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How much faster? I want to upgrade my 4K because of the performance.
To be honest I don't think it will really be that noticeable. It will be faster, but only slightly. The original 4k had an A10X, the new one has an A12. The A10X was the A10 with beefed up GPU, so on that front they are probably pretty close. The A12 will probably win out on general processing tasks.
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>I've no idea why Apple won't let users actually use their devices Why would Apple let you do it yourself when they can juice their services revenue by making you pay for the same functionality?
How many Apple users are chomping at the bit to SSH into their TV or tablet? I’d rather them spend the time streamlining the 1-2% of use-cases that make up 99% of actual device use.
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It’s still post processing to create a sound stage to a stereo signal. Nothing wrong with that, but for instance if I’m watching a movie on an iPhone or something, I’m assuming I can’t get the true audio experience of the film. When it’s a movie I really am into, then I’m going to watch it in full surround, with discreet speakers. 7.1 to stereo headphones is always a compromise whether it’s Apple spatial audio, or Do…
> I’m just guessing their market for 4K Apple TV is more home theater people. Nope, it's just average people with TV's in their living rooms. Apple TV (even the 4K version) is just an average consumer product. And at least for non-tech people I know who have families, watching Apple TV at night with Airpods is super common.
According to this analysis AppleTV is a pretty niche product especially given its price point.
https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/02/apple-tv-market-share-report/
I haven’t done the research, but I’m guessing Apple has. And my guess is that the market share using AirPods on iOS vastly outstrips those who use it on AppleTV.
Again I’m not saying that it wouldn’t be a nice feature; but I just wouldn’t say it’s baffling. Apple is a fairly smart company... I’m sure they did some sort of cost benefit analysis and decided against it.
Something that might be being overlooked - it looks like this supports pairing Xbox One controllers that use Xbox Wireless! This is a different standard than Bluetooth and should enable everyone who has Xbox controllers to easily use them in Apple Arcade. Impressive!
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How many Apple users are chomping at the bit to SSH into their TV or tablet? I’d rather them spend the time streamlining the 1-2% of use-cases that make up 99% of actual device use.
Good point. But, given frankly how many developers I know with Apple products, I suspect it may well be higher than you think. The main thing I like is flexibility: I have a home-built Kodi PVR with a TV tuner on a raspberry pi 4 in a neat little box. It works brilliantly , and also doubles as an adblocking nameserver, always-on reverse tunnel so I can access files stored at home remotely despite many layers of NAT,…
But the main thing with Apple is that they manage the scope for life’s little bugs to creep into their UX by aggressively minimizing the number of things they attempt to do.
Think about how many times you unlock your phone, open the keyboard, open an app, etc, versus how many times you need to do something power-user-ish like running an adblocking nameserver, or any kind of server. They should spend money and brain-time optimizing the first things, first.
The latter is still important and cool but shouldn’t be doing it at all if they can’t slot it neatly into their smooth user experience.
As an investor I also don’t want them risking their super valuable brand and spending money developing fringe applications. You can buy a $50 RPi for that!
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I get it, but it's still a million times better than the competition. My Samsung TV showed me banner ads before I disconnected it from the internet.
I use a roku and never feel this way. The only thing I could think of as an "ad" is on the screensaver, there are movies that float by, but I'm almost never looking at the screensaver anyway.
The automatic color calibration looks be really nice. Most TVs are not well calibrated by default. I wish it would let you export the results to change the settings for all connected devices, but that’s probably too TV specific.
As a current AppleTV 4K owner, I have no idea how any of this is different from the previous version. I don't any any discernible difference. I already have HDR, Dolby Atmos, etc. What I really want is the ability to make my remote control beep so I can find it. That's literally the only feature that I want at this point.
>What I really want is the ability to make my remote control beep so I can find it. That's literally the only feature that I want at this point. Yes. I am trying to Find out if the new Remote has the AirTag feature built in. But since they didn't announce it I am guessing not. Sigh. I thought it was the best use case for AirTag or Precision Location. Edit: Search through the spec and nothing mentioned. God Damn it WH…
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Awesome. Definitely getting it. My current Apple TV 4K is fine, but the remote is garbage.
yeah, not really sure why I would update the apple tv 4k
The old AppleTV 4K will be relegated to the spare TV. Which will please my son greatly as now he doesn't get locked out of using the AppleTV if my wife and I are watching something through Plex on the main TV.