If I can stream hi-res audio from Apple Music or from my Mac I'll be very happy. At the moment I have to stream hi-res audio from my Mac through my disc player's inferior interface. Sounds great, but it's clunky. But it was made in 2016, so it's about time Apple TV caught up.
And it would be nice to consolidate all my hi-res music into the Music app and stream it from there.
Dunno what Mac/AV devices you have, but I connect my MacBook Pro directly to my Receiver with an HDMI cable and can stream 24-bit/192 kHz and higher.
If I have 4K UHD rips with Dolby TruHD audio, that I currently watch on Plex on my Nvidia Shield, does that mean that the Apple TV will just pass that through, so I get Dolby Vision and lossless Dolby audio?
Also does that mean that Apple is going to pump up their audio on the store for purchases and rentals to lossless?
1) Streaming apps will need to be updated first, but yes.
2) No idea.
Looks like I am finally going to buy that AppleTV I have put off for the Shield the last couple of years.
Wait for an updated Apple TV 4K that supports passthrough audio before buying. Clearly, if I'm reading the article correctly, the existing version does NOT do that.
I have 2 Apple TV 4K. The one connected to my main A/V system I'd definitely update for passthrough audio.
It isn't a hardware limitation, it's a software one. In theory, your existing Apple TV 4K would do just fine.
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