Spongmincer
macrumors member
8k? For the four people in the world that have them.
8k? For the four people in the world that have them.
Good list. I have found that ATV is already best-in-class among streaming boxes when it comes to video and audio quality, but "even better" is always welcome. I have to reluctantly agree about the remote--aesthetically, I like it, but functionally I continue to curse it on a regular basis. But it's an improvement over the even-more-gimmicky 1st gen remote! Not sure what you would improve about the interface beyond the current tiled display of app icons. What would be "more welcoming?" I think "more information" beyond the icons would only clutter it up. And once you click on an icon to open it, the information you see is determined by the app, not Apple.Here's my "wish list" for the next ATV.
1) Improve the interface, make it more welcoming, more information shown
2) Continue to improve on video quality, including upscaling
3) Push the RAM to 8GB
4) Add WiFi 7
5) Allow for on-screen signal and bitrate information
6) Put an AI capable processor into it even if current TV OS isn't going to immediately get AI.
7) Kill the gimmicky remote and to a more traditional looking remote
Why is there an expectation that the Apple TV should be updated regularly? Its primary purpose is streaming media, and it streams 4K at high quality, with zero interface lag.
One thing that really irritates me about YouTube is the volume settings are inconsistent relative to the rest of the apps. Most everything on tvOS is relatively consistent for volume, but it's often way out of way for YouTube. Is this an Apple problem, or a Google problem, or a bit of both? I'm thinking it's mainly a Google problem.Would prefer all the investment goes into improving tvOS, to improve the UX, reliability, better sandboxing of apps like YouTube that crash the whole system often, better airplay support to remember settings, etc.
MAYBE if the whole hangs on the backside of the TV with the camera and IR sensor at the top, I guess it’d save one cable. But aesthetically I don’t know if I’d want a camera sitting there all the time.The bulit-in camera rumor still makes no sense to me.
Did you run out of space for apps?I have a 32 GB 4K 1st gen and regretted getting just 32 GB.
You're correct. Until it can project a hologram of Tim Cook, it's useless. \sarcasmThe Apple TV works, but it is a pretty boring product.
If you don't continue to improve and innovate products, they become stale and get surpassed by competitors.
Yes, I ran out of space with 32 GB, and had to manually manage the storage. With 128 GB, I don't have to manually mange that space. It seems tvOS is more comfortable self-managing storage when there is a lot of storage available.Did you run out of space for apps?
I have a 32GB and never had a problem with space before, but just today I was in the middle of watching a movie streaming from my Mac via Home Share and it stopped and a notification popped up saying that I was out of space. I don’t remember the last time I downloaded a new app to my ATV so I have no idea why I ran out of space today all of a sudden. Maybe it was a bug…
It's not mutually exclusive.tvOS is where the improvement needs to happen, not the hardware.
If you don't continue to improve and innovate products, they become stale and get surpassed by competitors.
I think both really. Software demands will always increase so improving the hardware is important also.
I was thinking the same thing. Mine sits in my entertainment center, so a camera is not going to work.Does anyone keep their Apple TV in a location where having a camera would make sense?
They need to have some limited browser interface to allow an improved tvOS SIRI to receive detailed information on content, as well as finding content across multiple streaming VoD hosts. It might be a bit too much of a step for an improved SIRI that can understand increased wordage, but we all would be happy to see this advance on the ATV4K IMHO. The biggest PITA is also the third party app interfaces against suggesting similar content based on what you watched, really no comparison to what you see on desktop web access to various quality VoD host web site navigation. Thank goodness the ATV4K allows Airplay 2 to work around these problems.No mention of Apple Intelligence support for Siri in the TV? It is a HomeKit hub. It should get upgraded Siri support.