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

[beachBOYken]

Unless you need it for HDR10+ support and Apple Music Sing (lol), then I’d say no.

Then no as that TV doesn't do HDR10+, it's a Samsung thing IIRC.

Thanks guys, I thought as much.

 

[beachBOYken]

Can anyone recommend me a VPN service for the Apple TV4k, for watching the likes of HBO max for example?

So many to choose from.

Thanks

 

[Feek]

Can anyone recommend me a VPN service for the Apple TV4k, for watching the likes of HBO max for example?

So many to choose from.

Thanks

How are you planning to run a VPN on the AppleTV?

 

[ChrisD.]

You can't, you have to use a router which supports policy based routing.

 

[beachBOYken]

How are you planning to run a VPN on the AppleTV?

Oh I thought you could do this from specific devices, so is there a VPN service where I don’t need to go into my router settings?

 

[ChrisD.]

Oh I thought you could do this from specific devices, so is there a VPN service where I don’t need to go into my router settings?

No. There is no VPN for Apple TV that you can install.

 

[Feek]

There aren’t any VPN apps for the AppleTV so the only way to do it would be via your router.

 

[ChrisD.]

You essentially have two options.

• Configure a VPN on your router for the whole of your network.
• Configure a policy based rule so that traffic from the Apple TV uses a pre-existing VPN connection that the router has.

The second option needs a router which can do it, not many consumer grade ones can.

Or option 3, buy an Nvidia Shield or Firestick.

 

[ChrisD.]

My UDM SE as an example.

 

[beachBOYken]

There aren’t any VPN apps for the AppleTV so the only way to do it would be via your router.

This is strange as I’m asking a similar question elsewhere and no one has mentioned what you guys just said.

 

[beachBOYken]

Ok so not an app on Apple TV but according to this posted by someone else-

NordVPN works for me. It has a SmartDNS feature that you can turn on via the website, then just change the DNS to Manual on the ATV settings, input the new DNS they give you and that's it.

 

[Feek]

This is strange as I’m asking a similar question elsewhere and no one has mentioned what you guys just said.

Ask them what VPN app they have installed on the AppleTV.

The DNS thing mentioned above doesn’t really work. It’s not a VPN.

 

[beachBOYken]

Ask them what VPN app they have installed on the AppleTV.

The DNS thing mentioned above doesn’t really work. It’s not a VPN.

They don’t, they just use smart dns which nord VPN shows a guide how to do.

 

[ChrisD.]

But that's not a VPN.

 

[Feek]

It’s definitely not a VPN.

 

[beachBOYken]

But that's not a VPN.

Yeah I was getting confused with VPN and smart DNS.
Never done any of this before so was confused. I’m going to leave it anyway not sure I can be arsed just to watch HBO max.

 

[BMox81]

Anyone use a NAS with their Apple TV for Infuse (or Plex)?

Looking for any recommendations for a simple plug and play solution that I can plug into my BT Superhub 2.

 

[ChrisD.]

Anyone use a NAS with their Apple TV for Infuse (or Plex)?

Looking for any recommendations for a simple plug and play solution that I can plug into my BT Superhub 2.

Yes, but there's a VM in the middle running a Plex server.

 

[Captain]

Ask them what VPN app they have installed on the AppleTV.

The DNS thing mentioned above doesn’t really work. It’s not a VPN.

It absolutely does work as intended.

I have SmartDNS setup so my ATV can access VUDU and HBO.

 

[Reuben klang]

It absolutely does work as intended.

I have SmartDNS setup so my ATV can access VUDU and HBO.

Is the ATV not set up the same as the App Store on the phone/iPad in that if I google HBO I can get the USA app but if I open it up in the app store it says my account isn’t registered there.

So I take it you have to have different apple accounts set as the US in order to download the apps specific to the US? Then set up the smartDNS in order to watch the content?