New Apple TV 4K - Worth the Upgrade?

[Coffee50]

For those who’ve upgraded to the latest model from the previous 4K Apple TV, are you happy with the new model?

I‘m on the fence & just curious to hear honest thoughts. Do you find there’s a noticeable difference between the two? Thanks!

 

[cmaier]

For those who’ve upgraded to the latest model from the previous 4K Apple TV, are you happy with the new model?

I‘m on the fence & just curious to hear honest thoughts. Do you find there’s a noticeable difference between the two? Thanks!

There will be almost no difference.

 

[vegastime]

It may depend on the TV you have. The raised black issue in Dolby Vision has apparently been 99.9% fixed. This may only be an issue with OLED TV’s though, not sure.

 

[countryside]

No. Not even that impressed with my new remote. If anything, just get the remote. Even that is a stretch though.

 

[Username Here]

Mine is enroute from BestBuy..I think I will return it, un-opened..I have the model after Gen 1 with the hard drive, works fine with no 4K..I get the 4K thru the LG/TV Apps...

 

[MistrSynistr]

I have a house full of people who hated the prior remote (mostly because they refused to learn the gestures) and they love the new one, so there's something.

 

[George Dawes]

I upgraded the remotes only - and what an upgrade !!!!

The new remote is utterly superb 10/10 5 stars from me 🙂

 

[nutmac]

For those who’ve upgraded to the latest model from the previous 4K Apple TV, are you happy with the new model?

I‘m on the fence & just curious to hear honest thoughts. Do you find there’s a noticeable difference between the two? Thanks!

I wanted the new remote, so I sold my old Apple TV 4K 32GB for $110 and ordered the new Apple TV 32GB from Costco ($169.99).

I also bought another new Apple TV 4K 64GB for Apple TV-less TV.

As for the differences (other than the remote), they are admittedly limited:

• Apps launch more quickly.
• Some Apple Arcade games feel more fluid. None feel slower.
• Thread for my growing collection of Eve and Nanoleaf smart home products.
• TV can output audio (eARC) to HomePods.

I hope that future tvOS and app updates would bring some additional improvements, most notably:

• Full HDMI 2.1 support, such as Quick Media Switching. Since my Apple TV is upscaling everything to 4K anyway, QMS should greatly speed up media playback.
• YouTube app updated for HDR.