I am in the process of purchasing a few apple tv's for the house. Is 64gb enough for most people? What takes up the space? would I be better off spending the extra 20 bucks for the 128gb?
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I am getting ready to buy a couple of aTvs. Storage options?
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If all you're doing is streaming, 64gb is more than enough. Apps take up very little space. If you plan on downloading games from Apple Arcade you might want to go 128. I have 4 Apple TVs and all of them are 64gb with loads of space left on all of them.
Thanks. I will get 2 64gb and a 128 for my son. Can’t wait to get them now.
Also the 128GB version of the newest model is the only one that has an Ethernet port if you need or might need that for your home network in the future. If you are using HomePods at all I highly recommend an ethernet connection as the HomePods will take up some of your router's wi-fi bandwidth and you will not get your full internet download speed with streaming.
Yup.
It only takes about a dozen large games on the 64GB version before you start seeing out of storage messages.
I have the 128GB, and I see the message all the time. Wished there was a 256GB version.
I have plenty of bandwith on my home networks. But I may as well spend the extra money and have all 128gb models.
I have the 128GB version. I also subscribe to Apple Arcade so I'm glad to have the extra space. However, the ethernet port is also useful on that model.
I try to hardwire the devices that stream stuff such as our TVs. For our two AppleTV4Ks the Ethernet port is desired and therefore require the larger storage units. I’ve never even come close to using half of the 64GB storage of the cheaper unit but the Ethernet port drags me to spend more.
We do have relatively fast WiFi throughout the home, but there’s just nothing like the speed/reliability of Ethernet connections.
We do have relatively fast WiFi throughout the home, but there’s just nothing like the speed/reliability of Ethernet connections.
For 20 bucks the 128 is a no brainer plus wired ethernet wipes the floor with wi fi imo
I just bought another one about 15 minutes ago !!
I just bought another one about 15 minutes ago !!
Nicely put, and completely agree for those with appropriate setups.
My home is already built and i am not running cat 6 now. Wireless is fine for me. I have made sure I have lots of bandwidth in my setup. I do not have slowdowns even with 50 plus devices on at once.
You are fortunate, and likely in the majority today. For me, bandwidth is only part of my WiFi issue. I live in a home constucted in 1905 with plaster and lath walls that are a foot thick, and those are just the interior walls. I have 8 eeroPro routers throughout the home and garage and subscribe to symmetric (up and down speeds equal) 300mbps service. WiFi is decent, sufficient to reach my roughly 30 devices including my car, but speeds are MUCH slower than the service or the routers should provide due to my walls which are apparently designed to be huge WiFi killers.
I’ve mitigated the issue a bit by connecting three of the eeroPros to Ethernet back to a hub on the gateway eeroPro, and in turn an Ethernet connection from that eeroPro to the AppleTV4Ks. That seems to be bulletproof and provides a far better viewing experience than using just the WiFi features alone or even on just one of those two legs. I also have my iMac on a direct Ethernet connection back to the gateway router hub and have the full speed at that device.
If I can afford them at some point, I’ll likely replace the eeroPros that I have (5G) with the new models (eeroPro6e’s) and would likely get better results. Though in my home I doubt that they would approach pure Ethernet speeds or reliability.
As an added kicker to all this, I have about a dozen Thread devices, which my current eeroPros allegedly support. I still have some of these devices go “No Response” from time to time, colossally annoying every time as these devices control things like lamps with plugs located where I have to move furniture or fold up into uncomfortable yoga poses to reach. That’s why I wanted to use smartplugs to begin with…to avoid all that.
And lastly, I’ve come to hate networking and the constant fiddling required, at least in my situation. Hopefully others’ mileage is better.
My home was built by my father in 1994 well above minimum spec for building codes. We (my dad and I ) were general commerical contractors for years. This house is built well. Back then, networking was not a thing really. So, there was no reason to install wires for it. I purchased it off my father in 2013. They moved to their cottage at the lake and my family moved in here.
Fast forward to today, we have 1gbs up and down load speeds via Bell fibe internet. I have 4 wireless pods that run on that system, one upstairs, one downstairs, one in my oldest sons living area and one in my upper garage to provide wifi in the garden and feed the gel filled cat 6 going down to my lower workshop. I speedtest regularly and I never see less than 300-400mbps on wireless. I am 1gbps up and down on wire on my workstation in my office.
I have no bottle necks here.
Fast forward to today, we have 1gbs up and down load speeds via Bell fibe internet. I have 4 wireless pods that run on that system, one upstairs, one downstairs, one in my oldest sons living area and one in my upper garage to provide wifi in the garden and feed the gel filled cat 6 going down to my lower workshop. I speedtest regularly and I never see less than 300-400mbps on wireless. I am 1gbps up and down on wire on my workstation in my office.
I have no bottle necks here.