I came here looking for info on the new remote having AirTag functionality built in, thanks for bringing it up. Maybe they're surprise us at release time. Or maybe Apple will be Apple and add it next year once we've all bought this newest model...
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New Apple TV 4K Supports WiFi 6, Thread and HDMI 2.1
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Sadly, the new Apple TV 4K only has 1 GB Ethernet. HDMI 2.1, 10 GB Ethernet and ... an A14 chip - that would be the ultimate streaming machine
A lot of low to mid-end TVs (and some high end TVs) have Android TV or Google TV. That has a very rich app ecosystem. It's not as slick as Apple TV, but it works fine. And some apps that are paid on Apple TV are free on Android TV (albeit, again, not as slick).
LG's app ecosystem is also quite rich, for streaming apps at least. I assume the same is true for Samsung, although I don't know for sure since I don't have a Samsung TV.
Uh, what? What video do you stream at 2000 Mbps? Apple TV+ doesn't even break 50 Mbps.
Don't care about the A12, 4K-60Hz.
Give me the remote now!!
I hate the current Siri Remote with a passion. I think it was Jonny Ive's secret way to punish us for watching TV.
Give me the remote now!!
I hate the current Siri Remote with a passion. I think it was Jonny Ive's secret way to punish us for watching TV.
If the AppleTV had ARC/eARC couldn’t audio be routed to it to play over wirelessly connected AirPods or HomePods? I bought a pair of HomePods, and they sound great, but still haven’t decommissioned the old audio as I still need it for TiVo.
LOL - that remote is definitely not Apple's best design!
Well, I thought this update might have takem advantage of the Arcade ecosystem they try to build. Unfortunatley they seem reluctant to embrace a game centric ATV.
WTF! Sigh, maybe Novell will buy the Harmony business and save it.
Will I be able to switch inputs with the new remote? It would suck if I couldn’t.
For what? What really do you need out of a streaming box with a m1 chip? To play mobile games on?
Watch the remote sold separately go Out of Stock real quick. lol
Even better, I will need to upgrade my old Harmony One anyway. My point was most HT remotes are the price or more of a new ATV. So I think the offering is a good value.
I'll probably get one soon.
Yes, and this is somewhat devastating to the A/V enthusiast market. I have a Harmony Elite and absolutely love it. With Logitech exiting, the market now consists of ultra-expensive solutions requiring professional installers like Control4, more basic universal remotes that offer a fraction of the functionality of the Harmony, and complicated DIY projects likely requiring knowledge of coding. Harmony was by no means perfect, but they'll be sorely missed. Hopefully someone else comes into the segment and is able to offer similar features, ease of use, and price points that Logitech did.
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You know, I'm thinking. $60 for a new remote, or just go ahead and buy a whole new ATV for $180/$200?
So, do I just buy a new remote for $60, or go ahead and buy a new device for $180 and figure it's got a $60 discount?
I honestly can't wait to see if eARC is indeed supported. I was very critical with my colleagues that the AppleTV was NOT the better TV device (the 4K Roku Ultra was massively better in quality than the Apple TV 4K). With all the stats coming in, it's looking like the new Apple TV will be crazy hot!
Well, $180 is 3X the price of $60.
That said, while I definitely won't buy a new Apple TV, I probably won't buy the remote either. I use a Harmony remote anyway most of the time and just use the Apple remote for scrubbing, because it's way too slow now to scrub through a video on Apple TV in most apps, using the basic FF and RW buttons. Note that this behaviour changed when Apple introduced the Siri remote. They updated the OS for the new remote, but diminished the functionality of the old remote and Harmony remotes. With later iterations of tvOS, scrubbing with the basic commands usually takes a very long time.
I'm wondering if new iterations of tvOS to support the new remote will change the scrubbing behaviour again back closer to the way it was before. If it does, then I can just stop using the Siri remote 98% of the time.
A couple of months back I went out and bought the last two discounted Logitech Harmony Companion remotes I could find in Toronto, to replace two of my Harmony 650/665 remotes. But then I read about all the problems around the new year with iOS 14 for people setting up new hub-based Harmony remotes, and I didn't like the fact the Companions had only 3 activity buttons and no screen. So I returned them and just picked up a backup 665 for cheap, which works fine for my needs. The Elite was too expensive and there was no stock anyway.
Apple TV offers higher bitrates than on the Apple TV app.
If you have a large movie collection, Apple also has iTunes Extras on the Apple TV, but not the app.
Love the new remote , do you think you could buy it separately ?
My Apple TV is perfect apart from that
My Apple TV is perfect apart from that
Will add one to my second TV - 4K on my other TV.
Thread support is a big win for me as I expand more HomeKit devices.
Thread support is a big win for me as I expand more HomeKit devices.
Just like with the HomePod Mini, Apple silently releases another Thread device. They really should emphasize this some more. Thread support makes this an amazingly futureproof Homekit hub option for those interested in smart home things.