…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:
- Seamless experience of scrolling through different platforms. No lag. Gave new life to my 3 year old 65 inch Sony 4K TV.
- 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?
- 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:
- I did not buy it sooner
- Apple ads failed to convince me to buy it sooner.
- Minor depression from the realisation fact that I lost ~200 days of life from AndroidTV lag
Do not make the same mistake as me. Do yourself a favour and get an AppleTV.
Not sure if OP or anyone else needs to see this, but download JustWatch to get an easy to navigate app where you select the streaming services you use, and it aggregates all the titles and shows that are available to you to watch. It has changed the way I find new things and makes it super easy to search for where to find something I’m looking for.
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.
Have you watched Apple TV+ yet?!?
It really is a wonder
I’ve only ever had AppleTV. Whenever I use a different device in AirBnBs, I scream and can’t believe people deal with crappy Roku/Firestick/AndroidBox/etc.
I been thinking of getting an Apple TV for the longest of time (being a hardcore Apple fan that owns at least one device from the Mac, iPhone, AirPods, Watch, iPad and HomePod lineup). What else can it do besides streaming stuff?
- you had a bad android tv.
- apple tv doesn’t work with really any audio formats and limited dv formats
- on a good android tv box the picture would be better than the apple tv
Check out these settings. Made a big dIfference in viewing my 5-year-old Samsung 55"
https://www.reddit.com/r/appletv/comments/nmf6ws/apple_tv_4k_settings_app_guide/
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 👍
It’s the best steaming device and has been for many years. I got the first gen Apple TV in 2010 and never looked back. I’ve used one ever since.
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.
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.
AppleTV is the only way right now. Smooth, snappy, lots of up to date apps.
Make sure you check out the remote learning for volume if you haven’t already. I was still using two remotes until last night haha (I assumed my tv and amp were too old to be compatible but it works perfectly)
No more crappy remote. Hahahaha. This thing gets lost so often and the trackpad is so annoying. Get yourself a silicone case with the lanyard and just use your phones remote app.