Got a new TV

[jwolf6589]

Picked up a Roku HD TV 32 inches for $168 at Walmart today. I don't care about the Roku business as I use AppleTV so I did not bother signing the TV into the internet. Or should I enter my long and complex WIFI password on that remote controller anyways even though I don't use Roku? Finding a non smart TV was impossible (at least at Walmart). AppleTV HD seems to work great with the new TV and the TV has 3 HDMI ports so I can use the additional port to display my Canon(s) photos and video.

With TV's this large and larger I don't know why anyone would not want to use the Apple Photos app on the AppleTV to display their media instead of viewing it on a small and tiny phone.

 

[coolguy4747]

Apple TV is a much more pleasant experience than any smart TV's built-in interface that I've ever used. No need to connect the TV to wifi.

 

[jwolf6589]

Apple TV is a much more pleasant experience than any smart TV's built-in interface that I've ever used. No need to connect the TV to wifi.

Good because it would be a royal pain on the tv remote. At least appleTV let’s me use my iPhone keyboard to enter passwords or share passwords with appleTV from a iPhone.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Roku's update TV firmware via internet connection. So yes, go to the trouble of entering your password so the TV can update to the latest software. You don't have to adopt using ROKU UI, but it will potentially make improvement/fix issues with the TV to always have the latest software.

Option 2: occasionally connect an ethernet cable, update the TV's software, then unhook the ethernet cable.

And, while a MASSIVE AppleTV fan too (use one on EVERY TV at my home), I will offer that ROKU is a pretty good system. It offers shows/channels you can NOT get on AppleTV and they seem VERY committed (not hobby committed) to bringing as much content to people as possible. So you might want to look around their UI a bit. You might find something(s) on there you like that we can't enjoy on our AppleTVs.