…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.

  • jtdcjtdc@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    although I agree with you and i have an ATV 4K2 myself, i also got a Google TV with Chromecast as a 2nd device. the GTV is best at playing youtube (am not a premium sub) and offline videos from a FAT32 storage. for all other purposes though, ATV is the best 👍

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  • Darkknight3940@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One thing about ATV that is annoying is that with some streaming services HDR features are not supported as well as on Android-based TVs and devices including FireStick. With Peacock HDR automatic matching is not supported on ATV. On the Fox Sports app HDR is not supported at all on ATV. It’s annoying.

  • MichaelobeUltra@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Heck even the OG Apple TV was better than anything else out there. You should’ve seen my sweet dorm apartment setup with 1st Gen ATVs and AirPort Express.

  • rickatk@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Well you are there now. Don’t live in the past. Don’t limit your Apple experience to just Apple TV. Enjoy!!

  • kandaq@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year 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.

  • JoyousGamer@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Well I mean sounds like you didn’t have a very good AndroidTV as there isn’t lag if you have a good device.

    The difference is for Apple OS its only ever on flagship products where as Android will end up on anything since its essentially open source.

    We use Apple TV in our house ever since they finally gave a better remote option though.

  • ABadPhotoshop@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It’s by far the best tv experience. I travel everywhere with mine - just completely bypass all inferior experiences.

  • Yaroonman@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year 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.

  • Loqueyotediga@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have an Apple TV and is great…but better image and lag is not an Android problem, is a hardware problem. You can’t go smoothly on a crappy hardware… But besides Nvidia shield there is no other alternative in quality terms against Apple TV.