atv4 has been the most annoying device rollout in a while. i love both my 2nd and 3rd gen atvs but apple has been entirely too sloppy with ios, mac os and now atv over the last 2 years.
Agree! I have three atv3s, but atv4's lack of audio ports and display glitches (I just replaced it last night as it sometimes has horizontal bands of static) has been very frustrating. But I have NOT had any issues with my Panasonic TV spontaneously turning on.
Seems right. Apple has never been able to conquer sleep/wake. Can't count the number of OS X releases that had Macs waking up at random times, especially after 3am. Another example of Apple Core Rot.
atv4 has been the most annoying device rollout in a while. i love both my 2nd and 3rd gen atvs but apple has been entirely too sloppy with ios, mac os and now atv over the last 2 years.
Another affirmation without basis. Go on, tell us more.
Happened to me a couple of times. Solution for me was to unplug the power cable for about a minute and plugged it back in. Works as it's supposed to now.
I've never had this problem. My cat, kids, wife or myself have bumped the sensitive Siri Remote which turns it on, but that's obviously the cause. I suspect that's what a lot of these complaints are about. Love HDMI-CEC. I don't have to use Harmony App anymore can control my sound bar volume with Siri Remote and turn TV on and off. Panasonic Plasma here obviously a couple years old. I also think the Apple TV with the added Apple Remote App on iOS far exceeds previous generations I'm okay without optical output.
Mine doesn't turn itself on, but it frequently "barfs" in the middle of watching a show, and then none of the "apps" that require a network connection work any longer, even though the network is connected. A restart does not fix it. I have to pull the power cord, wait a few seconds, then plug it back in. Not too happy with this new ATV so far.
Some people have reported success in closing some (or all) apps before putting their Apple TV to sleep, or else restarting their unit first, or even turning off ad tracking. Those just concerned with keeping a TV off can disable HDMI-CEC in tvOS settings.
I wasn't aware Apple TV's tracked users for ad purposes. If they do I would assume it's opt-in rather than default.
EDIT: Well never mind. They do and it isn't. For some reason I thought Apple TV was running a different version of iOS that didn't include anonymized default user tracking. Duh!
Is this relevant, or did you simply want to make the point that Apple tracks usage like Google? We know that Apple tracks usage, but we hope they don't track it when you opt out — something which Google did and was fined $22million for.
Some people have reported success in closing some (or all) apps before putting their Apple TV to sleep, or else restarting their unit first, or even turning off ad tracking. Those just concerned with keeping a TV off can disable HDMI-CEC in tvOS settings.
I wasn't aware Apple TV's tracked users for ad purposes. If they do I would assume it's opt-in rather than default.
EDIT: Well never mind. They do and it isn't. For some reason I thought Apple TV was running a different version of iOS that didn't include anonymized default user tracking. Duh!
Is this relevant, or did you simply want to make the point that Apple tracks usage like Google? We know that Apple tracks usage, but we hope they don't track it when you opt out — something which Google did and was fined $22million for.
Nope, honest observation. I coulda sworn I had read sometime back that Apple didn't track TV users for ads. I was obviously mistaken. Nor do I think "Apple tracks usage like Google". AFAIK they don't.
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An entire army of short sellers are busy commentators this morning... Incredible how you can excited about imaginary problems...
Is this relevant, or did you simply want to make the point that Apple tracks usage like Google? We know that Apple tracks usage, but we hope they don't track it when you opt out — something which Google did and was fined $22million for.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/f-t-c-fines-google-22-5-million-for-safari-privacy-violations
My AppleTV hasn't ever done this. Only times it comes on unexpectedly is when I've leant on the Siri Remote or something.