Apple TV 4K

“I guess if you're not really quite deep in the Apple ecosystem, there's probably better options.”

“Apple is on the Pareto frontier for a given level of config/setup effort”

“I preordered the new AppleTV (coming from Roku), just so my data isn't sold.”

“it's more reasonable to place faith in Apple than basically anyone else in "Big Tech" in this regard”

“If I'm not willing to spend $299 on a device with the same spec, audio/visual wise, as the previous $149 generation”

“Apple's the only major purveyor of these kinds of devices whose existential business model is not predicated on privacy violations.”

“The entire reason I bought an Apple TV was to reduce the amount of data skimming happening in the background”

“Apple TV, Apple Maps & Apple News all perform data mining largely akin to how their competitors do it.”

“The previous model doesn’t support 6-channel 48kHz bitstream audio, which prevents it from advertising full Atmos support over eARC.”

“I use mine for average of ~7 years, so that helps justify just biting the bullet and paying for whatever is best at the time.”

“they announce the product with US features and keep the EU price the same, but disable features that cost them money”

“now they want me to hook up two or four HomePods with microphones up to an Apple TV with a microphone”

“It does decode AV1 now, so if it had the passthrough, I might have actually upgraded.”

“Apple has the most incentive to actually deliver privacy, and has the best track record.”

“Any Airpods connect directly to the AppleTV. You don't need the remote, phone or an app at all.”

“I'm still using an Apple TV 4K 2017 that I bought in 2019. It struggles with a lot of Plex content.”

“mine is the first gen 4K from 2017 and is still chugging along fine”

“The lack of audio passthrough has been so frustrating. Apple TV would be an instant buy for me if it did.”

“I actually bought a new AppleTV 4k a couple months ago but it didn't really solve my problem, so I returned it”

“they survived two years in a suitcase as a digital nomad, as far as I can tell they’re indestructible”

“Otherwise, there's not a thing that this offers, that's worth shelling out another 300 bucks.”

“the Apple TV Just WorksTM and we can put our weekly Facetime with Grandma and Grandpa on there”

“At $130 it was an impulse buy and well worth it. Given a new price and features, I don't see myself upgrading.”

“There may be companies more trustworthy than Apple, but there aren't many companies less worthy than most TV manufacturers.”

“The one thing I feel like I'm missing (and would be missing even if I upgraded) is audio passthrough”

“AppleTV is just so much better than any other option out there and I especially like the AV1 hardware decoding here.”

“I do not want ANY internet connected devices in my machine with far field microphones just listening”

“they are much better than the built in apps and I don't trust the TVs to connect them to the internet”

“it's the one box I can (reasonably) trust to not be mining my viewing habits for data”

“ads that launch before you get to see the content of a show with no way to automatically disable them”

“Apple is the outright winner in streaming devices. The experience is so smooth.”

“I recently got an Apple TV 4K and have been really enjoying the ad free experience. Worth every penny.”

“Wake me when any TV streamer besides the Apple TV 4K can stream a high bitrate 4k HDR video from a Plex server”

“the old Apple TV blows the doors off every single Google TV hardware product in performance”

“It will just work . You will maybe get an ad or two from Apple, rarely, about Apple services, but it's very rare and easy to ignore.”

“the original Apple TV 4K which was released in 2017 is still quite serviceable and continues to receive updates even now”

“the Apple TV is the first device I've used that really feels good to use”

“The Apple TV is an almost perfect small and efficient device to stream to”

“my 1st gen 4k AppleTV (6-ish years old?) is chugging away perfectly and runs every single 3rd party streaming platform I need”

“ATV just keeps chugging away, our family uses it at least an hour a day”