…hasn’t been into my life sooner.

Being an Apple sheep since iPhone 3G, I can’t believe I have only now discovered AppleTV.

If I had used it sooner, I could have saved at least 200 days worth of life navigating through Android TV lag.

My top 3 Pros/Cons in the first week of AppleTV 4k:

Pros:

  1. Seamless experience of scrolling through different platforms. No lag. Gave new life to my 3 year old 65 inch Sony 4K TV.
  2. Picture is crisper compared to Android. Visually, this is what I’ve experienced. I don’t know if it’s got to do with their processing or it’s just a placebo?
  3. No more shi*ty remote that breaks easily or goes missing. Can use my iPhone too. Go ahead and destroy/hide the TV remote for the 10th time, kids…Jokes on you!!

Cons:

  1. I did not buy it sooner
  2. Apple ads failed to convince me to buy it sooner.
  3. Minor depression from the realisation fact that I lost ~200 days of life from AndroidTV lag

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Do not make the same mistake as me. Do yourself a favour and get an AppleTV.

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  • kandaqBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’ve only had the first and second gen 1080p Chromecast but contents on the Apple TV definitely look better than those two, even better after you’ve calibrated using your iPhone.

  • WiWiJustusBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    this post could literally be me.

    I’ve had an amazon fire tv stick for years, and kept buying a new one on sale because they all started to getr slow and laggy quickly.

    2 weeks ago i bought a second hand apple tv HD for 35 bucks and despite its age its still wayyy faster than a new fire tv stick.

    lets not even start to mention how good it is combined with an iphone and/or home pod

  • EngineeringNo2371BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I got Sony xr 48a90k on Black Friday, and was looking forward to simplifying my setup. Thought I could use built in Google TV as it has Apple TV app and everything else. Google TV interface is ugly but I was going to swallow it just to make things a bit simpler. After one week of slow navigation and restarts I gave up. I reset the TV to remove Google account (apparently, you cannot simply sign out) and upgraded my Apple TV HD to 4K model. So, welcome back.

  • DeathByPetrichorBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Not sure if OP or anyone else needs to see this, but download JustWatch to get an easy to navigate app where you select the streaming services you use, and it aggregates all the titles and shows that are available to you to watch. It has changed the way I find new things and makes it super easy to search for where to find something I’m looking for.

  • YaroonmanBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This could be a post made by myself.

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    Apple user since iPhone 4s, and since then using loads of their products, physically and cloud.

    Meanwhile a movie/serie addict, apart from downloading new(er) content (in a bad boy - way) i also used streaming apps on my 2016 old 60" TV. Always found it to be crappy.

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    Recently just tried AppleTV, and since then i do not use my TV with anything else; fast, high quality image, easiness of use, its wonderful for a decent price. I heard the new version will be even cheaper, coming first half of 2024.

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    Only issue is that homepod / my own soundbar isnt really working hand in hand together. Its a bit of a headache, but other than that its totally worth it.

  • Winter-Fun-3208BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Make sure you check out the remote learning for volume if you haven’t already. I was still using two remotes until last night haha (I assumed my tv and amp were too old to be compatible but it works perfectly)

  • SawkeeReemoBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Just don’t try to playback any high quality audio codecs, and you’ll be fine. I miss my Apple TV so much, but not enough to give up my DTS-HA Master audio or TrueHD ATMOS