Poll: ** The official Apple TV 4K thread (the 2021 model has a new remote and everything!) **

[chef-borjan]

As other comments have said, Thread support bodes well for HomeKit.

I am sure that Apple will go hard into HomeKit, AR and Health in the near to medium future. What we have at the moment is just a taster.

 

[Combat squirrel]

As other comments have said, Thread support bodes well for HomeKit.

I am sure that Apple will go hard into HomeKit, AR and Health in the near to medium future. What we have at the moment is just a taster.

What’s this thread support for home kit you speak of?

 

[chef-borjan]

What’s this thread support for home kit you speak of?

Thread is essentially better networking for smart devices. It allows them all to communicate together and set up a distributed network of sorts within your home, improving connectivity and responsiveness.

The HomePod Mini and now the ATV are Thread enabled. Certain third party lights are as well (I think there are some demonstration videos somewhere showing lights connected via regular wifi/BT vs Thread and the latter are far more responsive).

Hopefully, everything and everything ends up with thread!

 

[beachBOYken]

One thing that annoyed me with my AppleTV is that the Netflix app always seem pretty far behind in terms of features vs other platforms. My LG C8 has a better version of Netflix and so does my Chromecast Google TV.

Yes I notice this, the internal app on my LG has things like a new and upcoming section where you can set reminders which automatically add to your list when released.
It’s been like this for ages yet the Netflix app on Apple TV seems to be stuck in the dark ages.

 

[Kainz]

Definitely buying the new Siri Remote the moment it becomes available as it’ll be compatible with my existing 4K box. The existing touch pad remote has given me no end of grief for navigating UI’s.

 

[JGBR]

No reason to upgrade bar buying the new remote.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Yeah current 4K box is more than capable other than games I see no benefit of the new one. New remote does look a big improvement but I use my tv remote which works great.

 

[Broken Hope]

With the new one supporting HDMI 2.1 it would be nice if it supports quick media switching and we no longer have video blanks when frame rate changes.

 

[brakeinup]

I'm still having sync issues on ATV4k if I enable Match Frame Rate. But even with it off the Amazon video app goes out of sync.

"In addition, tvOS 14.5 brings support for both integer and fractional frame rate, i.e. 24.000 and 23.976fps." - will this fix sync issues in tvos 14.5?

 

[LordBeggar]

Whats the advatage of having an Apple TV since most of us have smart TV's now days?

 

[Captain]

Whats the advatage of having an Apple TV since most of us have smart TV's now days?

I had one as it was the only way to access my video library but then LG/Samsung got the Apple TV app and I no longer needed one.

 

[beachBOYken]

Whats the advatage of having an Apple TV since most of us have smart TV's now days?

Apparently Apple TV box gives higher bitrates for apple own content like Apple TV +. plus movie extras for movie purchases if that’s something you like to view.

 

[brakeinup]

Apparently Apple TV box gives higher bitrates for apple own content like Apple TV +. plus movie extras for movie purchases if that’s something you like to view.

Would there be a noticeable difference between ATV4K and Google TV (latest one) using 4k DV content eith GTV using the Apple app?

 

[ChrisD.]

Whats the advatage of having an Apple TV since most of us have smart TV's now days?

Apps on TVs are generally slow, both using and updating/installing. There's more you can do on an Apple TV too, such as share photos etc. Plus if you have an iPhone, being able to use your iPhone to type in text such as usernames and passwords is a godsend.

 

[LiE]

Apps on TVs are generally slow, both using and updating/installing

The exception being Netflix for some reason, it's way behind the app on my LG TV.

Sure the core functionality is there, but the improvements to the layout when navigating are really nice in the current version on the LG.

 

[brakeinup]

Apps on TVs are generally slow, both using and updating/installing. There's more you can do on an Apple TV too, such as share photos etc. Plus if you have an iPhone, being able to use your iPhone to type in text such as usernames and passwords is a godsend.

I have the ATV4k but I am not an iPhone user. However, I am really pleased with it other than the sync issues. If they were fixed and I could use Match Frame Rate it would be my perfect player.

 

[chef-borjan]

I'm still having sync issues on ATV4k if I enable Match Frame Rate. But even with it off the Amazon video app goes out of sync.

"In addition, tvOS 14.5 brings support for both integer and fractional frame rate, i.e. 24.000 and 23.976fps." - will this fix sync issues in tvos 14.5?

I honestly think it’s the Amazon app.

I was going mad watching Seinfeld, but every other app on there never had an issue.

 

[ChrisD.]

I honestly think it’s the Amazon app.

I'm inclined to agree, it's the only app I have sync issues with.

 

[LordBeggar]

I have the ATV4k but I am not an iPhone user. However, I am really pleased with it other than the sync issues. If they were fixed and I could use Match Frame Rate it would be my perfect player.

How is the quality on Apple TV? can it match blue ray quality when it comes to 4k streaming?

 

[ChrisD.]

How is the quality on Apple TV? can it match blue ray quality when it comes to 4k streaming?

Of course it can't but that's true of any streaming service and device. It does match BD 4k quality if your source is a BD 4k rip played using Plex as an example.