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New Apple TV Coming Later This Year With A17 Pro Chip
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The A17 pro was great…. two years ago. In a couple months it will be 2 generations behind. And Apple wants us to play games „console-like“ on this outdated hardware?
I doubt they're primarily targeting the existing userbase with these ATV spec bumps. A8 iPhones only go up to iOS 12, A8 iPads up to iPadOS 15 but the Apple TV A8 will still get tvOS 26 - meaning it'll get at least 11 years of software support.
But if you're new to Apple TV or if you buy an additional Apple TV for another room or whatever, it's nice to get a model with more up-to-date specs, especially if the price stays the same.
I would like to see full audio passthrough. If this feature is executed well I buy it day one. I would love to be wrong but I am convinced that Apple still doesn’t give a f about audio enthusiasts.
If no audio passthrough, I am keeping my 2019 Nvidia Shield Pro.
If no audio passthrough, I am keeping my 2019 Nvidia Shield Pro.
yea that would be ideal, but in the mean time just put a piece of dark tape over it, bingo no more light
yra the move to usc-c is differently a thing, and good riddance to all the other usb ports, their bulky, non reversable and genteelly a pita.
The ATV has not had an HD for a wery long time , if ever, it''s been some kind of solid state device for a very long time. What do you mean "ability for apps" tvos has had the app store for ages, I must be missing something here, and no this was not intended as a needless nit pick (ok the HD vs solid state might be) I'm genuinely unsure what you mean with the app ability statement
Exactly, no bitstream, no buy. Why should I switch to the AppleTV if my Nvidia Shield from prehistoric ages lets my expensive receiver handle the output to my very expensive speakers and an AppleTV does not. This would be extremely stupid. Not only for atmos but also for 5.1.
You moan like there hasn’t been a new Apple TV for 5 years. The current model was released in 2022, so rather stupid to suggest anyone was expecting a new model in 2023. Expectations should be a new Apple TV every 2-3 years.
Agreed I got rid of plex for Jellyfin and infuse when plex started charging for everything and adding commercials to my own movies.
The A17 Pro was the first chip to have AV1 hardware decoding.
I have eventually decided that an Apple TV might be a good idea for me. But, with an updated model in the offing, I'm not going to buy a current model until I know what the differences are and can make a rational choice. (Or as near rational as I can!)
The sooner it is launched, the better.
The sooner it is launched, the better.
How about making it so it works reliably and I don’t have to continually reboot or reinstall apps. My Rokus run rings around this box. When it’s working it is fine but in the main it is the most unreliable and frustrating piece of Apple kit I own.
Plus you could easily output sound in lossless or hi-res (finally). But Apple doesn't seem to want their stuff to hook up to anything else that isn't Apple. We'll see if their home hub even has a USB port. Imagine that a "hub" without the ability to connect to stuff outside of wifi.
Is there any evidence that Apple/TSMC still makes the A17 Pro? I would have thought that the iPad Mini used chips from the leftover pile of A17 Pro chips made for the iPhone 15 Pro (it takes ~6 months for a wafer to get through the foundary, so if TSMC stopped new manufacturing new wafers in September 2024, there still would have been A17Pro chips coming off the line until March 2025).
The A17 Pro was designed for the iPhone 15 Pro models, but Apple still makes it for the iPad mini 7.
The A17 Pro supports Apple Intelligence, plus it can run console-quality games with advanced graphics effects.
Also, the A17 Pro was a disaster at playing console-quality games. It was basically a marketing exercise to allow games that were really targeted to M1+ Macs run on iPhones. The reality was the A17 Pro couldn't manage to keep 30 fps with consistent frame time in the majority of AAA games (Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 remake, Assassin's Creed Mirage etc), even at 720p/low quality.
I think 120 Hz is needed. With Apple getting into more sports broadcasting/streaming that market is crying out for 120 Hz content to capture the fast-moving action.
Smart TV solutions are garbage a couple of years after they launch. When I got my LG 4K TV in 2020 I thought I wouldn't need my Apple TV as the LG had all the apps I needed, but it was sooooo slow compared to the 2nd gen Apple TV 4K in terms of navigating, loading apps and starting streams. I went back to my TV's apps last week (as BBC iPlayer on Apple TV doesn't support UHD) after a few years of not using them...so frustrating waiting for the apps to catch-up.
Plus LG makes you agree to pretty dodgy T&Cs to use the built-in apps (they can basically spy on the content you are watching so they can sell the data to advertisers)