "Check my cable" and it will tell you what it will or won't do.

 

[jaybar]

The HDMI cable is high speed. However, my question remains. Can I just plug it into the new TV set, or do I have to setup the ATV from scratch?

 

[niteflyr]

Just plug it in.

 

[kjm18]

The HDMI cable is high speed. However, my question remains. Can I just plug it into the new TV set, or do I have to setup the ATV from scratch?

Just need to change the display settings to 4K on the Apple TV settings

 

[x-evil-x]

they are separate devices so they keep their own settings. Anything tech wise is the same. Set top boxes can be used on any tv if it has the right HDMI input which is all of them.

 

[throAU]

As above, just plug it in - but you may need (or rather, want, for best experience) to use the correct HDMI input on your TV (be sure to use one that has the most recent HDMI standard/higher refresh rate for 4k/HDR/etc.) and it may pay to go through your AppleTV settings afterwards to re-detect/re-enable the 4k related features for your new TV.

But outside of that you should be able to "just plug it in and it should work".

 

[Tech198]

This is where Apple excels .. "you just plug it in, and it works"