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  • Apple's 'Mother Nature' sketch was a complete dud, and didn't belong in the iPhone 15 even...

    lotoneslotones
    I loved it. Amusing, and full of great information that Apple customers should be proud of.

    And the guy who played Tim Cook was excellent!
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  • Apple TV+ sci-fi hit 'For All Mankind' launches fourth season in November

    lotoneslotones
    yep, totally stoked!

    1. Ted Lasso
    2. For All Mankind
    3. Hello Tomorrow!
    4. Severance
    5. Mythic Quest

    honorable mention: Shrinking
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  • tvOS 17 feature roundup: FaceTime, karaoke, Zoom, VPN, and more

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    designr said:
    Question for TV owners:

    Does TV have some kind of "always on" mode that can be used to let the TV on your TV be an information display, slide show, or anything like that?

    Yes, all the above. You can set TV to "never" turn off. And though the Photos and Computer apps are built in for streaming and slideshows, you might have to use an app like VLC for some DLNA content.
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  • Apple launches Apple Music Classical app

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    retrogusto said:
    lotones said:
    pscooter63 said:
    A dedicated TVOS app would be a nice tip of the hat - I don’t necessarily want to be tethered to AirPlay.
    And there’s my issue with this: Apple TV is limited to 48khz for some reason. I can’t even stream files from my computer to the Apple TV  on my sound system at a native resolution above 48khz, which is an really disappointing because there is no limitation of an internal DAC, and I can do so on my universal disc player released 7 years ago! All the Apple TV needs to do is pass the audio to my preamp.

    Either Apple needs to enable Apple TV to play  hi-res above 48khz via a software update, or release a third Apple TV in 3 years for people who actually can hear the difference between 48khz and 98khz (i.e. people with a halfway decent sound system).
    I’ve been wishing for a while that they would restore the optical output that used to be included with Apple TV, which would also make it a lot easier to connect your Apple TV to an external DAC or other stereo components that don’t have HDMI. Almost no DACs take HDMI input, and if you invest big money on one of the few that does, it will start to be obsolete as soon as they update the HDMI spec, whereas optical digital signals don’t run that risk in the same way. If you want to use a high-end DAC from 10+ years ago with HDMI, it won’t pass through a 4K signal or HDR. I know you can solve this problem with a splitter or extractor, but it’s still inelegant and there aren’t a lot of great options there either.

    The fact that Apple is doubling down on hi-res audio does seem like generally a good indicator that they care about this stuff, and maybe they will also find a way to extend AirPlay to support higher bit rates, especially if people have to run the app on their iPhones.
    The dropping of the digital optical jack probably had more to do with labels wanting to phase them out for copyright protection concerns/paranoia. And lack of higher resolution options on Apple Music may be due to bandwidth and server limitations, BUT my iphone can store and play store and play up to 192khz. We shouldn’t have to stream audio through our iphones and a USB connection to get hi-res music from our phones or macs, when we’ve already invested in an Apple TV (or two…) to stream music directly.
    dewme

  • Apple launches Apple Music Classical app

    lotoneslotones
    pscooter63 said:
    A dedicated TVOS app would be a nice tip of the hat - I don’t necessarily want to be tethered to AirPlay.
    And there’s my issue with this: Apple TV is limited to 48khz for some reason. I can’t even stream files from my computer to the Apple TV  on my sound system at a native resolution above 48khz, which is an really disappointing because there is no limitation of an internal DAC, and I can do so on my universal disc player released 7 years ago! All the Apple TV needs to do is pass the audio to my preamp.

    Either Apple needs to enable Apple TV to play  hi-res above 48khz via a software update, or release a third Apple TV in 3 years for people who actually can hear the difference between 48khz and 98khz (i.e. people with a halfway decent sound system).
    gregoriusmrezwitsd_2watto_cobrabyronl