Well you can argue that the Apps on the ATV will get regular updates over the years as opposed to the ones on a Smart TV. But tbh, unless you're in the Apple ecosystem in regards to movies & music, just stick with your TV.
Poll: ** The official Apple TV 4K thread (the 2021 model has a new remote and everything!) **
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Well you can argue that the Apps on the ATV will get regular updates over the years as opposed to the ones on a Smart TV. But tbh, unless you're in the Apple ecosystem in regards to movies & music, just stick with your TV.
Wondering if anyone can can answer this for me....
I have a Samsung 55" HU6900 4K UHD TV. This TV's HDMI inputs are HDMI 2.0, but I was told that this TV only had one HDMI input that supports HDCP 2.2. (HDMI 3 MHL) so had to use that input to watch Sky Q (non subscriber at present). So depending on the situation, I would take out the cable to use the ATV and then my Xbox One S if I wanted to watch a 4K disc and then back again. Quite the ballache.
Last night I decided that for the time being I was going to keep the Xbox in HDMI 3 and put the ATV into one of the other HDMI inputs (1) until I get a TV where they are all HDCP 2.2. compliant.
So I was shocked and surprised that when I loaded the ATV up and chose the source (HDMI 1), the output was showing as 3840 × 2160 50p....
Picked a couple of films I know to be 4K (Wonder Woman and The Last Knight), did the pulldown on the ATV and they showed as 4K as well.
So I have 3 questions:
1) Has my TV always been able to take 4K video (and therefore me being a complete idiot not realising this) from the other inputs, just that Sky needed to use HDMI 3?
2) Is it a case of the ATV merely upscaling the content (I have everything within Match Content turned on)? I'm pretty sure that I've put the Xbox One S into HDMI input 2 and only got a 1080p image from it.
3) Or could it be the cables I was using before compared to the ones I'm using now (OMARS Premium HDMI Cable) mean that I'm now able to receive a 4K image on these inputs?
I mean I've switched the ATV between HDMI 1 and 3 and the screensavers look exactly the same..
I'd be interested to see what people think.
I have a Samsung 55" HU6900 4K UHD TV. This TV's HDMI inputs are HDMI 2.0, but I was told that this TV only had one HDMI input that supports HDCP 2.2. (HDMI 3 MHL) so had to use that input to watch Sky Q (non subscriber at present). So depending on the situation, I would take out the cable to use the ATV and then my Xbox One S if I wanted to watch a 4K disc and then back again. Quite the ballache.
Last night I decided that for the time being I was going to keep the Xbox in HDMI 3 and put the ATV into one of the other HDMI inputs (1) until I get a TV where they are all HDCP 2.2. compliant.
So I was shocked and surprised that when I loaded the ATV up and chose the source (HDMI 1), the output was showing as 3840 × 2160 50p....
Picked a couple of films I know to be 4K (Wonder Woman and The Last Knight), did the pulldown on the ATV and they showed as 4K as well.
So I have 3 questions:
1) Has my TV always been able to take 4K video (and therefore me being a complete idiot not realising this) from the other inputs, just that Sky needed to use HDMI 3?
2) Is it a case of the ATV merely upscaling the content (I have everything within Match Content turned on)? I'm pretty sure that I've put the Xbox One S into HDMI input 2 and only got a 1080p image from it.
3) Or could it be the cables I was using before compared to the ones I'm using now (OMARS Premium HDMI Cable) mean that I'm now able to receive a 4K image on these inputs?
I mean I've switched the ATV between HDMI 1 and 3 and the screensavers look exactly the same..
I'd be interested to see what people think.
Yeah definitely an upgrade (on the beta).
The best streaming device just got even better.
https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/03/is-a-new-apple-tv-coming-next-week/
Potential new Apple TV coming next week...
Potential new Apple TV coming next week...
Loads of cheap films to buy basically.
Ever consider that the app will be updated once tvOS 14 arrives?
It’s a perfectly usable app in the meantime.
No issues from my end-I see a video I want to watch, I click and I watch. Job done.
As soon as they do I'll be putting an order in and will move the others around the rest of the house.
I get that 100%. I guess you’d get it for a beefed up processor with a potentially larger base storage in the event they go bigger with Apple Arcade.
Most people using a Shield are into doing their own rips of movies, hence the need for the Pro to be used as a server for Plex and Kodi. Plus the Shield doesn't have All 4 or Now TV which in todays streaming landscape should be on every streaming device in the UK. But that is a developer/Android issue and not necessarily a Nvidia one.
So while the Shield suits a niche audience, for 4K content, all the UK streaming apps that the majority of people will want to use and now this frame rate issue seemingly rectified, the ATV is top dog.
I'm still using the previous Apple TV 4, no need for a 4K as I'm still rocking a 1080p TV. Still as good as the day it came out of the box.
Well apart from the terrible YouTube app.
Yeah when you see every other device rocking the newer version you know there are still issues with Apple and Google. Haha
But hey, the app shows 4K videos now so I can live with it.
Another potential reason to upgrade is if the new ATV supports Spatial Audio. I expect many with the AirPods Max would like that.