The reviewer failed to emphasise ATV has AirPlay, which fundamentally means it has almost any app from iOS. I merrily watch Amazon video on my ATV without a skip or a stutter. This I think gives ATV a clear advantage.
A bit unimpressed by what's been promised by the new AppleTV but very eagerly anticipating it.... Question is, will I like it enough to buy two! Like ATV3!
One year ago I made a little reseach that both atv and chromecast output all content from Netflix at 60Hz to hdmi. Anybody know any devices that handle 24 and 25Hz from Netflix?
A bit unimpressed by what's been promised by the new AppleTV but very eagerly anticipating it.... Question is, will I like it enough to buy two! Like ATV3!
I wish they'd release a channel store for the ATV 3, that's all that most people actually want.
they did. it's called the new Apple TV. apps can be channels, or they can be something other. with a better remote for discovery. and local storage for games or apps. that's the better solution.
I'm finally upgrading my first gen, but I'll be keeping my Roku till Amazon Prime is available.
if that's the only reason you're hanging onto two devices, you may wanna try beaming Amazon content to ATV via AirPlay. works very well, just finished Hand of God this way.
I'm finally upgrading my first gen, but I'll be keeping my Roku till Amazon Prime is available.
if that's the only reason you're hanging onto two devices, you may wanna try beaming Amazon content to ATV via AirPlay. works very well, just finished Hand of God this way.
So your 2 device solution is another 2 device solution?
So your 2 device solution is another 2 device solution?
Yeah, the reason I'm not getting an ATV 3 is that tying up my iPhone or iPad with Airplay does not sound appealing, and for streaming I need Ethernet these days.
Something it failed to mention: ISP data cap at 250-300GB is still reality crippling all of these streaming devices. 4K support? Who gives the shit at this point? After a few movies streamed, you're done for a month. Also, the internet services are not really reliable. My Comcast service was intermittently down which caused my streaming experience sucked and made me stay with Dish until now.
Yeah, the reason I'm not getting an ATV 3 is that tying up my iPhone or iPad with Airplay does not sound appealing, and for streaming I need Ethernet these days.
I've never had an issue with tying up my devices. When I'm watching a movie, I don't necessarily need to use any of my other devices for anything else. And given that my Mac, iPad, and iPhone are all interconnected (by the way -- is the ?TV connected to the iCloud hand-off networking?), there's no real problem taking a call or answering a text message on another device.
What I will grant you is the Ethernet issue. Apple has been dropping native support for Ethernet every year on every device. I'm still quite frankly stunned that the iPad still can't be used with Ethernet on corporate hard wired networks, and other areas where reliable wireless support isn't available. A simple dongle could get the iPad online, and thus solve this problem for you and others. The AirPlay peer to peer streaming is flawless, so it's really just a matter of the data bottleneck streaming HD content over a wireless connection.
Something it failed to mention: ISP data cap at 250-300GB is still reality crippling all of these streaming devices. 4K support? Who gives the shit at this point? .
People who bought an iPhone 6S who want to watch the 4K videos they're going to be shooting, and share them with a room full of people during the holidays and other gatherings in 4K. People who edit 4K videos on iMovie, and would like to show those to an audience in 4K.
People who bought an iPhone 6S who want to watch the 4K videos they're going to be shooting, and share them with a room full of people during the holidays and other gatherings in 4K. People who edit 4K videos on iMovie, and would like to show those to an audience in 4K.
I plan to get 6s when it's available in my country but the first thing I'll do when I get is to check all this 4K video recording off. I'm not silly.
it's not been stated that it will work with any app; Cue named the few services it will work with at launch but promised more.
It will probably use the same unified search technique available in iOS 9 so app developers are free to implement it. So right now search works with the apps Eddy Cue mentioned, but by the end of the year you will find more support.
My guess is that instead of putting s check mark next to another feature that's not going to effect the majority of consumers, they focused on every other aspect of the device: usability.
Assuming the HDMI components are up to speed, it's probably something they can provide in an update. Remember that they want developers to produce their content before Christmas. If they had to produce 4K assets, the games could be delayed. Wait until you get market penetration and the update at WWDC.
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for all those specs, it doesn't do my prime use cases -- iTunes content, and AirPlay. to me that makes it useless.
with AirPlay I can play back content from any provider on ATV.
unimpressed, yet eagerly anticipating it.... tough audience.
they did. it's called the new Apple TV. apps can be channels, or they can be something other. with a better remote for discovery. and local storage for games or apps. that's the better solution.
if that's the only reason you're hanging onto two devices, you may wanna try beaming Amazon content to ATV via AirPlay. works very well, just finished Hand of God this way.
So your 2 device solution is another 2 device solution?
Yeah, the reason I'm not getting an ATV 3 is that tying up my iPhone or iPad with Airplay does not sound appealing, and for streaming I need Ethernet these days.
A box that can only scream and basically doesn't do anything else? No, thank you.
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ATV 3 will remain a screaming only box with no support for games and such.
I've never had an issue with tying up my devices. When I'm watching a movie, I don't necessarily need to use any of my other devices for anything else. And given that my Mac, iPad, and iPhone are all interconnected (by the way -- is the ?TV connected to the iCloud hand-off networking?), there's no real problem taking a call or answering a text message on another device.
What I will grant you is the Ethernet issue. Apple has been dropping native support for Ethernet every year on every device. I'm still quite frankly stunned that the iPad still can't be used with Ethernet on corporate hard wired networks, and other areas where reliable wireless support isn't available. A simple dongle could get the iPad online, and thus solve this problem for you and others. The AirPlay peer to peer streaming is flawless, so it's really just a matter of the data bottleneck streaming HD content over a wireless connection.
People who bought an iPhone 6S who want to watch the 4K videos they're going to be shooting, and share them with a room full of people during the holidays and other gatherings in 4K. People who edit 4K videos on iMovie, and would like to show those to an audience in 4K.
I plan to get 6s when it's available in my country but the first thing I'll do when I get is to check all this 4K video recording off. I'm not silly.
It will probably use the same unified search technique available in iOS 9 so app developers are free to implement it. So right now search works with the apps Eddy Cue mentioned, but by the end of the year you will find more support.
My guess is that instead of putting s check mark next to another feature that's not going to effect the majority of consumers, they focused on every other aspect of the device: usability.
Assuming the HDMI components are up to speed, it's probably something they can provide in an update. Remember that they want developers to produce their content before Christmas. If they had to produce 4K assets, the games could be delayed. Wait until you get market penetration and the update at WWDC.