New Apple TV Teardown Provides Closer Look at A8 Chip, Larger Heat Sink and Siri Remote

[unplugme71]

What If I have a Gigabit connection to the internet (yes, it's offered here where I live) and want to download stuff to my Apple TV as faster than one tenth of the bandwidth I have available? If I were to buy a movie from iTunes for example. I guess it's then downloaded to the Apple TV, no?

I have Gigabit too. Like I mentioned before, 1080p content can be done easily over a 10/100 network multiple times. So streaming video is never an issue unless the network occurs lots of latency.

If you want to download the video, then having a faster pipe is better so long as the rest of the network, including the source provides the same or better throughput available to you.

Movies do not currently download to the Apple TV's. I'm not sure if the new model will either as the storage there is more for apps.

 

[kds1]

Same reason they omitted the SCSI port, DB-9 serial port, modem port, VGA port, etc. from other product lines. Time to move on and leave behind attaching ancient legacy equipment. Unused connectors (by most typical customers) are a wasted cost.

I really am not up on the latest audio stuff. I have no external speakers or surround system or anything like that. I just was under the impression that optical audio was high quality.

 

[Crzyrio]

I really am not up on the latest audio stuff. I have no external speakers or surround system or anything like that. I just was under the impression that optical audio was high quality.

It is actually the other way around these days.

HDMI is capable of higher bandwidth, resulting in being able to do more channels than optical as well as utilize the newer codes that optical has not caught up to.

 

[star-affinity]

I have Gigabit too. Like I mentioned before, 1080p content can be done easily over a 10/100 network multiple times. So streaming video is never an issue unless the network occurs lots of latency.

If you want to download the video, then having a faster pipe is better so long as the rest of the network, including the source provides the same or better throughput available to you.

Movies do not currently download to the Apple TV's. I'm not sure if the new model will either as the storage there is more for apps.

Yeah, I hope it will be fine. I've been hoping for years for this updated Apple TV, so I guess I'll get one. But I did recently get Sony's entry level 4K camcorder, so it feels a bit sad if the Apple TV aren't able to play these. I only have a 1080p TV at the moment, but would still like to be able to playback the clips on the Apple TV. But maybe the A8 can handle that? They files are in MP4 format.

 

[unplugme71]

Yeah, I hope it will be fine. I've been hoping for years for this updated Apple TV, so I guess I'll get one. But I did recently get Sony's entry level 4K camcorder, so it feels a bit sad if the Apple TV aren't able to play these. I only have a 1080p TV at the moment, but would still like to be able to playback the clips on the Apple TV. But maybe the A8 can handle that? They files are in MP4 format.

I'm upset cuz I can't watch 4K videos filmed on my 6S on my Apple TV

 

[jastanle84]

iFixit has posted a hardware teardown of the new fourth-generation Apple TV, providing a closer look at the set-top box's A8 chip, flash storage, redesigned power supply with a larger heat sink and other logic board components. The website also provided a teardown of the accompanying Siri Remote.

Under the hood, the new Apple TV features a dual-core, 64-bit Apple A8 chip with 2GB of SK Hynix LPDDR3 SDRAM, custom Apple memory controller, SK Hynix NAND flash storage, Universal Scientific Industrial Wi-Fi module and SMSC USB 2.0 to 10/100 Ethernet controller.

Apple TV 4 Components List
Apple A8 APL1011 SoC
SK Hynix H9CKNNNBKTBRWR-NTH 2 GB LPDDR3 SDRAM
Universal Scientific Industrial 339S00045 Wi-Fi module
SMSC LAN9730 USB 2.0 to 10/100 Ethernet controller
Apple 338S00057 custom memory controller
Texas Instruments PA61
Fairchild Semiconductor DF25AU 010D 030D
DP2700A1
SK Hynix H2JTEG8VD1BMR 32 GB NAND Flash
NXP 1112 0206 5271B4K
V301 F 57K C6XF G4

The new Apple TV also has a larger heat sink, which is likely a contributing factor to the set-top box's taller form factor. The redesigned power supply is rated at 12V at 0.917A, compared to the third-generation Apple TV's rating of 3.4V at 1.75A. The heat sink is situated above the heat-sensitive logic board.

The teardown of the Siri Remote reveals a ST Microelectronics low-power ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, Qualcomm CSR1010 Bluetooth radio, Texas Instruments low-power digital signal processor, the same Broadcom touch screen controller used in the iPhone 5s/5c and iPad Air, 410 mAh battery and a few other chips.

iFixit gave the new Apple TV a strong repairability score of 8 out of 10, with ten being the easiest to repair, because it has only a few major components, a replaceable power supply and standard Torx screws. It also found the Siri Remote has a wide gap, making it easy to pry apart for repairs.

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Does the new device allow a user to add a proxy or change the DNS server that the device uses?