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Thx Craig, Good video as normal. I am a big Apple fan. Good quality products and my mum has brought me a 128gb 2022 Apple TV box for Christmas, I am really excited to start using it.
Bought a 2021 model off Mercari for around 80$ , it came in yesterday. You are right , the Apple TV is so smooth and ZERO LAG compared to the Firestick which I’ve only used until now. I’m only a iMac away from the whole ecosystem but the Macs need bigger screens. 24inch is too small for me. Hoping Apple goes back to 27inch screens and above. The Apple TV definitely is worth the money. Great video Craig and I’m subscribing.
Thank you, I am glad that you enjoyed the video. That is a great price. Welcome to the Apple TV world. I am glad that you are enjoying it. I am with you on wanting a 27" iMac. I would definitely order one. Thank you for subscribing. I do appreciate you sticking around. Make sure to check out the Apple Tip videos. A great one I learned is asking Siri What did he, she or they say? Then it will hop back 15 seconds, turn on subtitles and play the part over. Then turn off subtitles.
@@CraigsTechTalk I will for sure check out the Apple TV tips videos and more on your channel. Let’s keep our fingers crossed on a 27inch iMac 🙏🏾 Salute to you Craig !
It would be nice if we could monitor the Thread network from HomeKit. I'd like to see if the Thread network was connecting to all the devices I have from different manufacturer.
I assume you can download Apple TV movies to the device for offline viewing like you can on Mac or iOS/iPad? If so, I wonder if it’s limited to 1080p like it is on the others. Would love to be able to download 4k
Very cool. That is a great gift. Happy belated birthday. I am glad you are loving it. It is so much faster and a cleaner interface than anything else. Enjoy my friend.
@@CraigsTechTalk yeah it’s a great gift, so much so that I’ve now bought 2 of the 1st generation Apple TV 4K’s for the kids rooms! I’m good thanks, hope you & that wonderful family of yours are doing well ❤️
I have the 2017 version and the 2022 version. I think Apple did a great job keeping the 2017 version fresh because there’s no difference in user experience. The new version is a little bit snappier. The one thing I did notice was video games on RUclips playing in 4K 60fps playing on the 2017 version would only output at 1440p 60 fps. The new version plays in 4k 60fps no problem.
The big advantages of the Apple TV are speed, simplicity, and no ads. Anything that’s Tizen or Google-based have tons of ads taking up huge chunks of the screen. As for HDR10+, that’s for Samsung and Panasonic TV’s. They don’t support Dolby Vision, partly because they helped create HDR10+ and they don’t want to pay Dolby for the royalties. Unfortunately most streaming services don’t support HDR10+, but two that do (to some extent but not universally) are Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video.
I have a 4th generation apple tv HD I have a tv that supports 4k dolby vision and hdr10 and I'm thinking of getting a apple 4k tv 3rd generation and I only have a ipod touch and apple tv in the apple ecosystem is it worth upgrading my apple tv
Hello Bryan, thank you very much. Very nice, let me know if you notice any difference. I haven’t really, because they all are so good. Thank you for being at so many of the Amazon Live streams.
An Ethernet connection doesn't make sense in my area because we don't have any lines for it. Our router is usually in the hallway, which is almost equidistant from the other rooms. The TV is in the living room and many also use multiple TVs in the bedrooms.
I don't think there is much of an improvement. They all are so similar. I have a feeling that the 4k devices are all delivering the same quality. I might be wrong though. I haven't noticed a difference. Thanks for watching.
@@CraigsTechTalk one question: any idea why the sound on My soundbar when using Apple TV isn’t as loud as when I use my AT&T streaming box? When I use the Apple TV I need to turn the volume almost to max level. Am I missing a setting?
Hi Craig. Nice review. Is Apple TV "Streaming only" meaning no Live TV or cable/satellite video? I'm looking forward to your comparison against Fire TV Cube .
Hey Frank, the comparison is coming out this week. The Apple TV would only be able to stream the apps from a cable or satellite provider. There is no way connect an existing cable box light the Fire TV Cube
My partner has Android and I’ve just moved to Apple, is it possible to have both eco systems in one household? For example our cameras are set up to her android phone and Alexa etc. can I use Apple HomeKit too? Love the videos, I appreciate all the help you give!
Another great video Craig, thank you. I too am a happy AppleTV and HomeKit user. Apple is far from perfect (e.g. high prices and then not including a cable!) but I do prefer them when it comes to privacy. It'd be really interesting to get your take on how streaming devices and smart tv apps handle viewing info and selling of data to vendors and advertisers.
Thank you very much David. I am glad that you enjoyed it. I am with you on that assessment. That is an interesting topic. We do see as an Apple TV user the option to ask apps not to track you through Apple TV. That feels like they are putting up a wall that others aren't. But who knows, what happens on the advertiser end. That would be an interesting topic to see how much you can really find out from these companies.
You would need to have a streaming service to replace cable. For example cable companies offer packages, Hulu live, RUclips TV, Sling TV and a few more that over local channels. The Apple TV is the hardware for the streaming software to run on.
Simplisafe is great. I used them for 3 years. I switched because for $20 I could get more with Ring. But when Simplisafe went off, they were quick to respond.
Love the channel but pls can you make a video on outdoor cameras that work on Apple tv. Like for blink users there are third party tools that can help this.
Thank you very much. I appreciate the suggest for an outdoor cam video. My two favorites are the Ring Stick Up cam. But you need to use a 3rd party tool to work with HomeKit. For native Homekit support, I like the Eufy Cam 2c and 2c Pro. The have local storage, no cloud service needed and work with all the assistants.
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I have a video coming out this weekend with my comparison between the cube and Apple TV. Out of the HomePod and Apple TV my gut says go Apple TV because you get the hub and a great streaming device. I can see using it more. But if you are happy with your TV setup, the HomePod mini is a great introduction to HomeKit and a nice little speaker.
I dumped U-verse TV this week and switched to Direct TV Stream. A couple reasons, price, video quality, not needing a cable box for every TV that I have to pay a rental fee on. I have Apple TVs and Fire TVs, but the Apple TV is going to be my main device now, because of the HSV camera feature. I’ve wanted that for years, I hoped the Fire Cube Gen 3 would make that happen no matter what I was watching with the HDMI input on it, but it doesn’t. I have 4 TVs, 2022 ATV with Ethernet, 2 2021 models, and 1 gen 1 4k model. I do wish that it would share HSV processing between them if needed, maybe one day.
Let us know how Direct TV Stream goes. I have been on Hulu Live for a few years. Apple HomeKit Secure Video is really cool. The HomeKit camera options go beyond what a lot of people realize. I would like to see cameras be able to use 2k in HSV.
@@CraigsTechTalk I’m happy with it so far, I had the highest package in U-Verse, so I got the highest package on Direct Stream, after looking at it, I think I’m going to drop down to the lowest tier. The only thing I watch above that tier is the movie channels. I get HBO Max from my cellphone plan, my dad has Epix and STARZ streaming, so I have access to those. As far as cameras, I’m using Ring and Wyze, and bringing them into Apple with scrypted, it can make pretty much any camera an HSV camera, take a look on here if you haven’t seen it yet.
I saw where you have an LG C2 TV. I have the C1 and love it. However, I just use the built in apps to watch TV over Wi-Fi. Will having Apple TV or streaming device be better quality? Because I notice how it does get grainy sometimes or not look as good as it should. Thanks!
In my opinion, any streaming box like this or Roku or fire stick , etc, is going to last longer then your built in smart features. And it’s more reliable. Overall yes it should be better quality in terms of the product but the picture itself should be the same quality that your tv always had.
I used to have several ATV's before smart TV's had good app interfaces. Really like ATV but cannot see the need for any streamers now that all apps are included with my Samsung and Sony smart TV's. Am I missing something?
These streaming boxes are in my opinion more reliably than standard tv os. Obviously not in the first year but from my experience tv os does degrade faster than streaming devices.
I bought a Apple TV 4K with 128 gig on November 7 and see you I will never go to a Roku or any streaming device ever because I have an iPhone and it’s so easy to work and the rest of my family uses Roku so I wanted to try the Apple TV thing and I just love the Apple TV 4K
Same thing with me, never going back to other streaming devices until they can compete. The AirPods Pro actually made me like it more making it the complete experience.
Just got the new Apple TV that just released I’ve loved it a lot so far, Have the nvidia shield tv pro also honestly both are amazing. Both run smoothly love that i could game on my nvidia shield. The best thing for me on my Apple TV is just the Apple ecosystem with my iPhone, iPads, Apple HomePod mini EarPods just everything able to work together just love it so much. Honestly the thing id love for apple to work on is having a sound bar for the Apple TV which would be amazing to me.
Please tell me how I would properly connect an ATV in my Home Theater, I have the Sony OLED A80J which has the Google TV OS, presently I have it's HDMI3 [EARC] going to EARC IN on my Denon AVR......since all Inputs on the AVR are EARC connected, couldn't I just go from the ATV HDMI I/O to say TV or Cable/Sat on the AVR??? TKS
Yeah, that is exactly what I do. Just another input into the receiver and off to the TV. I don’t know your receiver, but I had to replace mine to take advantage of the higher format pass through.
One more question please - to help me make right decision, I am seeing that Apple does not support TrueHD, and DTS formats, but it does offer Dolby ATMOS, I have read some rave reviewing of Apple's Lossless Feature and I am thinking maybe their Lossless replaces the need for those formats I am used to having/needing those formats I am used to having, do you know? TKS michael
I see why this is a compelling option for Apple users in particular (of which I am now one), for me however I cannot justify a streaming device at this price point as I’ve already got a great streaming device in my Sky Q box that also contains my live tv packages & comes with 2tb of storage. I think for people who don’t have that & who don’t already have a HomeKit hub, the Apple TV boxes are a great option though
It doesn’t sound like it would make any sense for you. Especially if it has everything. I also know you have the HomePod mini so you don’t need it for the HomeKit support. I like that this one has become more affordable for people.
Good video. A few comments. 1 is if you have faster than gigabit networking to your house and a wifi 6 router, the ethernet port is of no use, as you would be better served using the faster wifi connection, so if home automation is of no use to you, then the 64gig is fine. I was able to find it at Costco for 125, and they didn't carry the 128gig model, so I just picked it up instead, as both the above cases apply to me. The only other thing I want to say, is you claim this is "Still the BEST!" in the title, and then say you have not tried its biggest competitor, the Shield. So, how do you know it's the best? :)
Thank you. If you are showing faster Wi-Fi speeds on the Apple TV than it makes sense not to do Ethernet. As for the still the best, it’s a title to a video. It is meant to make people click. It is not clickbait that does deliver on the title. It is the best device I have used out of the 3 big players that count to me, Google, Amazon and Apple. I honestly could not care less about Shield or Roku. They are niche products with no greater ecosystem or devices. I get people like them and usually it’s for something 90% never even think of. Thanks for watching.
If i have Homepods paired to my apple tv without the ethernet, can I still run smart home stuff or do I absolutely need the ethernet to do anything smart home related?
Hi, I would like to buy Apple TV 4K. I have a question: which one is better Apple TV 4K (64GB) 2021 or Apple TV 4K (128GB) 2022? Thanks to anyone who understands and replies me.
I ordered mine last week! Yay! The idiot delivery man didn’t bother to ring the bell or knock and took it to the post office for me to pick up 🤦🏻♀️ I’ll get there Tuesday. Excited to hook it up and see how wonderful tvOS is. I also ordered a couple of switchbot hubs and bots today. They should tide me over until Matter gives me everything I’ve been hoping for. I should be able to put my Aqara camera in the window then and dodgy up a “video doorbell”. That and my coffee maker fried itself today so I need a new one and will go the turn it on with a bot route this time rather than a cheap machine with a switch that fries itself after a month. Haven’t decided on the coffee maker model yet. I’ve got it down to 2. I know which one I’d prefer but need to check that just pressing start and not selecting things with the dial will work. I’ll call them tomorrow to ask. Might wait to see if they have a Black Friday sale though as it’s a bit exxy. I guess I’ll go back to instant for a week or so. I will check if Decos are drastically reduced for Black Friday but that’s it then for me until at least February. I got 3 months of pay at once this month so I’ve had my little spree but now I need to be careful to not go over budget. I’m used to monthly pay but 3 months will be a challenge!
I am sorry to hear that the delivery man didn't even try. I am seeing that happen with expensive items that require a signature. I hope you enjoy tvOS. I don't know if you are able to cancel your switchbot order. They will be having some great sales from the 18th through the end of the month. I love that you are finding the right coffee maker for your buttons to work with. It is the smart move since there are not a lot of smart coffee makers. Thanks for checking out the video and sharing what you have going on.
@@CraigsTechTalk they’re lazy buggers aren’t they! So rude. I have to go to a funeral Tuesday so I figure I’ll pick it up on my way home from there and setting it up might cheer me up. I thought about waiting for a sale but I really don’t think that company will have one. It’s just a small business. Switchbot stuff is a bit hard to find here. Amazon has the hub but no bots. This small business has pretty much the whole range. And the hub was $23 cheaper through them than Amazon! If they do have a sale I’ll consider the extra I paid my contribution to supporting a small Aussie business. Penance for all the things I’ve bought from Amazon recently!!! Lol. The coffee maker I want is through a major company though so they might have a sale. They have in previous years. So I can suck it up and make do with instant until I’m sure about that. I might pull out the stove top coffee pot for Tuesday. That’s an early start that’s gonna hurt. Good coffee will help. I had a look to see if there were any Alexa/Google coffee makers that might be perfect if they had Matter, but nothing was suitable. There were a couple, but they were 110V of course so I’d need a step down transformer as well and that’s just getting messy then. There were no Australian ones that would work for me. So a bot it is. I looked around last week and realised that there are only 2 rooms in my house that don’t have anything smart. Not bad for a relative newbie! It was about May when I first started this, so only 6 months! And the item that got me started was a video doorbell, which I still don’t have 😂 I can’t justify the price of the Logitech or Wemo. Maybe with Matter the Eufy will become an option. That will be for the next house.
That is great you can get them from a local business and better that you are saving. I just hated the idea of you ordering from Amazon today and them being on sale next week. We are definitely in a weird time with the Matter of launch. We could see a lot more options for the home this time next year. That is impressive that you only have 2 rooms left in 6 months. I am impressed that as a newbie you are talking about Matter and factoring that into your decision. Some long time users aren't there yet. A doorbell got me started too. My wife told me about the one her friend had and liked the idea of it for traveling. So technically I guess she started the smart home.
@@CraigsTechTalk the sales are never as big here as what you get anyway. The last one in October, I picked up some Meross plugs for 20% off. Other than that the only items reduced were Eve Bluetooth sensors. And of course Amazon’s own products which I’m refusing to buy lol. I keep a pretty close eye on the prices of a few things as they show as discounted all the time so I’m careful to not get sucked in to buying it during a sale when it’s always on sale. It is a weird time isn’t it. I’ve been looking into HOOBS too but I don’t think I can justify the cost of the box or a raspberry pi when it will be a temporary thing if Matter works as intended. I do have a Windows 10 laptop that I hardly use and could use that for homebridge but I think that’s a bit above my skill level. I don’t know coding and I don’t particularly want to learn. Plus I searched through the plugins and there aren’t any for most Australian products. I think the bots and hubs will tide me over. One hub in the lounge will replace everything the Aqara camera hub is doing, and one in the kitchen for the coffee machine bot. The robot vacuum is packed but another bot will be for that. Then one more for a light switch or something. Moving the Aqara hub to the front window will give me motion alerts, and the doorbell tone it plays should be heard from outside which will solve another problem. Having the Aqara mini switch “doorbell” so close to the hub might reduce the delay a bit too. I’m trying to be careful to only buy things that I know for sure will be useful at my next house, which i hopefully will find soon as I’m starting to get a little anxious. So it’s mostly bulbs and smart plugs, and a couple of IR blaster hubs and 2 HomePod minis. And now the AppleTV. But still no proper doorbell lol. Isn’t that funny that doorbells got you started too! And that your wife is essentially responsible for you having a channel! That’s hilarious. She can’t ever complain that you’re spending too much time on techy stuff because it’s her fault!!!
as a non apple fan and some1 who always had firestick i decifed to get the new apple tv and i really like it but ut sucks it doesnt have a internet browser and it suks u cant download 3rd party apps like the firestick can but besides that apple tv is better for everything else
Hello Gio, thank you for checking out the video. Your comment I think is great for people to see. As an Apple TV user I don't think about side loading apps or having a browser. Those are good points for the non Apple TV users. I am glad to hear you are enjoying yours for everything else. It is such a great media device.
@@CraigsTechTalk yea man firesticks and apple tv both r amazing and have the pros and cons i also really like the quality and feel of the remote i also feel like the apple tv produces a slightly better picture quality than the native tv apps and firestick never thot about owning a apple product im even legit thinking if buying a used iphone just so i can take advantage of the tv calibration apple has
They only bad thing I see is that whenever you switch between sdr, hdr, or Dolby vision the screen goes black for 2 sec. Something that didn’t really happen on my c1. In my opinion, it’s not that big of a deal but that’s just me. In terms of overall it’s arguably better quality. Won’t be a downgrade for sure.
@@williamshakespeare3427 thanks for your reply I bought it after a month i refunded it tbh picture quality and other stuff are not £180 better than my C9 after I returned it I didn’t feel i miss anything and yea that 2 sec gap was annoying too but i had real problems with sound and sound bar and even airplay from My phone didn’t have sound
Not really… there is next to nothing that allows for smart controls. it can’t remember states, it can’t parse a calendar and it can’t set states based on other states. It can’t work on heuristics… It can’t read out the azimuth of the sun…. Location based automations don’t run automatically… Basic stuff is just impossible with HomeKit.
No way. Roku is the best. I can stream movies I have on my hard drive on my iMac with Roku Media player and Stream to Me. With Apple TV, you have to first import the movies in iTunes, even pron. Fail.
I don't know why I'm watching this. I don't even watch movies anymore due to the fact that 99.9% movies from Hollywood nowadays are toxic garbage, and always leaving bad tastes in my mouth. I've recently Just cancelled my 3 years of netflix subscription, because I hardly use it. Saved me $15 a month.
New Buy Apple TV 4K Choose your model Which Apple TV 4K is right for you? Wi-Fi with 64GB¹ storage £149.00 Wi-Fi + Ethernet with 128GB¹ storage £169.00 £169.00 Total Payments for your device include VAT of approx. £29.00.*
Let's be honest: the Apple TV 4K is a wonderful device for digilliterate people with cheap/outdated Smart TV's. It provides a butter smooth interface and everyone with an IQ over 24 can operate it. However, if you value audio quality, you should leave it on a shelve. People who buy external media players are often looking for a better experience than what comes with just about every smart TV for no additional cost. Unfortunately that's not something the Apple TV can provide, as it lacks lossless audio (i.e. TrueHD/DTS-HD MA) support and offers little more than any current high-end Smart TV does. It doesn't even have AV1 HW support which will be the new video format to replace h.265 on about every platform.
Cool if you prefer your fire TV. But not everything can be done on the Fire TV. There are plenty of differences between the two. Let’s not act like they all do the same thing. That is simply not true.
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my best tip is to choose 4K SDR for Format, with Dynamic Range & Frame Rate On in Match Content, then set HDMI Output to RGB Low
What do you tell about Apple TV 4K 2022 + Filmmaker mode color profile on LG Oled? 😅
Thx Craig, Good video as normal. I am a big Apple fan. Good quality products and my mum has brought me a 128gb 2022 Apple TV box for Christmas, I am really excited to start using it.
Bought a 2021 model off Mercari for around 80$ , it came in yesterday. You are right , the Apple TV is so smooth and ZERO LAG compared to the Firestick which I’ve only used until now. I’m only a iMac away from the whole ecosystem but the Macs need bigger screens. 24inch is too small for me. Hoping Apple goes back to 27inch screens and above. The Apple TV definitely is worth the money. Great video Craig and I’m subscribing.
Thank you, I am glad that you enjoyed the video. That is a great price. Welcome to the Apple TV world. I am glad that you are enjoying it. I am with you on wanting a 27" iMac. I would definitely order one. Thank you for subscribing. I do appreciate you sticking around. Make sure to check out the Apple Tip videos. A great one I learned is asking Siri What did he, she or they say? Then it will hop back 15 seconds, turn on subtitles and play the part over. Then turn off subtitles.
@@CraigsTechTalk I will for sure check out the Apple TV tips videos and more on your channel. Let’s keep our fingers crossed on a 27inch iMac 🙏🏾 Salute to you Craig !
Great video. I’m still using my two 2017 Apple TV 4K models, which still work well.
It would be nice if we could monitor the Thread network from HomeKit. I'd like to see if the Thread network was connecting to all the devices I have from different manufacturer.
I assume you can download Apple TV movies to the device for offline viewing like you can on Mac or iOS/iPad?
If so, I wonder if it’s limited to 1080p like it is on the others. Would love to be able to download 4k
Just got the 64GB version bought for me as a birthday present, I’m loving it & your videos are going to help me get the maximum value out of it
Very cool. That is a great gift. Happy belated birthday. I am glad you are loving it. It is so much faster and a cleaner interface than anything else. Enjoy my friend.
@@CraigsTechTalk yeah it’s a great gift, so much so that I’ve now bought 2 of the 1st generation Apple TV 4K’s for the kids rooms!
I’m good thanks, hope you & that wonderful family of yours are doing well ❤️
I have the 2017 version and the 2022 version. I think Apple did a great job keeping the 2017 version fresh because there’s no difference in user experience. The new version is a little bit snappier. The one thing I did notice was video games on RUclips playing in 4K 60fps playing on the 2017 version would only output at 1440p 60 fps. The new version plays in 4k 60fps no problem.
What App do you use for the remote on your phone?
I just recently bought the LG 48C2 and paired it with a Apple TV, it’s amazing! I’d recommend it to anyone who can afford it.
That is a great combination. Love the LG C2. Enjoy.
The big advantages of the Apple TV are speed, simplicity, and no ads. Anything that’s Tizen or Google-based have tons of ads taking up huge chunks of the screen. As for HDR10+, that’s for Samsung and Panasonic TV’s. They don’t support Dolby Vision, partly because they helped create HDR10+ and they don’t want to pay Dolby for the royalties. Unfortunately most streaming services don’t support HDR10+, but two that do (to some extent but not universally) are Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video.
I have a 4th generation apple tv HD I have a tv that supports 4k dolby vision and hdr10 and I'm thinking of getting a apple 4k tv 3rd generation and I only have a ipod touch and apple tv in the apple ecosystem is it worth upgrading my apple tv
Great video Craig! BTW: I ordered the 128G version this afternoon during your Amazon Live stream. Thanks for the chat as always.
Hello Bryan, thank you very much. Very nice, let me know if you notice any difference. I haven’t really, because they all are so good. Thank you for being at so many of the Amazon Live streams.
Have you used it with your local cable tv provider? Like we have comcast/xfinity out here...
Still waiting on Ring integration. That’s the only thing it’s missing for me
Me too. I am glad that I was able to get a hoobs hub to make it work. But native support would be nice.
An Ethernet connection doesn't make sense in my area because we don't have any lines for it. Our router is usually in the hallway, which is almost equidistant from the other rooms. The TV is in the living room and many also use multiple TVs in the bedrooms.
It doesn’t make sense in most places in my house. I encourage people to use Ethernet when you can and makes sense. It helps free up some bandwidth.
Great review! How does this compare against Fire TV cube 2022 model in terms of picture quality and HDR?
I don't think there is much of an improvement. They all are so similar. I have a feeling that the 4k devices are all delivering the same quality. I might be wrong though. I haven't noticed a difference. Thanks for watching.
Perfect! I guessed so.. thanks for confirming
Great video as always! I love Apple TV!
Thank you Nick. I do appreciate it. I know you are loving your Apple TVs. They are the best.
@@CraigsTechTalk one question: any idea why the sound on My soundbar when using Apple TV isn’t as loud as when I use my AT&T streaming box? When I use the Apple TV I need to turn the volume almost to max level. Am I missing a setting?
Hi Craig. Nice review. Is Apple TV "Streaming only" meaning no Live TV or cable/satellite video? I'm looking forward to your comparison against Fire TV Cube .
Hey Frank, the comparison is coming out this week. The Apple TV would only be able to stream the apps from a cable or satellite provider. There is no way connect an existing cable box light the Fire TV Cube
My partner has Android and I’ve just moved to Apple, is it possible to have both eco systems in one household? For example our cameras are set up to her android phone and Alexa etc. can I use Apple HomeKit too?
Love the videos, I appreciate all the help you give!
So if I get the base model, I won’t be able to connect my google nest door bell camera to the home kit?
You will not be able to connect your nest doorbell with either model. Google did not make their doorbells HomeKit compatible
Have you heard of Starling Hub to integrate Nest into HomeKit ? If so what are your thoughts?
I have heard the starling hub works great. I have never used it, but I believe Paul Hibbert and Automate Your Life did videos on it.
Another great video Craig, thank you. I too am a happy AppleTV and HomeKit user. Apple is far from perfect (e.g. high prices and then not including a cable!) but I do prefer them when it comes to privacy. It'd be really interesting to get your take on how streaming devices and smart tv apps handle viewing info and selling of data to vendors and advertisers.
Thank you very much David. I am glad that you enjoyed it. I am with you on that assessment. That is an interesting topic. We do see as an Apple TV user the option to ask apps not to track you through Apple TV. That feels like they are putting up a wall that others aren't. But who knows, what happens on the advertiser end. That would be an interesting topic to see how much you can really find out from these companies.
Will the Apple TV allow me to get rid of Cox Cable? I still want local TV, NBC, CBS etc>.
You would need to have a streaming service to replace cable. For example cable companies offer packages, Hulu live, RUclips TV, Sling TV and a few more that over local channels. The Apple TV is the hardware for the streaming software to run on.
I miss the optical audio input
What do you think of SimpliSafe any thoughts?
Simplisafe is great. I used them for 3 years. I switched because for $20 I could get more with Ring. But when Simplisafe went off, they were quick to respond.
@@CraigsTechTalk so Ring has an alarm system? Good to know. I can’t get the Ring to work in my Home App but I’m sure it’s user error.
bro i jus got the apple tv 4k 2021 two months ago and already they release a new moel, not i may have to pick this up cause I want the HRD10 plus
Love the channel but pls can you make a video on outdoor cameras that work on Apple tv. Like for blink users there are third party tools that can help this.
Thank you very much. I appreciate the suggest for an outdoor cam video. My two favorites are the Ring Stick Up cam. But you need to use a 3rd party tool to work with HomeKit. For native Homekit support, I like the Eufy Cam 2c and 2c Pro. The have local storage, no cloud service needed and work with all the assistants.
Please add the link for Ring Cameras with Apple TV
Hello Frank, thank you. I hope you are doing well. My apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Here are the links to all the Ring and Eufy cameras I am using. Thank you for your support. Have a great day Frank
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🛒 Ring Alarm - geni.us/Mrb9gR
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🛒 Eufy Outdoor Cam 2c - geni.us/gbuqNZA
🛒 Eufy 2k Indoor Cam - geni.us/9Ooz
🛒 Eufy 2k Indoor Pan Cam - geni.us/bda3Ei9
Thanks Craig.
Thank you Ron. Hope you are having a great weekend.
I have a fire tv cube. My tv just basic HD with 5.1 system. I want a HomeKit hub, do you recommend this or HomePod?
I have a video coming out this weekend with my comparison between the cube and Apple TV. Out of the HomePod and Apple TV my gut says go Apple TV because you get the hub and a great streaming device. I can see using it more.
But if you are happy with your TV setup, the HomePod mini is a great introduction to HomeKit and a nice little speaker.
great rewiew!!!!!
I dumped U-verse TV this week and switched to Direct TV Stream. A couple reasons, price, video quality, not needing a cable box for every TV that I have to pay a rental fee on.
I have Apple TVs and Fire TVs, but the Apple TV is going to be my main device now, because of the HSV camera feature. I’ve wanted that for years, I hoped the Fire Cube Gen 3 would make that happen no matter what I was watching with the HDMI input on it, but it doesn’t.
I have 4 TVs, 2022 ATV with Ethernet, 2 2021 models, and 1 gen 1 4k model.
I do wish that it would share HSV processing between them if needed, maybe one day.
Let us know how Direct TV Stream goes. I have been on Hulu Live for a few years. Apple HomeKit Secure Video is really cool. The HomeKit camera options go beyond what a lot of people realize. I would like to see cameras be able to use 2k in HSV.
@@CraigsTechTalk I’m happy with it so far, I had the highest package in U-Verse, so I got the highest package on Direct Stream, after looking at it, I think I’m going to drop down to the lowest tier. The only thing I watch above that tier is the movie channels. I get HBO Max from my cellphone plan, my dad has Epix and STARZ streaming, so I have access to those.
As far as cameras, I’m using Ring and Wyze, and bringing them into Apple with scrypted, it can make pretty much any camera an HSV camera, take a look on here if you haven’t seen it yet.
I saw where you have an LG C2 TV. I have the C1 and love it. However, I just use the built in apps to watch TV over Wi-Fi. Will having Apple TV or streaming device be better quality? Because I notice how it does get grainy sometimes or not look as good as it should. Thanks!
In my opinion, any streaming box like this or Roku or fire stick , etc, is going to last longer then your built in smart features. And it’s more reliable. Overall yes it should be better quality in terms of the product but the picture itself should be the same quality that your tv always had.
I noticed an improvement compared to the fire stick 4k
@craigstechtalk does the Apple TV replace the smart tv apps? Asking cause my current tv is an android tv but is extremely slow and feels clunky.
I used to have several ATV's before smart TV's had good app interfaces. Really like ATV but cannot see the need for any streamers now that all apps are included with my Samsung and Sony smart TV's. Am I missing something?
I too want to know...having more remotes and complexity sounds illogical
These streaming boxes are in my opinion more reliably than standard tv os. Obviously not in the first year but from my experience tv os does degrade faster than streaming devices.
Love, love, love the AppleTV!
That is one of the reasons you are wise. Glad to hear you are enjoying yours. Good to see you in the comments and hope you are doing well.
I bought a Apple TV 4K with 128 gig on November 7 and see you I will never go to a Roku or any streaming device ever because I have an iPhone and it’s so easy to work and the rest of my family uses Roku so I wanted to try the Apple TV thing and I just love the Apple TV 4K
Same thing with me, never going back to other streaming devices until they can compete. The AirPods Pro actually made me like it more making it the complete experience.
Nice one Craig 👏😎
Thank you Mary I appreciate it. Have a great Sunday.
Just got the new Apple TV that just released I’ve loved it a lot so far, Have the nvidia shield tv pro also honestly both are amazing. Both run smoothly love that i could game on my nvidia shield. The best thing for me on my Apple TV is just the Apple ecosystem with my iPhone, iPads, Apple HomePod mini EarPods just everything able to work together just love it so much. Honestly the thing id love for apple to work on is having a sound bar for the Apple TV which would be amazing to me.
sound bars already exist buddy
Please tell me how I would properly connect an ATV in my Home Theater, I have the Sony OLED A80J which has the Google TV OS, presently I have it's HDMI3 [EARC] going to EARC IN on my Denon AVR......since all Inputs on the AVR are EARC connected, couldn't I just go from the ATV HDMI I/O to say TV or Cable/Sat on the AVR??? TKS
Yeah, that is exactly what I do. Just another input into the receiver and off to the TV. I don’t know your receiver, but I had to replace mine to take advantage of the higher format pass through.
One more question please - to help me make right decision, I am seeing that Apple does not support TrueHD, and DTS formats, but it does offer Dolby ATMOS, I have read some rave reviewing of Apple's Lossless Feature and I am thinking maybe their Lossless replaces the need for those formats I am used to having/needing those formats I am used to having, do you know? TKS michael
I got a base model 3 with my broadband provider I'm a non-apple user is there a way I can get an ethernet adaptor for it
There is not on the most recent model. You have to have the 128gb model or a 2021 model or older with the Ethernet port on the back.
I see why this is a compelling option for Apple users in particular (of which I am now one), for me however I cannot justify a streaming device at this price point as I’ve already got a great streaming device in my Sky Q box that also contains my live tv packages & comes with 2tb of storage. I think for people who don’t have that & who don’t already have a HomeKit hub, the Apple TV boxes are a great option though
It doesn’t sound like it would make any sense for you. Especially if it has everything. I also know you have the HomePod mini so you don’t need it for the HomeKit support. I like that this one has become more affordable for people.
@@CraigsTechTalk Courtesy of a wonderfully generous friend 🙏
I like fire tv , you can add 3rd party addons like kodi😊
LG TV's do support HDR 10
Not HDR 10+
My apologies, I did say HDR10 and it should have been on HDR10+.
Thank you liju. Thank you both for watching.
Good video. A few comments. 1 is if you have faster than gigabit networking to your house and a wifi 6 router, the ethernet port is of no use, as you would be better served using the faster wifi connection, so if home automation is of no use to you, then the 64gig is fine. I was able to find it at Costco for 125, and they didn't carry the 128gig model, so I just picked it up instead, as both the above cases apply to me. The only other thing I want to say, is you claim this is "Still the BEST!" in the title, and then say you have not tried its biggest competitor, the Shield. So, how do you know it's the best? :)
Thank you. If you are showing faster Wi-Fi speeds on the Apple TV than it makes sense not to do Ethernet. As for the still the best, it’s a title to a video. It is meant to make people click. It is not clickbait that does deliver on the title. It is the best device I have used out of the 3 big players that count to me, Google, Amazon and Apple. I honestly could not care less about Shield or Roku. They are niche products with no greater ecosystem or devices. I get people like them and usually it’s for something 90% never even think of. Thanks for watching.
@@CraigsTechTalk fair enough on the title. However Roku has over 70 million active monthly users. Not sure I would call that niche. :)
Wi-Fi speed throttles when you have stereo HomePods paired to the Apple TV. Ethernet or bust.
If i have Homepods paired to my apple tv without the ethernet, can I still run smart home stuff or do I absolutely need the ethernet to do anything smart home related?
Hi, I would like to buy Apple TV 4K.
I have a question:
which one is better Apple TV 4K (64GB) 2021 or Apple TV 4K (128GB) 2022?
Thanks to anyone who understands and replies me.
The 128gb has ethernet and a thread router that the 64gb doesn't have. They are the same other than that.
@@CraigsTechTalk thank you bro 🤝
Craig's if your coming over in Cebu, Philippines. then give me a shout. Thanks.
I ordered mine last week! Yay! The idiot delivery man didn’t bother to ring the bell or knock and took it to the post office for me to pick up 🤦🏻♀️ I’ll get there Tuesday. Excited to hook it up and see how wonderful tvOS is.
I also ordered a couple of switchbot hubs and bots today. They should tide me over until Matter gives me everything I’ve been hoping for. I should be able to put my Aqara camera in the window then and dodgy up a “video doorbell”. That and my coffee maker fried itself today so I need a new one and will go the turn it on with a bot route this time rather than a cheap machine with a switch that fries itself after a month. Haven’t decided on the coffee maker model yet. I’ve got it down to 2. I know which one I’d prefer but need to check that just pressing start and not selecting things with the dial will work. I’ll call them tomorrow to ask. Might wait to see if they have a Black Friday sale though as it’s a bit exxy. I guess I’ll go back to instant for a week or so.
I will check if Decos are drastically reduced for Black Friday but that’s it then for me until at least February. I got 3 months of pay at once this month so I’ve had my little spree but now I need to be careful to not go over budget. I’m used to monthly pay but 3 months will be a challenge!
I am sorry to hear that the delivery man didn't even try. I am seeing that happen with expensive items that require a signature. I hope you enjoy tvOS. I don't know if you are able to cancel your switchbot order. They will be having some great sales from the 18th through the end of the month. I love that you are finding the right coffee maker for your buttons to work with. It is the smart move since there are not a lot of smart coffee makers. Thanks for checking out the video and sharing what you have going on.
@@CraigsTechTalk they’re lazy buggers aren’t they! So rude. I have to go to a funeral Tuesday so I figure I’ll pick it up on my way home from there and setting it up might cheer me up.
I thought about waiting for a sale but I really don’t think that company will have one. It’s just a small business. Switchbot stuff is a bit hard to find here. Amazon has the hub but no bots. This small business has pretty much the whole range. And the hub was $23 cheaper through them than Amazon! If they do have a sale I’ll consider the extra I paid my contribution to supporting a small Aussie business. Penance for all the things I’ve bought from Amazon recently!!! Lol. The coffee maker I want is through a major company though so they might have a sale. They have in previous years. So I can suck it up and make do with instant until I’m sure about that. I might pull out the stove top coffee pot for Tuesday. That’s an early start that’s gonna hurt. Good coffee will help.
I had a look to see if there were any Alexa/Google coffee makers that might be perfect if they had Matter, but nothing was suitable. There were a couple, but they were 110V of course so I’d need a step down transformer as well and that’s just getting messy then. There were no Australian ones that would work for me. So a bot it is.
I looked around last week and realised that there are only 2 rooms in my house that don’t have anything smart. Not bad for a relative newbie! It was about May when I first started this, so only 6 months! And the item that got me started was a video doorbell, which I still don’t have 😂 I can’t justify the price of the Logitech or Wemo. Maybe with Matter the Eufy will become an option. That will be for the next house.
That is great you can get them from a local business and better that you are saving. I just hated the idea of you ordering from Amazon today and them being on sale next week. We are definitely in a weird time with the Matter of launch. We could see a lot more options for the home this time next year.
That is impressive that you only have 2 rooms left in 6 months. I am impressed that as a newbie you are talking about Matter and factoring that into your decision. Some long time users aren't there yet. A doorbell got me started too. My wife told me about the one her friend had and liked the idea of it for traveling. So technically I guess she started the smart home.
@@CraigsTechTalk the sales are never as big here as what you get anyway. The last one in October, I picked up some Meross plugs for 20% off. Other than that the only items reduced were Eve Bluetooth sensors. And of course Amazon’s own products which I’m refusing to buy lol. I keep a pretty close eye on the prices of a few things as they show as discounted all the time so I’m careful to not get sucked in to buying it during a sale when it’s always on sale.
It is a weird time isn’t it. I’ve been looking into HOOBS too but I don’t think I can justify the cost of the box or a raspberry pi when it will be a temporary thing if Matter works as intended. I do have a Windows 10 laptop that I hardly use and could use that for homebridge but I think that’s a bit above my skill level. I don’t know coding and I don’t particularly want to learn. Plus I searched through the plugins and there aren’t any for most Australian products. I think the bots and hubs will tide me over. One hub in the lounge will replace everything the Aqara camera hub is doing, and one in the kitchen for the coffee machine bot. The robot vacuum is packed but another bot will be for that. Then one more for a light switch or something. Moving the Aqara hub to the front window will give me motion alerts, and the doorbell tone it plays should be heard from outside which will solve another problem. Having the Aqara mini switch “doorbell” so close to the hub might reduce the delay a bit too.
I’m trying to be careful to only buy things that I know for sure will be useful at my next house, which i hopefully will find soon as I’m starting to get a little anxious. So it’s mostly bulbs and smart plugs, and a couple of IR blaster hubs and 2 HomePod minis. And now the AppleTV. But still no proper doorbell lol.
Isn’t that funny that doorbells got you started too! And that your wife is essentially responsible for you having a channel! That’s hilarious. She can’t ever complain that you’re spending too much time on techy stuff because it’s her fault!!!
Unfortunately Apple TV won’t allow you to install a VPN, ridiculous 🤬
You can install one on your router.
ASUS routers let you activate a VPN per device
I' m disappointed that Apple still doesn't offer a camera for FaceTime
It really is surprising. I can see them selling so many more if they had the camera. I can see it working great for family members to connect.
Yeah, Apple TV is great except it doesn’t support TrueHD 7.1 or MKV format
as a non apple fan and some1 who always had firestick i decifed to get the new apple tv and i really like it but ut sucks it doesnt have a internet browser and it suks u cant download 3rd party apps like the firestick can but besides that apple tv is better for everything else
Hello Gio, thank you for checking out the video. Your comment I think is great for people to see. As an Apple TV user I don't think about side loading apps or having a browser. Those are good points for the non Apple TV users. I am glad to hear you are enjoying yours for everything else. It is such a great media device.
@@CraigsTechTalk yea man firesticks and apple tv both r amazing and have the pros and cons i also really like the quality and feel of the remote i also feel like the apple tv produces a slightly better picture quality than the native tv apps and firestick
never thot about owning a apple product im even legit thinking if buying a used iphone just so i can take advantage of the tv calibration apple has
My favourite streaming device is the One and only tv-4k
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No xbox sreies x/s streaming app
There is nothing to watch on aahe tc
The question is is it better than native oled tv app’s quality wise
They only bad thing I see is that whenever you switch between sdr, hdr, or Dolby vision the screen goes black for 2 sec. Something that didn’t really happen on my c1. In my opinion, it’s not that big of a deal but that’s just me. In terms of overall it’s arguably better quality. Won’t be a downgrade for sure.
@@williamshakespeare3427 thanks for your reply I bought it after a month i refunded it tbh picture quality and other stuff are not £180 better than my C9 after I returned it I didn’t feel i miss anything and yea that 2 sec gap was annoying too but i had real problems with sound and sound bar and even airplay from
My phone didn’t have sound
Imagine someone somehow making a way out to convert this into a small laptop with different OS and mods 💀 Apple TV 4k sales
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Do you need a 4K TV to use Apple TV?
I just wish it would be powered by USB
Also… HomeKit is so limited, and it’s not exactly smart. I’d call it ‘connected’. But it is unable to set up smart automations.
That would be nice. It really just serves as a HomeKit hub. But the real action is in the Home app on other Apple devices.
Not really… there is next to nothing that allows for smart controls. it can’t remember states, it can’t parse a calendar and it can’t set states based on other states. It can’t work on heuristics… It can’t read out the azimuth of the sun…. Location based automations don’t run automatically… Basic stuff is just impossible with HomeKit.
No way. Roku is the best. I can stream movies I have on my hard drive on my iMac with Roku Media player and Stream to Me. With Apple TV, you have to first import the movies in iTunes, even pron. Fail.
I don't know why I'm watching this. I don't even watch movies anymore due to the fact that 99.9% movies from Hollywood nowadays are toxic garbage, and always leaving bad tastes in my mouth. I've recently Just cancelled my 3 years of netflix subscription, because I hardly use it. Saved me $15 a month.
No usb ports makes it definitely not the best!
The shield destroys apple tv
If they added a USB connector it then be near perfect.
Apple TV boring but android tv is cheaper plus for the money u can do so much more
It is not the best any Android box or Fire Tv you can side load apps on . Apple TV is limited .
Ya and get a virus
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Let's be honest: the Apple TV 4K is a wonderful device for digilliterate people with cheap/outdated Smart TV's. It provides a butter smooth interface and everyone with an IQ over 24 can operate it. However, if you value audio quality, you should leave it on a shelve. People who buy external media players are often looking for a better experience than what comes with just about every smart TV for no additional cost. Unfortunately that's not something the Apple TV can provide, as it lacks lossless audio (i.e. TrueHD/DTS-HD MA) support and offers little more than any current high-end Smart TV does. It doesn't even have AV1 HW support which will be the new video format to replace h.265 on about every platform.
new apple tv is owerheating like shit,i feel it drops power and reduse processor speed becose of heat,nobody menciot that ?why?
Maybe no one is talking about it because they aren’t having that problem.
Never was
Great if your Apple biased but everything you said can be done on fire tv, I've never had a problem doing so on mine.
Cool if you prefer your fire TV. But not everything can be done on the Fire TV. There are plenty of differences between the two. Let’s not act like they all do the same thing. That is simply not true.