A new Apple TV is expected to be released in the first half of 2024. Below, we recap rumored features and changes for the streaming box. The...
  • NLCPGaming@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Maybe this placebo but I’m sure one of you smart individuals can tell me but it’s the quality higher on Apple TV than other streaming boxes?

  • Sbaker777@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Since everyone else is sharing anecdotes: my 4k broke after 4 or 5 years. I still bought a new 4k because you can’t beat the damn thing in terms of streaming boxes. It is by a wide margin, the GOAT.

    • KEYSER_SOZ3@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Same here. Just stopped working one day, no lights, no video output, nothing. Tried replacing the power supply which did nothing so now it’s nothing more than a paper weight.

      But to your point, when it worked it was so much better than any other alternative.

  • garylapointe@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This isn’t very analytical stuff:

    • Faster chip? That’s unheard of in a new model!
    • Lower price? They did it last time, maybe they can do it again if they strip out a thing or two…
    • Similar design? It’s been pretty much the same for the last 13 years, not a shocker.

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    That said, other than saving $20, there aren’t any listed reasons for a new one. Did I miss some actual “features?”

    • manateefourmation@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      By far the best streaming device out there. The only thing I want is a remote that makes a sound when I use Find My." The work around they cam out with is ok … still should just have find my

    • fonix232@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I for one wouldn’t mind seeing Apple adding a secondary dedicated wireless chip, to be used with HomePods (if they’re in home theatre mode), instead of relying on the user’s WiFi. If anyone, Apple has the means to do so, and it would reduce the issues many are having with e.g. channel hopping.

      Beyond that, it would be interesting if Apple also introduced a more gaming focused TV box. tvOS is already an essentially somewhat stripped down iOS, so putting the appropriate hardware under it could make it into a good entry option for even more taxing games. Imagine an M3 Pro powered beast with 16GB RAM, M.2 expandable storage for larger games, and unlike Macs, they’d have absolute control over the market. Apple’s hardware already goes head to head with top of the mid-range dedicated gaming hardware, at fraction of the power consumption, so once they get serious about gaming, I could see such a device clawing some of the market share away from Sony and Microsoft.

    • Money_Visual_5227@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think the biggest thing it’s missing is integrating the ability to watch broadcast TV, as well as Apple TV Netflix etc, people just want one solution. Here in the UK Sky have their stream service which has broadcast TV, Sky channels Netflix at call intergrated into the one device that just needs and internet connection.

  • Koleckai@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not really anything to get excited about. A faster CPU isn’t going to really improve streaming much. It could enable gaming but that seems like it is premature without any game announcements. Will wait for any official announcement.

    • SwiftTayTay@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      TV interfaces will benefit from any extra speed they can get since it makes switching from app to app faster and makes the interface overall less clunky. Apple TV is already faster than any other streaming device or TV is out there but any amount faster is always better. Cell phones are pretty much the same now too, there really hasn’t been much innovation over the last 5 years.

      • ermax18@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        This! Of course a faster CPU is beneficial on a streaming device. The UI on most streaming devices is absolute torture compared to an ATV. Obviously once you’re in a show or movie there isn’t a much to be gained by a faster CPU but when I want to launch an app, I don’t want to wait around for 20secs for it to launch. I’ve got an ATV-HD and an ATV-4K2. I’d probably get the ATV-4K4 and shuffle my other two around the house.

  • wiggum55555@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I use my 2022 4K ATV everyday and there’s not a lot more I want/need it do really.

    Audio pass-through for Plex would be nice.

    • steveo82@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Holy crap yes please, plus I wouldn’t mind a 256gb model. My kids love playing Arcade games but I have a 64Gb model and I can only have a few games on at a time.

    • JuicyDeucy69@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Only thing I really wish it had, that it never will, is a USB port to plug in a hard drive.

    • dmart91300@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I just got mine two weeks ago and absolutely love it. I think the only thing lacking is AV1 codec support.

      • towehaal@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        If one, lets say, accessed someone else’s Plex library, would this app work?

      • towehaal@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        If one, lets say, accessed someone else’s Plex library, would this app work?

  • Ok-Stuff-8803@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Was this worth a post?
    A new apple tv just sticking in a new chip, MAY be lower in price… Let us all rush and buy it, lol.

    • tepmoc@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      They have to put Apple A17 on it, since its only chip with hardware decoding av1.

      • nolanised@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yeah don’t see them putting such a new processor next year. Maybe in 2025. That would be the only reason worth upgrading if you got the new apple tv 4ks from the last few years.

        • M365Certified@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          A lot of us are still using 2015 era AppleTV’s, if your TV isn’t 4k, not much season to upgrade. 1st generation 4k’s are hitting 5 years old now.

          I know some folks on the AV forums seem to upgrade TV’s every 2 years but most people are on more like a 10 years or until it dies cycle.

  • the5issilent@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I really only want AV1 support and I’m set. It’s the only reason I would go to new hardware from my current 4K.

  • Action_JacksonJT9@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I literally just bought a 3rd gen 4k, which is probably why this post got suggested to me. Did I fuck up by not waiting?

  • Shivdaddy1@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Just saved you 2 minutes of your life.

    Lower price, newer chip, a tad bit smaller, a nice bit lighter.