…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.

  • DeathByPetrichor@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • droyjen@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    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?

  • 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.

  • rickatk@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

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

  • jtdcjtdc@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months 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 👍

  • Taz_Boomer@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Same experience here with Android TV and lag. I have a slightly older Bravia, but the lag has always been there even though the updates for Android & firmware are always regularly updated. It was definitely not my WiFi creating the lag. I was quite happy when I got my TV about 6 months ago.

    On a side note, I also have 2 Roku 4K streamers and they are a close second. The TV UI is slightly better if you are in the  ecosystem. Like yourself, I have been using some of their products since the iPhone 3G.

  • 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.

  • tusi2@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I started the process of upgrading from a Roku TV by purchasing an Apple TV to give me more time to wait for TVs to go on sale and came to a similar conclusion.

    Now I look at smart TVs as simply TVs again.