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New Apple TV Coming Later This Year With A17 Pro Chip
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If you've ever had to endure the teeth-pulling experience of using the native Android interface on any 'smart' TV then you'll know that an Apple TV is practically a neccesity.
I'd call the ATV their best value product. Its relatively cheap, fast, makes no noise, has an interface that knows when to get out of the way and unlike Google isn't trying to constantly sell you something.
I'd rather have a camera from Apple than Google hoovering up all my TV watching data to better profile me for adverts!
This is actually a good shout. Apple had previously bought PrimeSense, the company they created the original Xbox Kinect to miniaturise it into the FaceID array.
With all the LiDAR tech they have knocking around from the Vision Pro they could easily build a successor that allowed you to use gestures and voice commands to control the TV (the same ones from Vision Pro?) Some may scoff at this but the very same controls were actually well integrated into the Xbox 360. Voice processing happened on-device so if you had to get up to go to the kitchen or bathroom you could just say 'Xbox, Pause' and it would happen instantly.
It feels like an eternity since a MR member wrote anything new (and relevant) in response to a front page article.
I’ve never used a TV interface that’s 1/10 as good as our AppleTVs. I have access to more apps, more customization, faster performance, no ads, etc. An Apple TV isn’t required and never was, it’s just way better.
Amen! The current "it's in the cache until it isn't" approach is antiquated and flawed.
While I don't see that happening, I would like to eliminate one of the power cords near my TV.
If you use Apple fitness or have multiple TV's in the household and want the same interface that's not full of ad's they do.
I’m not sure I understand the FaceTime camera. I’d assume most Apple TVs are in some sort of a credenza or hidden? Mine is mounted on the wall behind my tv so this would be a worthless feature for me.
Curious to understand why you used brown electrical tape instead of a matching black electrical tape. They must have been out of black at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Amazon, and basically every retailer on the planet?
Can we get one with a speaker that responds to 'find my'?
That damn thing keeps slipping between the cushions and into the internals of the recliners.
The AppleTV is leaps and bounds better experience than any TV or set top box I've tried.
My last year model LG is "ok", and Amazon's Fire line was ok, but these days they're slow and buggy.
I don’t want a smart TV with ads no thank you and a clutter experience. Yuck ! I’ll stick with Apple TV.
If that is a realistic 'prototype' I'll pass and just keep on with the 2 current generation.
I don't WANT a unit that has a camera that requires me to change my tv setup for a feature I will never use, but which Apple will find SOME way to force me to use, cuz spiteful Apple mindset.
I don't WANT a unit that has a camera that requires me to change my tv setup for a feature I will never use, but which Apple will find SOME way to force me to use, cuz spiteful Apple mindset.
Yeah, I just took a hole punch to a small piece of black electrical tape. Works perfectly and looks nice.
Such a bad take 120hz is needed as you said its a streamer box, and as so GeForce Now, Boosteroid etc need 120hz mode to reduce latency for game streaming.
Just because you don’t game doesn’t mean it’s an irrelevant need.
Good idea to use a hole-punch. I just snipped a square piece. Your idea is even better.
I'd like a picture-in-picture function which would allow me to watch two separate feeds (i.e. a football game and a YT video) at once - with the ability to switch back-and-forth easily. Half time, commercial breaks, etc. - just pop it into a corner and watch something else, but keep an eye on things just in case.
