I have a low budget Vizio 4k hdr 55” tv but it looks good to me. We live in a rural area so our internet only gets up to maybe 5mb so I doubt I would even be able to stream 4k. I have an Xbox one s and PS4 pro as well. I do love my Apple products though. What to do?
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Should I get an Apple TV?
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Man, that's tough. I definitely would not get the 4k if you don't have HDR. I put in the 4k in my house on my non-HDR tv and the picture is unnoticeable. With your bandwidth, go with the 4th gen if you go with an AppleTV at all.
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- Do you have much "ripped" video already in iTunes that you want to easily stream to your TV?
- Do you have much music in iTunes that you want to easily stream to what are probably the best speakers in your home?
- Do you have much home movies digitized and already in iTunes that you want to easily play on that TV?
- Do you have many photos in Photos or iPhoto that you might want to show guests on the biggest and maybe best screen in the home?
- Do you like to play casual games or utilize basic apps on the big screen?
- Do you shoot much video on your iDevices and want an easy way to "toss" it to your TV?
TV, buy one and enjoy those features. Why "half"? Because
TVs are typically easy to sell used for about half their retail price. So buy, enjoy and then sell when you start hearing some rumors of an TV6 probably 2-4 years from now. In short,
TV is not just "Blockbuster video rental in a little box." It can do a lot of great things without needing much broadband bandwidth at all. For example, in my own case, I used to pay a whole lot more than even $199 for a Sony CD jukebox to very, very roughly approximate shuffle play for just music. I used to pay a whole lot more than even $199 for a Sony DVD jukebox to readily play my movie collection on demand. Relative to either, it feels like it's about 50X better leveraging the relationship between iTunes and TV... with or without a broadband connection. If you are really only interested in it as "Blockbuster in a little box", do you have broadband internet perhaps at work or "in town" such that you can go there, rent or buy a video to watch and download to your computer? If so, you can always get your video fix for the day or weekend that way, bring the computer home and then stream from its iTunes. That works just fine.
I hope this is helpful.
Maybe get a 4th gen. I absolutely love having iMovie Theater and Airplay and would recommend an Apple TV to anyone with an iPhone just for these.
Honestly, using the 5th gen 4K ATV doesn’t feel much different from the 4th gen. It’s not like the big leap in user interface that going from the 3rd gen to the 4th was.
Honestly, using the 5th gen 4K ATV doesn’t feel much different from the 4th gen. It’s not like the big leap in user interface that going from the 3rd gen to the 4th was.
With that internet speed I doubt you will be able to stream 4K so not sure it would be worth it tbh.
That will work for SD and HD video, but not 4k unfortunately.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207949
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"You can download a local copy of an HD movie, and you might be able to download HDR and Dolby Vision versions, but you can't download a 4K version."
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