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New Apple TV is Thinner and Weighs 50% Less With Fanless Design
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Did you think apple just made this model cheaper than its predecessor out of goodwill? Good one 🤣
For all you guys know the new model will have some rubber feet added to negate this issue. No use in arguing over what MIGHT be a problem, just wait till you have it and THEN complain
isn't that the whole point of USBC for the legions on MR who have USBC ports on Apple products at the top of their xmas list? 😀
However, the Ethernet on the 1080p ATV I have is slower than it’s WiFi, so it was not used on either of my 2 units. Now that the new one goes to WiFi 6 2x2 MIMO, even the Gigbit port is not really a value add over being a hard connection.
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the old one has rubber feet. it doesn't help. he isn't wrong about the ATV moving around easily. But Apple is not going to add 20 lbs so it doesn't move.For all you guys know the new model will have some rubber feet added to negate this issue. No use in arguing over what MIGHT be a problem, just wait till you have it and THEN complain
. One has to "mount" it themselves if it bugs.
For all you guys know the new model will have some rubber feet added to negate this issue. No use in arguing over what MIGHT be a problem, just wait till you have it and THEN complain
I'll be honest...for all the complaining I'm doing about the new Apple TV I'm very likely going to buy it because I like to have the latest model since it is something I used just about daily
M1 iPad pro to M2 iPad Pro .... that is a bit tougher
I just lifted my 2021 ATV4K and there aren't any rubber feet. It's also super heavy and doesn't move at all. That being said, I doubt that they would make the new one without taking stability into consideration, I'm sure it'll be fine.the old one has rubber feet. it doesn't help. he isn't wrong about the ATV moving around easily. But Apple is not going to add 20 lbs so it doesn't move.
Oh you're right. Just looked at mine. I thought the bottom was rubberish material. Mine just sits loosely behind my tv on the wall. It's my old one (lighter one) that i remember moving around in the media center. Probably doesn't have rubber feet either.
And saying it doesn't move at all...well I never had a problem with it but I would disagree about that because we are talking about when you pull on a cable or have a stiff thick HDMI cable connected to it that wants to move whatever it is connected to if is curved a bit. I'm not complaining about it myself. But it is a thing.
A bit silly that they bothered to make it smaller and lighter. In fairness, does make it easier to stick it on the back of a TV instead of with the other larger hardware. I have the previous 2 generations and the chance of me upgrading this go around is slim. The last one is a great model, so the only people I see buying this are people who either their first one or and additional one for a new TV. They should be low power mac mini.
I mean yeah, if you yank a cord it's attached to it'll move but idk of any product I own that wouldn't do the same. Really not a big deal if you ask me but to each their own.
My original Apple TV 4K had a lightning cable at least …
The Original ATV4 that you have is still over-speced for a TV box. Most of the upgrades seem to be focused on the gaming factor but the reality is gaming is unlikely to be a big thing on the ATV, it's a fairly big port to take a Playstation, Xbox, Switch or PC game and port it to TVOS and at the price the userbase just isn't big enough to justify it. It either needs Apple to throw money at studios to port big AAA titles or they actually need price cuts even bigger than we see here or on the gaming front its really only ever going to be ios/ipados ports.
So sure the extra power makes things a little snappier on the average person's use but the reason to upgrade to any of the 4K ones is if you need the better Video and Audio formats and if in your case you don't it's not worth it. If you do plan to get a 4K tv but not right away just wait for somewhere to have a sale on it (or wait for refurbished ones to land on the Apple refurb store, or even just pick up a 1st or 2nd gen 4K if you don't need HDR10+)
Doesn't the previous model support HDMI 2.1 at least in theory. Apple never actually implemented any 2.1 features though, such as 120hz or ALLM.
Just ordered mine. Will be here November 4th.
Thanks for sticking it to me Apple. LOL
Thanks for sticking it to me Apple. LOL
I still think Apple TV should have the home app, so when you need things to update, you can do it via the remote control.
Haha yeah the weight, we need to save the earth by not making the AppleTV so darned heavy! The current model could affect the earth’s orbit.