Poll: ** The official 2022 Apple TV 4K thread (it has the A15 chip, HDR10+ and everything!) **

Are you going to buy the 2022 Apple TV with USB-C charging on the remote?

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There's a new Apple TV - It has the A15 chip, HDR10+ and the remote has a USB-C port for charging.

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What's new with the latest Apple TV (shamelessly copied from Macrumors):
  • A15 Bionic chip: The new Apple TV is equipped with the A15 Bionic chip for up to 50% faster performance than the previous model with the A12 Bionic chip. Apple says this results in improved responsiveness and faster navigation. Apple adds that graphics performance is up to 30% faster for smoother gaming.
  • 4GB of RAM: The new Apple TV is equipped with 4GB of RAM, compared to 3GB in the previous model, for improved responsiveness.
  • 128GB storage option: The new Apple TV is available with up to 128GB of storage, compared to a max of 64GB for the previous model.
  • HDR10+ support: In addition to Dolby Vision, the new Apple TV now supports HDR10+ content in supported apps.
  • Siri Remote with USB-C port: The new Siri Remote is equipped with a USB-C port instead of Lightning for charging.
  • Thinner and lighter design: Apple says the A15 Bionic chip's increased power efficiency allowed for the internal fan to be removed in the new Apple TV, resulting in the device having a more compact design that is around 12% thinner and around 50% lighter than the previous model.
  • No more "TV" branding on top: The new Apple TV no longer has "TV" imprinted on the top of the device and instead simply has a centered Apple logo.
  • Lower pricing: The new Apple TV starts at $129 with 64GB of storage, while the previous model started at $179 with 32GB of storage. While you need to spend $149 to get an Ethernet port, Thread support, and 128GB of storage, that's still cheaper than any of last year's models.
  • No charging cable in the box: The new Apple TV ships without a charging cable in the box for the Siri Remote, except in Brazil. Apple sells a new woven USB-C cable separately for $19.
  • Packaging changes: The new Apple TV comes in a slightly more rectangular box that no longer has outer plastic wrap.
 
£149/£169 for the 64Gb/128Gb versions. The £149 model doesn't come with an ethernet port though.

I'm pretty sure I've never driven my 2021 version hard at all and I've certainly never used much storage. I'm not sure about this. Last year it was a no brainer as the previous version struggled with some very high bit rate HEVC video but the 2021 doesn't skip a beat.
 
I've asked this before, how can an app be 'so far behind, it puts me off'? It works, you can search and play stuff. What more does it need to do?

I assume that outdated apps are the fault of the app writers, not Apple though?

*shrug*
 
ChrisD. said:
I use Infuse for all my watching, although I prefer the Plex app UI, Infuse seems to handle audio better.
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I subbed to Infuse for a year because in some 4k instances, the video quality is better than Plex but I hate the Infuse interface, it's rubbish! It's also a pain that it doesn't support multiple Plex users when streaming from a Plex server and I've been finding more and more content that Infuse just refuses to play. At the end of the year, I found I simply wasn't using it so didn't continue the sub.
 
BMox81 said:
But when I see the app counterparts on the Fire TV’s of this world that offer better multi user support than that on the Apple TV, look more aesthetically pleasing than the apps on the ATV and have better codec support than the Apple TV, questions rightly should be asked. Especially of a £170 device.
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OK, be specific. What does the iPlayer app on the FireTV do that the iPlayer app on the Apple TV doesn't do?

Regarding Plex, the Plex app can play absolutely anything, the Infuse app can't play everything, who is to blame for that? The codec support is clearly there otherwise the Plex app wouldn't be able play everything so is that the fault of the hardware or the software?
 
BMox81 said:
Offers multi user support, plays HLG HDR content, plays 1080p as opposed to 720p upscaled.
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This is good, some actual reasons I wasn't aware of. That's perfectly fair.

BMox81 said:
The user UI is better but that’s subjective.
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This is what people usually say when called out on this one so it makes a change to get some actual details.

BMox81 said:
I get it, you’re as entrenched as they come in the Apple way of life. We have it all as well but I’m not afraid to call out shortcomings when I see them.
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This is exactly why I was asking for specifics, nobody has ever given them before, the only reason I've ever seen is that "the UI is outdated".
 
Irish_Tom said:
It has been so seamless it's almost underwhelming, but I don't know what it could do to be more "wow" if that makes sense?
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This is why it's so difficult to sell it to people. They ask what's so special about it and there really isn't anything, other than the old "it just works" thing.

I've had every version of the AppleTV since the second gen and it's been the same all the way through. They've always done exactly what I wanted to do with no real issues, apart from when I was trying to stream very high bitrate h265 media to the version that just couldn't quite handle it.
 
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