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YouTube Enables 4K Video Playback at 60FPS on New Apple TV 4K
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I watched a Youtube 4K video at 60fps on my old AppleTV 4K (2017) to confirm it could right before I plugged in my new AppleTV 4K (2021). So doesn't seem exclusive to the new box to me.
edit: I was incorrect and looked past the higher resolution.
edit: I was incorrect and looked past the higher resolution.
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It is when you consider what all it does. Plus resale value on them is 100$ after 4 years. So 80$ divided over 4 years is 20$ a year. Not much.
Anyone able to confirm that it finally plays 4k video from the Mac Photos app in actual 4k instead of downscaling like it always has? It's crazy that it's taken this long to play video iPhones could create since 2015!
YouTube need to put some more effort into Apple TV app. add support for content matching.. so on.. also UI is older looking compared to LG TV..
To be honest shame no tv come with a Apple TV build into it as its a much better UI and longer updates.. LG stops supporting there tvs after a year !
To be honest shame no tv come with a Apple TV build into it as its a much better UI and longer updates.. LG stops supporting there tvs after a year !
Yup. Some knuckle head in here bought the new one because of this. Having the previous one as well.
Meanwhile, back in the real-world we all just lived through a pandemic lockdown where everyone was stuck at home and internet streaming sky rocketed. Despite the sudden increase in demand caused by the lockdown, the ISPs actually dropped their data caps during it and in the process proved that they've been lying about data caps being needed for network stability, and that they are really just a monopolistic strategy to bilk their customers.
HDMI 2.0A and B can actually play 4K 60. But you still need a CPU that's capable. Guess the A10X was not capable. So don't have to have HDMI 2.1 for this. But for HDR that is 120 you need HDMI 2.1.
If you want the extra 0.06hz you need the ATV 4K Max Pro. I hear it’s going to be really snappy.Leave it to Apple to not give you your full 60Hz.
Absolute bollocks. I’ve got a 2018 OLED and it had a firmware update only a couple of months ago.
I cannot get HDR to work on the YouTube app with my 2017 ATV 4K. Other movie apps it works fine.
YouTube app still does not auto switch. So you have to set your Apple TV to output HDR before you go into the YouTube app. The problem with that of course is that when watching a non-HDR video in YouTube it’s not going to look right. YouTube need to pull their finger out!
did you check quality setting in YouTube after starting the video? every time I did, it was playing at 1440p maximum for 60fps. but 2160p or 4k in 30fps was fine.
I gave my old Apple TV to my parents when I bought my new smart TV. I ordered the new Apple TV as soon as it was announced since the ads and notifications popping up on the kable channels are driving me crazy. They block an entire corner of the picture with messages like "press red to learn more about this show" and "press ok to allow tracking or go to settings to disable it". Sick of all the tracking and ads. First thing I will do when I get the new Apple TV is disconnect my TV from the internet and run everything thru the Apple TV.
It does not support HDR. Please turn on stats for nerds before any speculating. You will find the color is still bt.709.
Even if you selected the HDR system interface, if you turn on stats for nerds in your YouTube App, you will find out the color space is still bt.709 => which is SDR.
My suspicion is that tge clip shiwn it the tweet was some kind of £k hdr version of ntsc( us broadcast) iirc they usedthat strange frameraye due to backwards compatebility with b/w tv ( way back in the analog days, wow some things never change). I supect tgst if the sorce was a 4k/60 fps came capture you would see the expected 60.0 fpsLeave it to Apple to not give you your full 60Hz.