It makes me sad because I have a 3rd gen and the "current" gen is from 2017 so I really don't want to upgrade now.this makes me so sad and i dont even have a 3rd gen tv
It makes me sad because I have a 3rd gen and the "current" gen is from 2017 so I really don't want to upgrade now.this makes me so sad and i dont even have a 3rd gen tv
I also got mine from my wife about 8 years ago and early on it was great. It was a number of years ago it started playing up and won’t connect to my iMac library. I found going into settings and restarting fixes it.So strange!
Mine works flawlessly since my wife gifted to me as brand new 8 years ago and after using it almost every single day since then. May be you have a defective one or even your Wifi could be the flawed one.
Are you sure your Wifi modem is close enough to your ATV? Have you ever tried a wired connection between the 2 boxes?
You mean sixth gen. The Apple TV 4K is the fifth generation.A fifth gen AppleTV needs to be released ASAP. As for Google stuff not support the AppleTV UIX.
Doesn’t have the same body either. The ATV4 is quite a bit larger.My mistake, I saw the photo and it has the same body as the 4th gen and I thought that it has tvOS 🤔
YouTube has terrible interfaces on every platform. The ATV one is probably the worst though.Can they now spend some time fixing how their player scrubs the video timeline if I try to navigate the controls (e.g. going down to related videos or the HD settings).
This is not an image of the third-generation Apple TV.
This does not make sense... Doesn't Apple TV third gen run exactly the same OS as Apple TV 4th gen and later? I would understand if they are stuck at older AppleTV OS, but that is not the case.
It's annoying because this is the only YouTube app in existence using an Apple template design. It's much better than any of the modern YouTube apps.
The YouTube app is pretty weak even on the ATV 4K. No support for 4K/60, no HDR, and the UI is always months behind what has been rolled out on other platforms. It's a poor effort.
Maybe you should try a wired connection so you can identify if the failure is because of your Wifi range/modem/antenna or not.I also got mine from my wife about 8 years ago and early on it was great. It was a number of years ago it started playing up and won’t connect to my iMac library. I found going into settings and restarting fixes it.
I did think WiFi was the issue but I had the issue arise while at the previous house I was living at. I’ve since moved and yes the modem is quiet a distance away so I have also been using it upside down (WiFi antenna is in the base).
I recently however extended my WiFi with a mesh extender and it’s still doing the same stuff.
Edit: As for the software slowness I thought it was just age. It locks up and you click something. The white light flash but nothing happens. Then suddenly it goes crazy to catch up to all the clicks you just did. I’ve tried a full reset as well.
I recommend the Roku stick (~$50) to all my clients. My only issue is that the remote is not rechargeable (needs two AAA batteries) which seems like a fail in 2021.Anyone have thoughts on Roku? I'm replacing my parents and will need 3 devices (so price matters). The Premiere is only $25 each.
They just work. My wife is kind of a technophobe and she gets along with them fine. We have two Roku Ultras (for the Ethernet port). And a Roku Streaming Stick+ that we use in our motorhome. I'd recommend spending $10 more for the Streaming Stick+. It has a better remote that can control TV power and volume.Anyone have thoughts on Roku? I'm replacing my parents and will need 3 devices (so price matters). The Premiere is only $25 each.
There is a reason why they are cheap, they are junk and the Ui is garbage. If not Apple tv, Firetv is the next best optionAnyone have thoughts on Roku? I'm replacing my parents and will need 3 devices (so price matters). The Premiere is only $25 each.
I still use my ATV3 to watch Netflix and Prime Video thru their own ATV3 channels, and also to watch YouTube airplaying from my iPad.I don’t use YouTube often at all and if I do, I AirPlay from the phone. But I am hanging onto my Apple TV 3 due to its optical out port, which is missing on all later models. This enables me to use it as audio streaming interface with my “dumb” 2 channel stereo hifi amp.
Almost daily for the last 8 years I have used to AirPlay YouTube from my iPad to my ATV3 with not a problem.I don’t think you can do YT with airplay, it tries to hand off to built in app.
I use two of them. Get a lot of errors when trying to play YT videos but eventually it works after several reboots.