I don't notice much at all to be honest, I use the app and watch what I want and there's no issues.
Poll: ** The official Apple TV 4K thread (the 2021 model has a new remote and everything!) **
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Really!?! Netflix in native TV's is slow as hell to me, jumpy in menus etc - awful, I presume its because most TV's don't have a CPU or Ram anywhere near the Apple TV.
I much prefer ATV as much as I can with every app - its SO much faster, smoother, etc
The issue is that newer interfaces are almost always released on native apps sometimes months in advance of the Apple TV version being updated. As has been said though, I tend not to use TV apps (unless it's iPlayer UHD) so I don't really notice. TV apps are much faster on more modern TVs, they've come a long way in the past few years. My CX OLED makes my 2018 LCD TV look like a Pentium 1.
Soldato
They work fine but the ui and features lag way behind the version on Apple TVs
Commissario
I’ve asked this before…. What features?
I use the Netflix app on my ATV, I can search for stuff, I can play stuff. It keeps a track of where I am, it allows multiple people to use it.
I can scroll forwards and backwards, I can pause and resume.
What are the features I’m missing?
New interfaces essentially.
Soldato
I want consistency in UI. I don’t see why that’s difficult. Little features in iPlayer like showing a box in the bottom right showing a timer and next up content, or user profiles.
Soldato
Actually there is something I Like on the internal app on TV, new content tab where you can set reminders and it automatically adds to my list when its released, I cant seem to do that on the app via ATV4K.
Caporegime
Yea I found the same on ATV, all these little improvements and UI tweaks don't seem to make it to the ATV app. Like you couldn't watch the football in UHD on iPlayer on ATV, but you could on both my LG build in apps and on the Google TV.
Soldato
I think the 4K think was regarding HLG, but yeah - you’re not telling me that the chip in my panny 4K from 6 years ago is better than the A10X in my gen 1 ATV 4k
most annoying thing, on the in-laws Samsung (base model 4K 50) I can set up profiles and even a specific kids profile in that version of iPlayer - yet nothing on Apple TV. Bit of a joke really.
Caporegime
Soldato
Sorry, that was a figure of speech - not aimed at youI know
Soldato
I have an apple tv 4k gen 1, just bought the gen 2 remote. Was going to get the new apple tv, but didn't see any point.
Got an elago case too.
Got an elago case too.
I only got offered 3 months of free appleTV with my new iPad Proah that’s what it is, thought for some reason you get a new free year with either an IPhone or Apple TV box.
Not 'exactly' appletv related, not the box anyway. I have the apple tv app on my lg c9 tv which i use to watch my itunes content. But fast forward/rewind are god awful and seem about 20 years behind and i'm wondering if it's something i'm doing wrong. If i use netflix or prime, i can hold fast forward and i get the scroll bar with the little preview pane and i can very quickly get to where i want to be in a video and i've come to expect this. But with apple tv app i can only do 2x to 4x fast forward and rewind, no skipping across a scroll bar with a nice preview window. Does anyone know a better way to do this? Also can anyone confirm that on the apple tv 4k box you get a better control or is that the same as this app with x2 x4 etc?
Soldato
No Apple TV app on Panasonic Oled’s unfortunately.
Soldato
Anyone having lag issues with the new Siri remote?
Agreed. I've always been an advocate for the ATV (and still am tbh), but I grabbed the 4K Max Fire Stick this week and tbh, it's more than up to the task. Has UHD (with HLG HDR) for iPlayer and all the latest versions of the apps (Netflix, Spotify & iPlayer as examples) which for me, look more visually appealing than their ATV counterparts.