…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.

  • rwky@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I got Google TV and Apple TV; in the latest version some things are far better done in Google TV vs Apple TV, but I do like the ATV more as a interface, look & feed.

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  • ekudog88@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    The sheep thing is so insulting. Just acknowledge it’s best. Anything outside of that is a stubborn resistance for no reason.

  • ABadPhotoshop@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

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

  • SoulJahSon@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Apple TV is the best. I’ve removed the Nvidia streaming boxes as I was sick of the issues and the boring Android skin. Apple TV is flawless

  • Serialtoon@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    These types of posts remind me of people who buy $200 Windows PCs and then many years later buy a $2000 MacBook and proceed to compare them as equals. I love my AppleTVs too, but to say that AndroidTV is garbage when it came built into the TV is a bad approach.

  • Yaroonman@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months 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·
    10 months 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.

  • DWAIPAYAN-RC@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I bought it yesterday after so many lag experiences from current smart dish box from 2019. I had to watch so many videos regarding apple tv 4k usage and perks and all.

  • SawkeeReemo@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Just don’t try to playback any high quality audio codecs, and you’ll be fine. I miss my Apple TV so much, but not enough to give up my DTS-HA Master audio or TrueHD ATMOS

  • DirkLimpwood@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Lol I’m android for most everything but I love my Apple TV, nothing android comes close imo.