The big reason here is "unofficial" content apps. If all you do is use the included channels to watch content, and you're fine with that, no need to upgrade. If you want the Apple TV to be able to act as a more generic "media center", and access content in different formats and places, Apps should cover that on the new one. Ironically the new Apple TV will allow a lot more ways to access content (movies, music) outside of Apple's ecosystem. (Ignoring games and such since you don't seem interested).
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Tim Cook Says New Apple TV Will Ship Next Week, Orders Begin Monday
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could you link me to where you explain this. I'm not questioning I just want to understand. ( my TV set is nearing replacement age - and there's a long article on AVSforums about why now is not the time to buy a 4K TV. )
Different topic-
I wonder why Tim Cook didn't mention the iPad Pro availability as well.
I guess that means exact availability date is not known yet.
Or maybe he thought it was simply off-topic to the conversation.
Am talking about a reasonable budget here haha 4K OLED is still super expensive! When 4K OLED is a reasonable price then that's when I'll make the leap to up the resolution. For now though 1080p will serve me just dandy, thanks
More pixels *is* better though. It's just not the only important thing. Color is just as important. As is refresh rate, contrast levels, etc, they're all important. Obviously an amazing-everything-else 1080p TV is better than a crappy-everything-except-resolution 4k TV.
It's been said that the main reason for 4k TVs is that it simply allows for larger TV sets- sitting close to a 100" 1080p TV would yield some pretty fat pixels.
I'm surprised by that simply because they have to anticipate that a large group of users will be Netflix and Amazon Prime users, which offer 4K. They're going to lose out to the built-in apps because of that and narrow their value-add in the sales process.
My biggest surprise is the lack of a coax input -- if they truly want to offer a TV service with many levels, up to and including a replacement for full service, I'd imagine a large volume could be added to their sales for multiple TV homes. They could leverage a MoCa or DeCa to take advantage of coax already laid throughout a home, and again create a value-add sale, or at least knocking down a barrier of entry...
To be clear, it is just my personal opinion on the matter, but most of my issues with 4K I've explained here.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...more-at-wsjdlive.1930298/page-4#post-22113971
As for OLED, just google OLED vs LED and everything you'll come across will explain the advantages of OLED. Here's just one such example.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/oled-vs-led-lcd
Going off both of these things, I've come to the personal conclusion that I'd rather have a 1080p OLED set than a 4K LED set for the time being. There are also other issues that I guess that AVForums article you mentioned covered, things such as lack of HDMI 2.0 ports and high latency on current 4K sets.)
Now - obviously 4K OLED would suit the needs of both worlds, but if you look into it you'll find those TV sets are quite a pretty penny to say the least, and I am working within a budget here haha
In conclusion, and in my opinion, in the next year or so a 1080p OLED would be the way to go. If you're buying from 2017/2018 onwards, then I'd start looking for 4K OLED as the issues I've mentioned should have been addressed by then, and obviously they will also be more affordable.
APPS!
If you have no interest in having Apps then you are good to go with your $69 model.
Can you still stream from computers? I.E. can my entire iTunes library on my mac still be pulled up on the new Apple TV (music, TV shows, movies, etc)?
They seem to be wanting you to "store," content on the device. I just want to pull it off my mac as I do now, will I be able to, all of that? Music and TV shows?
They seem to be wanting you to "store," content on the device. I just want to pull it off my mac as I do now, will I be able to, all of that? Music and TV shows?
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I can believe that. If the content isn't there, then what is the rush to upgrade?
The 'other guy' said amplifier not receiver - there are a number of us who run the ATV through a hi-if system and my TV soundbar is optical input - I think it is an unnecessary change that limits the device
Can you not go:
ATV --HDMI--> TV --OPTICAL--> Soundbar
That way everything that is on your TV plays through the soundbar, regardless of the input (PS4/ATV/Bluray player etc)
Oh yes I will do that but it still limits the actual streaming device - removes an option that has been there since ATV2 came out
I'm not saying that content is not out there at all, it's just that there is very little of it available and less than 1% of all household TVs even have a 4K TV. Also, it's totally awesome that you're getting gigabyte fiber internet. While a few American cities have it, it will unfortunately be several more years before that becomes somewhat mainstream in the U.S.
I totally agree that change is coming. It just hasn't changed enough yet for Apple to support 4K distribution yet.
