I love your videos and I love that you love the AppleTV. I’m obviously an Apple fanboy. Thank you for this video. I learned a lot I didn’t know actually!
Damn thank you for posting this suggestion to sync the audio through the Apple TV. It was driving me nuts trying to get it right through my Sonos sound at setting
Damn thank you for posting this suggestion to sync the audio through the Apple TV. It was driving me nuts trying to get it right through my Sonos sound at setting
@@SmiteIke Me too. You can set delay on the TV and the soundbar, but very hard to get it "right". This just fixes it and it does not drive me nuts to have it slightly out of sync.
Apple updated the match dynamic range feature with their latest software update, tvOS 16.1. It now works when set in HDR mode too, meaning it will now switch to SDR for SDR programs even when set to HDR as default.
@@JoelRamos14 Yes. The only downside is if RUclips video is in 4K and the ads aren’t, you’ll get a pause and blank screen while it switches from 4K to SD, then the same thing again after the ad when it goes back to 4K.
@@freespeach99 If Jason King is saying its been fixed to match but it still flickers a black screen on youtube then it is not fully fixed. I would turn off Dynamic Range, that fixed it for me.
The eArc feature that allows users to AirPlay audio from games consoles to HomePods via Apple TV is never talked about! Such a good feature if, like me, you use stereo HomePods as your primary TV speakers.
Here's a tip to go along with what you were talking about with the Match Dynamic Range. So having it match the dynamic range and frame rate, as you showed are important. But you can add to it by going into the main TV resolution settings and changing the Apple TV to SDR. Even though you change it to SDR, because of the Match Dynamic Range setting, when playing something in HDR it will switch back. The benefit to this is to ensure that SDR is ALWAYS shown as SDR and that it never tries to tone-map the SDR to HDR. But even assuming the Match Dynamic Range setting truly does always keep the content in SDR when it's non-HDR, there's one place where it will NEVER change it: the Home Screen. The Home Screen will always try to show in HDR if HDR is selected. This has the result of making the Home Screen look a little washed out; not as bright or well defined. This may not be a big deal on TVs where the screen is extremely bright (like a QLED) - but it's really bad on a lower cost TV. Many TVs under $1,000 have panels that are not capable of truly reaching the minimum brightness needed for HDR (regardless of whether they show the HDR logo on the box and the input allows it). And so for TVs that can't go past 500 Nits of brightness, trying to browse through the Apple TV Home Screen in HDR mode can be very eye straining as it's so dim and washed out. But by changing the resolution setting to SDR, and then enabling Match Dynamic Range, the home screen will have full 4:4:4 color and look much brighter and easier to see.
this is huge if it works as described. I have an OLED but with the ATV4K set to Dolby Vision output the main menu and buit-in apps (Apple Music) are always at 100% brightness. Not great for nighttime viewing. Thanks for the tip.
Learn remote (Settings > Remotes and Devices > Learn Remote) is the best feature that wasn't mentioned in this video because it gives you dedicated remote skip buttons (specifically through "Set Up Playback Buttons") that are not available on the Siri remote. I used it to have the Apple TV learn my old cable set top box remote. It works so well that the set top box remote has replaced the Siri Remote as my primary remote because one-button skip is so important for RUclips TV.
It would be nice if the Siri Remote had a couple of extra buttons to program. I have the volume buttons directly control my sound bar, but I had to sacrifice the mute button to learn the change input remote function.
Currently my Siri remote turns on my AppleTV as well as my Marantz AV receiver by HDMI. Can this learning be used so it also acts as the On/Off button for my LG TV by IR when I start or shut down the Apple TV?
@@madmalkav6540 I don’t think the on off button is programmable, one of the limitations of the system. However my Apple TV remote switches on and off my Sony TV, as well as my Samsung sound bar and the Apple TV itself. I’m connected into the ARC HDMI on the TV, maybe try connecting your HDMI from the amp for ARC on the TV and see if this helps at all. If not then have a read of the Marantz manual, as I’m guessing it’s not passing on the power signal to the TV. Good luck.
@@madmalkav6540 I have my Apple TV connected to an LG OLED and the HDMI-CEC works to power the TV on by pressing the home button on a learned remote. Putting the Apple TV to sleep turns the TV off.
@@cooter3690 They are ONLY front Left and Right. Computational/Spatial audio is generated by the two front speakers. You get ATMOS from some streaming services. No rear speakers are needed.
I highly recommend making Apple TV picture settings at 4K SDR and choose match content so the HDR doesn't affect the screen life span by maxing brightness
Thanks for some good tips. I’ve been a long term user of the Apple TV, back from the original black box with silver, two button remote and I’ve owned at least one of every release since then. I didn’t know about the match content function. Hopefully this will resolve an occasional issue where content displays with very low contrast. My tip is actually an app pick. I’ve found the Plex Media Server very powerful. I can stream copies of my own media from a always on media PC, wirelessly to every tv in the house. Highly recommended!
In RUclips I say to Siri “search RUclips for __” and it searches for the topic! For RUclips tv when watching a show recorded on Dvr, when commercials come on you can skip them by saying to siri “skip 3 minutes.” For example.
I don’t have match content enabled because it blacks out every single time it goes to a new video in RUclips. Missing the first 7-10 seconds which is annoying, 11:12 shows it clearly. Not sure who likes that but I don’t 😅🤷♂️
Another tip to go along with the voice control you talked about. You can also use the exact same commands hands-free, if you have another nearby Apple device like an iPad or HomePod or Apple Watch. I use this all the time when I want to get up to go to the other room and I just call out to Siri to pause the TV. The HomePod is perfect for this because it's equipped with long range beam-forming microphones; and it works from any HomePod in the house regardless of whether it's paired to the Apple TV for sound output or not. Some of the things you can say is: Hey Siri: Turn the Apple TV Off (Puts it to sleep) Pause the TV Resume playing on the TV Go back 45 seconds What did they say? Skip 5 Minutes All of that without ever having to touch the remote.
tvOS is so bloated full of stuff I'm never going to use and don't even want when all I've ever asked for (other than the ability to delete the vast majority of first-party applications) is a faster UI. If I already know where I'm going, everything takes multiple clicks on the remote because the UI takes so damn long to respond and finish its sweeping animations. It's annoying because I know the hardware is plenty capable of responding more quickly than I am - it's just a software burden.
Apple TV needs VPN apps, side loading (Apple has removed some apps that I used to use) and the ability to force close an app Basically all that already exists in an iPhone. Then I would get rid of my Shield and only use Apple TV
Love love love this video- Wanted to mention a super-duper little tip for your next audio specialty video. Many of us who can't or dont want to add soundbars to our TVs Systems can use the Apple TV to do something amazing with our Sonos speakers( that even the Sonos folks don"t seem to know!!). With your I pad or Iphone through the audio / video tab in the settings screen of your Apple TV play the TV through our sonos systems as each amplifire will appear as a wifi option. Additionally these options can be placed into the home app on your IOS device and the volumes etc for each amp/location can be controlled by your IOS device!!! Its an awesome benefit that not many seems to know about!!! Happy holidays!!!
very helpful! the hdr part especially so. when u put everything in HDR it looks odd and watching youtube is annoying cuz it constantly has to switch to SDR. making SDR default and then matching content much smoother
It shouldn't do this with tvOS 16.1. They updated it so match content dynamic range also works in HDR (or at least it does for HDR Dolby Vision, don't know about HDR 10+). It should show now SDR content in SDR even if set to HDR
I recently bought Airpods 3rd Gen. I used to have a home theater system with multiple speakers, in terms of audio that was better than actually being in the best seat in a theater or at the Super Bowl for example. The newer Airpods are better than that particularly because each person has their own personal home theater system, with the exception that with a home theater system you can actually feel the difference, like it's live versus a recording. I'm currently sitting at home waiting for delivery of my 2022 Apple TV unit as a Christmas present, and educating myself so that when my wife gets home I'll have it all set up. But now watching this I'm thinking maybe it's better if I just connect it and let her set up her own thing because we have a unique situation. I'm American, native English speaker; my wife is Japanese, native Japanese speaker. Both of us use iPhone and iPad. Until now we've been using an old Playstation, though mostly her. If only one can log in with global settings where it's that one person's language and such, I rather it be her. But ideally I want all our stuff separated by login by language, country, content, and so forth.
You can add multiple users. Simply press and hold the TV button to add new users and switch in between them seamlessly. I’m not sure if you can set different languages for each user but it’s worth a try ;)
@@carstenehlers1864 : Thanks! Hopefully useful to others: I use a VPN on my personal devices while I'm in Japan so I can get my streaming content, and all other location targeted stuff wherever I may be, BUT the Apple TV thingamajig not only is a shared device BUT it also can't have a VPN, BUT I can do mirroring. So if I want to see my personal content on the larger screen through the Apple TV, I just login to it as myself and mirror that content from the iPad.
Was wondering if others did this lol, for those curious, it fixes the “bright/white wash” effect if you’re experiencing it where all apps and video seem a bit too faded/bright. The one in the video also was slightly washed out from the looks of it
Just wanted to make an observation about a frustration I ran into & solution with the Apple TV. With the video settings of Match Dynamic Range and Match Frame Rate on, the RUclips app within an Apple TV becomes unwatchable. Apparently the ads on YT are at a different frame rate than most content, and it causes a cycle of stuttering and black screen but with audio until everything syncs again. I had to to use the YT app installed on my smart tv independently until I discovered the Dynamic Range and Frame Rate settings solution. Turn them off, unfortunately. Others have reported results by only adjusting the Match Frame Rate setting but I had to turn both that and Dynamic Range matching off. For context, is it matters, this was connected to a TCL Roku Class 5 tv. Best of luck everyone.
@@carstenehlers1864 If you really like how the Apple settings look, the other work around is to download the YT app to your tv and watch it from there, not through the Apple TV. It's an extra step so not not ideal, let's you still enjoy both.
I too had to turn off the Dynamic Range and Frame Rate matching. With them on, there was a noticeable delay between audio and video--very annoying when you're watching someone speaking.
Just RUclips. ? Because I have my settings at SD 60hz and both dynamic rage and match frame settings turned on because I wanted it to be able to play hDR 10 and Dolby vision content and not just force everything to be Dolby vision
Extremely helpful information and thank you! Perhaps the most important (to me) is to match content and frame rate. The only thing that I wish is that the Apple 4K TV would have a good AI upscaler like my Nvidia Shield Pro. What would be really sweet is if Apple could fix the caching issue so icons will actually show up and content refreshed (hint ESPN+) instead displayed as X's and failing to mention some match or game is streaming live. 😡
You can submit errors directly to Apple by using Feedback Assistant. Just hit Command + Space and type Feedback assistant and you ought to see a purple/white icon, and start crafting your own error feedback to Apple ;)
@@larsandersen9134 .. I must have overlooked mentioning it also happens on RUclips. Can't imagine it not being reported already. However, it's been going on for some time now. Otherwise this is the only social media that I use, but thanks 👍
The $140 i paid to not have to use the LG remote or see the LG home screen (has ads) was completely worth the price, my LG tv feels like a tv that cost above $1.5k now ..
One important note with matching content/ frame rate… it does slow down switching n creates a black frame in between even with the newest TVs… especially annoying with short form videos like RUclips… so you get a blank screen n running audio over n over. Had to disable as my wife really did not like that n even myself felt it was too slow. Ill reserve it for more epic action if anything.
Another tip: Use Apple TV remote to control sound bar and TV. Go to Settings -> Remotes and Devices, scroll down beyond "LEARNED REMOTES". There you see "HOME THEATER CONTROL". Turn Control TVs and Receivers to "On". (Default is Off.) Then, click "Volume Control". Select Auto. Provided your TV and sound bar (or other kinds of home theater connected via HDMI) have CEC (or any trade name thereof) turned on, you can can change volume using the Apple TV remove, turn on and off all those devices. To turn on the entire home theater, just press Menu key or TV key. Turning off Apple TV (sleep) using the remote is never trivial; it requires going into Settings and scroll all the way down to find "Sleep Now". But if you have auto off on, at least that will bring down the whole theater as well. (Interestingly, Apple TV also displays any other remote that it has learned in CEC. Selecting Auto is the way to allow its own remote to control others via HDMI.)
I am having an issue with my volume down function on my siri remote. out of the box it worked just fine. then one day i tried to put the volume down button and it wouldnt work. volume up works fine, i have reset my remote, i have reset my apple tv box. and it still doesnt work. It only works when i switch the volume control to IR to receiver. then up and down for volume is fine. but if i set it to auto then the volume down doesnt work again. any idea what i can do? only thing left for me to do is reset my sound bar to default and see if its interfering with my apple tv even though it wasnt before.
I’m having a similar issue. Upon initial setup the volume up/down was working fine controlling my tv speakers. A few months later the volume controls do not work 🤷🏽♂️ Frustrating to say the least
@@walter2695 haha glad it’s working for you again. My AppleTV remote stopped controlling my Sony TV all together. Won’t power on/off or control volume. 🤷🏽♂️ I also set my update settings to manual so that updates aren’t automatic to see if it were the updates causing the issues
@@BEARSnBULLS15 Just give it time i think it glitched out. since i restored my sound bar to factory settings, my apple tv to factory settings, nothing worked. and then poof one day like nothing happened. the smarter tech gets the dumber it acts man. good luck.
No Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD support or passthrough makes this device a non-consideration for me. For Blu-ray rips in Plex, the Nvidia Shield is still unbeatable as it supports pretty much all formats.
I should second some of the comments made here. Caleb is one of the best communicators I seen having watched a lot of reviews to help inform the purchase of a G2, AppleTV and an Arc. Keep up the good work.
I think one of my favorite things I’ve been doing for a while is using my phone as a remote. It’s usually nearby (I tend to lose the remote) and the integration with the keyboard is nice. Plus I have the older Apple TV remote which frankly isn’t great - so the phone remote tends to be just as good. I’ve always felt the Apple TV is one of apples under the radar products. For a reasonable price, it gives you an excellent smart tv interface that is better than any integrated smart tv os I’ve seen(although lgs webOS is pretty good too).
My absolute favorite things about the ATV4K are the spatial audio with AirPods, being able to use my phone keyboard (can’t stand typing with the remote) and the navigation speed jumping between apps. Honorable mention to the gig Ethernet port
why apple tv cannot passthough Atmos or 7.1sound when play file with another app that is not streaming exsample Plex Emby Infuse ....... i'm wait for this function for long time............. ahhhhhhhhh boring Apple TV 😢😢😢
Amazingly, many of them apply to Apple TV Gen 2! Not 4K Gen 2, but og Gen 2. Who knew the top row had an interactive function? (Too bad other apps are not taking advantage of the feature.) Of course these are tvOS tips so they apply to all generations that run tvOS. Great take!
Have you seen animated Album art? I listened to old albums of Siouxsie and the Banshees ‚Spellbound’ and the Animation blew my mind. Totally surprising, brilliant! Also on iPhone/iPad in the music app, but on the Apple TV 4K it just looks sooo damn kool!
Yeah I’d love to use my AirPods Pro with our Apple TV 4K, but…. The device runs under the Apple ID of my wife, and Apple doesn’t let me connect the AirPods !! What a shame! The only way to do that, would be if she used her AirPods and would SharePlay to mine. Only problem: she doesn’t have any AirPods! So how do all those families use AirPods with Apple TV, if only AirPods with the same Apple ID will connect????
you're the best tech reviewer, specifically anything television related. i learn a ton from your videos. you're excellent at explaining process and design/function details. i learned new things watching this to better use my apple tv. thank you for being awesome at what you do!
The match content setting is creating a delay on the video when connected to an AVR. This is bad because the screen goes blank, sometimes the audio also goes off, then you always join the video 5 to 10 seconds later.
I agree, it is annoying. As a workaround I try to immediately hit the pause button and wait about 7-8 seconds and then start watching, so I don't miss too much. (Unless it was something I wanted to skip anyway, like an add on RUclips.)
I have my Apple TV 4K connected to HDMI 2 on my Hisense, and my Yamaha AV Receiver HDMI Out (with eARC/ARC) to the eARC/ARC HDMI port of the Hisense TV. I can use either remote for basic remote control. Awesome! The Apple TV 4K comes with the German Telekom Magenta TV plan, and has a specific remote for the Magenta App, and the buttons are backlit for crying out loud! Just brilliant! But I use Waipu TV plan, as the service and content quality is awesome for 12,99€/month and some 250 channel! The Hisense simply acts as a monitor, but have it connected to my satellite dish and Astra satellite, just in case for an internet blackout! I think the Apple TV 4K Box is one of the best things you can have nowadays for content consumption. My old Apple TV HD from 2015(!) - or 2014, can’t really remember - still providing everything to my old LG plasma which has been moved to my bedroom. People just don’t seem to be aware of the constant quality the Apple TV is providing. It just works, and is dead easy to use. I run mine with the Dev Beta program for ages. Never had a problem!
does apple spatial audio/ Dolby Atmos features works with Apple TV to Dolby Atmos supported Sound bar? for example if we hooked Samsung Q990B sound bar to Apple TV ?
best video settings 4k SDR and the Apple TV automatically selects the right HDR / option, for Samsung it selects HDR or HDR 10+ for all other TV brands HDR / or dolby vision, then the Apple TV determines what the best option is
Why does my Apple tv 4k 3rd gen only allow 4K HDR 60Hz when my TV is native 4k 120Hz and my hdmi cable is a SKW 8K 60Hz 4k 120Hz cable?. Nevermind, my stupid butt didn't think about that I have it connected to my stereo reciever and it's not connected to a 4k 120Hz hdmi connection.
BEWARE! You cannot connect Apple tv 4k 2022 to Samsung Q990B soundbar through bluetooth. It gives an error. And if you connect them through airplay you have to unplug and plug Apple tv 4k each time you turn your tv on because it switches back to 'tv(default)' because you cannot switch default audio output on Apple tv 4k.
ah ah ah, if you turn on any of the MATCH settings, your signal will cut out and go black for anywhere from .5 to 3 seconds when playing ANY content, this is completely MADDENING because people usually think their Apple TV, TV, or receiver is BROKEN and malfunctioning. I would suggest NEVER using this setting unless you REALLY know what you're doing and purposely want to test your sanity constantly. Any guests, family members, etc. who do not understand this explicitly, will also just think your equipment is broken. please, just don't.
I have a home In Italy and when I’m there I can’t use the Amazon prime tv, paramount, Hulu, hbo, subscriptions, and Netflix is georestricted big time. Any way to upload a vpn to it so I can make it think I’m in the U.S.???
My GF insists on everything Apple, my first impressions going from the Firestick 4K: 1. VERY limited supported apps when compared to Android, where almost any native android app can be sideloaded on AndroidTV. Seems 95% of what's on the iOS store isn't even available. 2. HUGE lack of free-to-play games, or games in general for that matter, especially outside Apple Arcade. If Apple aren't making money from it, they ain't putting in on the Apple TV! 3. Snappy menus and nice controller tho... Woopie...
Can your Apple TV 4k play 4k RUclips? Mine doesn’t. It depends on the day, but mostly my RUclips app is capped at 1440p. I even have youtube premium account. This doesn’t happen with RUclips apps on my iPhone or iPad. What’s wrong with Apple TV 4k?
Too bad they couldn't build the Apple TV internals into the TV set, that way u could have a very clean set up. Like an LG G3/4 with an apple tv built into the TV would be super cool.
HI, maybe you can help me. I have looked all over the internet but cannot find it. I want to control Apple Music in the Apple TV 4K using my Macbook Air laptop. Why? 2 reasons. 1: I do not want to turn on my TV when listening to Apple Music via the Apple TV. As I am an audiophile I want to use the HDMI connection between the ATV and my Anthem AVM70 processor so not stream.. 2: I dislike the way I have to use the Apple TV remote within Apple Music. Hope you can help.
Here’s where the Apple TV fails. The Netflix app is complete garbage. Heavily outdated. Not to mention Apples ridiculously high standards for apps which is why they don’t get the new features that other streaming devices do. I used an Apple TV for awhile. The picture was AMAZING but the Netflix app just killed it for me. Apple and Netflix clearly don’t get along and it shows.
Bought a brand new 4K 8K Anthem receiver ans ever since no more picture on my projector Apple assistance can’t help and Anthem tech says it’s a handshakes trouble in HDCP encryption, all other fee works Blu-ray, MacBook, Amazon 4K stick grrrrrrrrrr nobody can help
Airplay can be used by “anyone within range of your Apple TV unless you lock it down behind a code”.. you then show pretty clearly “Allow Access: Same Network”… have I misunderstood or does that mean that “anybody within range” also needs to be connected to your network? Confusing at least… misleading at worst. Idk who you talk to but these are the most basic of “features” (some so much so that I wouldn’t even describe them as features)… “you aren’t using”!? Again.. pretty misleading.
I think it’s very stupid that netflix hates the Apple TV platform so much. Old UI, missing functions and that interactive movies do not work. How can such a large company afford such a thing?
The hardware and Apple TV OS aren't bad but the apps themselves are the problem. They're horrible compared to the Android based apps on the Roku. We tried Apple TV 4k for several weeks but just couldn't with those horrendous apps. The device is now in a container in my garage and the Roku is back in service. :(
Don’t forget to mention if you tv has Dolby Vision, the color balance calibration doesn’t take place because the Apple TV calibrates automatically without the need of the phone.
I bought the 4 k Ethernet, and it bricked the next day! iPhone remote couldn’t find it, Siri Remote quit working. After trying the reset methods, changing power and hdmi cables, the only option was to return it. I bought apple care with the replacement
I’m using my old tv because my Samsung died, and it is not a hdr compatible television. Yet Apple TV enables hdr and shows it’s supported. I don’t get it. Is the unit just making fake hdr or something?
Appreciate all your videos thank you 🙏 Make a video 📹 on the Nvidia shield tv please 🙏 i will Appreciate and many other people will 👍 Thanks again 🙂 you're great
This is always the problem I have with Apple, they simply refuse to release any product that doesn't in one way or another strong-arm people in to their little walled garden - okay, I guess technically it's a "big" walled garden at this point. ;)
Great video I still got a lot to watch but I got the new third generation remote. It works at all however, it does require USB type C cable to charge. I have said cable it doesn’t fit in the charging part of the remote and I thought I bought a broken one or something messed up and I got another one same thing, I know for a fact this is a USB type C cable I even tried the lightning one not hard or anything nothing doesn’t fit so I ordered a new USB type C cable on Amazon that doesn’t work. I don’t know what’s going on it’s $110 wasted I guess.
I hope you have the latest iPhone, and Apple TV as well, these things only last for 2 years and are only compatible with certain models. I suggest buying a roku instead. Apple TV had a long history of being garbage. iPhones are the best, Apple TV sucks ass.
I liked Apple TV bc of it’s price, but now Apple added 2€ to the subsciption and now im not so sure. I think im going to close my Apple TV subscription.
apple tv sucks. I bought the new one and it's freezing using Hulu and Disney all the f'ing time. My cheap ass Roku has never locked up like the Apple tv does
The one and only reason I am not purchasing an Apple TV is because it unfortunately it does not have safari (internet browsing in general). Can anyone explain to me why it doesn’t have it..?
I found that turning on Match Content features, the audio to my airpods max was heavily de-synced. No issues when turning it off however. Its a bummer because turning HDR on/off manually is quite a headache -.-
Thanks for your continuous good Videos, Caleb - Keep up the good work.. I do have a question; have you ever tried Apple TV with Denon receiver ? The sound is very low thru the Denon, whereas if it is connected to TV directly (other HDMI port) and choose Denon with TV as audio source (ARC) it sounds better ; I have tried every setting possible in Apple TV (audio format change. audio bit rate) and Denon (source level) and even replacing with New HDMI (2.1) ; it is still the same. Please suggest - if you have better way of connecting Apple TV with Denon
Yeah bro- Another 1!! Hahaha! Genuinely Love the channel and a big fan as always Caleb!! Keep up the Incredibly Great work! Have a great one! And thank you for another informatively great video! Much appreciation From a long time subscriber, giant fan, and fellow Nit Nerd Friend- Adrian V 😊
I have the previous version, and it's still pretty good. Faster than the TV's own processor and the HDR mode looks good to me. I do wish there was more included to watch, but I will say what I've watched has been good
Hi, I think it would be a great idea if you can revisit TVs that have had notable bugs in their software every 6 months or so to let the viewers know whether the the latest firmware has resolved those issues. Given that many new TVs have software issues when they are initially released and when you review them, your viewers can often go into a TV purchase somewhat blind. I’m sure it would be very valuable for many of us and be a popular series for your channel.
Another helpful tip: If you ask Siri "what did they say?" The Apple TV will rewind 10/15 seconds of the stream and trigger subtitles temporarily.
Seriously? I’ll definitely be using that.
Does this work with any streaming service?
@@JaviXCdr works with everything I've tried so far.
That is one of my favorite Siri commands
Your lying?! I just ordered to of them for the first time and they got delivered at my house can’t wait now to get them after work
I turned on Chroma 4:2:2. Not mentioned in your tips, but forgot about that when upgraded to the new ATV.
I love your videos and I love that you love the AppleTV. I’m obviously an Apple fanboy. Thank you for this video. I learned a lot I didn’t know actually!
Hi first time viewer.
Like this video.
Keep it up
Thanks. This is VERY useful.
One feature that goes along video calibration is the sound sync calibration. That is a feature you should use as well
Damn thank you for posting this suggestion to sync the audio through the Apple TV. It was driving me nuts trying to get it right through my Sonos sound at setting
Damn thank you for posting this suggestion to sync the audio through the Apple TV. It was driving me nuts trying to get it right through my Sonos sound at setting
@@SmiteIke Me too. You can set delay on the TV and the soundbar, but very hard to get it "right". This just fixes it and it does not drive me nuts to have it slightly out of sync.
@Mics74 How do you do this? I've Googled it and can't find an answer. Thanks.
@@ghanson1717 Did you find out?
“Hi down in the comments section”
Ya agree 💯%
Apple updated the match dynamic range feature with their latest software update, tvOS 16.1. It now works when set in HDR mode too, meaning it will now switch to SDR for SDR programs even when set to HDR as default.
Excellent! So there is no need to switch it to 4K SDR? I can leave it at 4K Dolby Vision and when in RUclips, it'll play the content in SDR?
@@JoelRamos14 Yes. The only downside is if RUclips video is in 4K and the ads aren’t, you’ll get a pause and blank screen while it switches from 4K to SD, then the same thing again after the ad when it goes back to 4K.
@@SkepticCyclist that what that is! It’s super annoying. Is there a way to avoid that?
@@freespeach99 other than paying for RUclips premium so you don’t get ads? 😆 Don’t know.
@@freespeach99 If Jason King is saying its been fixed to match but it still flickers a black screen on youtube then it is not fully fixed. I would turn off Dynamic Range, that fixed it for me.
The eArc feature that allows users to AirPlay audio from games consoles to HomePods via Apple TV is never talked about! Such a good feature if, like me, you use stereo HomePods as your primary TV speakers.
Here's a tip to go along with what you were talking about with the Match Dynamic Range. So having it match the dynamic range and frame rate, as you showed are important. But you can add to it by going into the main TV resolution settings and changing the Apple TV to SDR. Even though you change it to SDR, because of the Match Dynamic Range setting, when playing something in HDR it will switch back. The benefit to this is to ensure that SDR is ALWAYS shown as SDR and that it never tries to tone-map the SDR to HDR. But even assuming the Match Dynamic Range setting truly does always keep the content in SDR when it's non-HDR, there's one place where it will NEVER change it: the Home Screen.
The Home Screen will always try to show in HDR if HDR is selected. This has the result of making the Home Screen look a little washed out; not as bright or well defined. This may not be a big deal on TVs where the screen is extremely bright (like a QLED) - but it's really bad on a lower cost TV. Many TVs under $1,000 have panels that are not capable of truly reaching the minimum brightness needed for HDR (regardless of whether they show the HDR logo on the box and the input allows it). And so for TVs that can't go past 500 Nits of brightness, trying to browse through the Apple TV Home Screen in HDR mode can be very eye straining as it's so dim and washed out. But by changing the resolution setting to SDR, and then enabling Match Dynamic Range, the home screen will have full 4:4:4 color and look much brighter and easier to see.
this is huge if it works as described. I have an OLED but with the ATV4K set to Dolby Vision output the main menu and buit-in apps (Apple Music) are always at 100% brightness. Not great for nighttime viewing. Thanks for the tip.
how do you open the main tv settings? i have a samsung tu700
@@jlyon7065 This is in your Apple TV, not on your Samsung TV
Thanks for this! I hated how it defaulted to 100 brightness on my oled. Huge tip.
I really love, that I can also use the Siri remote to control the loudness of my soundbar via IR.
Learn remote (Settings > Remotes and Devices > Learn Remote) is the best feature that wasn't mentioned in this video because it gives you dedicated remote skip buttons (specifically through "Set Up Playback Buttons") that are not available on the Siri remote. I used it to have the Apple TV learn my old cable set top box remote. It works so well that the set top box remote has replaced the Siri Remote as my primary remote because one-button skip is so important for RUclips TV.
That is a great feature. Thank you.
It would be nice if the Siri Remote had a couple of extra buttons to program. I have the volume buttons directly control my sound bar, but I had to sacrifice the mute button to learn the change input remote function.
Currently my Siri remote turns on my AppleTV as well as my Marantz AV receiver by HDMI. Can this learning be used so it also acts as the On/Off button for my LG TV by IR when I start or shut down the Apple TV?
@@madmalkav6540 I don’t think the on off button is programmable, one of the limitations of the system. However my Apple TV remote switches on and off my Sony TV, as well as my Samsung sound bar and the Apple TV itself. I’m connected into the ARC HDMI on the TV, maybe try connecting your HDMI from the amp for ARC on the TV and see if this helps at all. If not then have a read of the Marantz manual, as I’m guessing it’s not passing on the power signal to the TV. Good luck.
@@madmalkav6540 I have my Apple TV connected to an LG OLED and the HDMI-CEC works to power the TV on by pressing the home button on a learned remote. Putting the Apple TV to sleep turns the TV off.
Don’t forget in your next video to talk about using a paired HomePod as a sound output. I think it’s the best home theater audio setup for the money.
My OG HomePods sound amazing.
Do they output all audio channels or can you designate them to be left right or rear speakers? Like for surroundsound.
@@cooter3690 They are ONLY front Left and Right. Computational/Spatial audio is generated by the two front speakers. You get ATMOS from some streaming services. No rear speakers are needed.
I highly recommend making Apple TV picture settings at 4K SDR and choose match content so the HDR doesn't affect the screen life span by maxing brightness
But but
HDR 🥲.
Thanks for some good tips. I’ve been a long term user of the Apple TV, back from the original black box with silver, two button remote and I’ve owned at least one of every release since then. I didn’t know about the match content function. Hopefully this will resolve an occasional issue where content displays with very low contrast.
My tip is actually an app pick. I’ve found the Plex Media Server very powerful. I can stream copies of my own media from a always on media PC, wirelessly to every tv in the house. Highly recommended!
In RUclips I say to Siri “search RUclips for __” and it searches for the topic!
For RUclips tv when watching a show recorded on Dvr, when commercials come on you can skip them by saying to siri “skip 3 minutes.” For example.
I don’t have match content enabled because it blacks out every single time it goes to a new video in RUclips. Missing the first 7-10 seconds which is annoying, 11:12 shows it clearly. Not sure who likes that but I don’t 😅🤷♂️
Another tip to go along with the voice control you talked about. You can also use the exact same commands hands-free, if you have another nearby Apple device like an iPad or HomePod or Apple Watch. I use this all the time when I want to get up to go to the other room and I just call out to Siri to pause the TV. The HomePod is perfect for this because it's equipped with long range beam-forming microphones; and it works from any HomePod in the house regardless of whether it's paired to the Apple TV for sound output or not. Some of the things you can say is: Hey Siri:
Turn the Apple TV Off (Puts it to sleep)
Pause the TV
Resume playing on the TV
Go back 45 seconds
What did they say?
Skip 5 Minutes
All of that without ever having to touch the remote.
tvOS is so bloated full of stuff I'm never going to use and don't even want when all I've ever asked for (other than the ability to delete the vast majority of first-party applications) is a faster UI. If I already know where I'm going, everything takes multiple clicks on the remote because the UI takes so damn long to respond and finish its sweeping animations. It's annoying because I know the hardware is plenty capable of responding more quickly than I am - it's just a software burden.
Apple TV needs VPN apps, side loading (Apple has removed some apps that I used to use) and the ability to force close an app
Basically all that already exists in an iPhone.
Then I would get rid of my Shield and only use Apple TV
FUN FACT IF YOU ASK SIRI FOR A JOKE...SHE WILL TELL YOU A CLEVER JOKE
Love love love this video- Wanted to mention a super-duper little tip for your next audio specialty video. Many of us who can't or dont want to add soundbars to our TVs Systems can use the Apple TV to do something amazing with our Sonos speakers( that even the Sonos folks don"t seem to know!!). With your I pad or Iphone through the audio / video tab in the settings screen of your Apple TV play the TV through our sonos systems as each amplifire will appear as a wifi option. Additionally these options can be placed into the home app on your IOS device and the volumes etc for each amp/location can be controlled by your IOS device!!! Its an awesome benefit that not many seems to know about!!! Happy holidays!!!
Update:
I was able to add all my sonos groups of devices through apple Home app and without having an apple TV device
@@Q8Webmaster I will have to try that- Thanks a million
I like firestick with included downloader I can get app free movies series everything for free
very helpful! the hdr part especially so. when u put everything in HDR it looks odd and watching youtube is annoying cuz it constantly has to switch to SDR. making SDR default and then matching content much smoother
Great to hear!
It shouldn't do this with tvOS 16.1. They updated it so match content dynamic range also works in HDR (or at least it does for HDR Dolby Vision, don't know about HDR 10+). It should show now SDR content in SDR even if set to HDR
@@SkepticCyclist yes it does but the tv will still go blank for a second whenever you go in and out of youtube videos
I recently bought Airpods 3rd Gen. I used to have a home theater system with multiple speakers, in terms of audio that was better than actually being in the best seat in a theater or at the Super Bowl for example. The newer Airpods are better than that particularly because each person has their own personal home theater system, with the exception that with a home theater system you can actually feel the difference, like it's live versus a recording.
I'm currently sitting at home waiting for delivery of my 2022 Apple TV unit as a Christmas present, and educating myself so that when my wife gets home I'll have it all set up. But now watching this I'm thinking maybe it's better if I just connect it and let her set up her own thing because we have a unique situation.
I'm American, native English speaker; my wife is Japanese, native Japanese speaker. Both of us use iPhone and iPad. Until now we've been using an old Playstation, though mostly her. If only one can log in with global settings where it's that one person's language and such, I rather it be her. But ideally I want all our stuff separated by login by language, country, content, and so forth.
You can add multiple users. Simply press and hold the TV button to add new users and switch in between them seamlessly. I’m not sure if you can set different languages for each user but it’s worth a try ;)
@@carstenehlers1864 : Thanks!
Hopefully useful to others: I use a VPN on my personal devices while I'm in Japan so I can get my streaming content, and all other location targeted stuff wherever I may be, BUT the Apple TV thingamajig not only is a shared device BUT it also can't have a VPN, BUT I can do mirroring. So if I want to see my personal content on the larger screen through the Apple TV, I just login to it as myself and mirror that content from the iPad.
I set mine to 4K SDR and turn on match dynamic range and frame rate.
Was wondering if others did this lol, for those curious, it fixes the “bright/white wash” effect if you’re experiencing it where all apps and video seem a bit too faded/bright. The one in the video also was slightly washed out from the looks of it
So, with that setting, it will play HDR content automatically?
@@supernova82 yes, it will change to HDR or DV automatically and return to SDR when finished.
Just wanted to make an observation about a frustration I ran into & solution with the Apple TV. With the video settings of Match Dynamic Range and Match Frame Rate on, the RUclips app within an Apple TV becomes unwatchable. Apparently the ads on YT are at a different frame rate than most content, and it causes a cycle of stuttering and black screen but with audio until everything syncs again. I had to to use the YT app installed on my smart tv independently until I discovered the Dynamic Range and Frame Rate settings solution. Turn them off, unfortunately. Others have reported results by only adjusting the Match Frame Rate setting but I had to turn both that and Dynamic Range matching off. For context, is it matters, this was connected to a TCL Roku Class 5 tv. Best of luck everyone.
Having the same problem with an LG OLED 9C gen. Turned everything off as well.
@@carstenehlers1864 If you really like how the Apple settings look, the other work around is to download the YT app to your tv and watch it from there, not through the Apple TV. It's an extra step so not not ideal, let's you still enjoy both.
I too had to turn off the Dynamic Range and Frame Rate matching. With them on, there was a noticeable delay between audio and video--very annoying when you're watching someone speaking.
Just RUclips. ? Because I have my settings at SD 60hz and both dynamic rage and match frame settings turned on because I wanted it to be able to play hDR 10 and Dolby vision content and not just force everything to be Dolby vision
@@mysixfo8805 I only experienced this hdmi switching issue while using the RUclips app installed in an Apple TV 4K.
Extremely helpful information and thank you! Perhaps the most important (to me) is to match content and frame rate. The only thing that I wish is that the Apple 4K TV would have a good AI upscaler like my Nvidia Shield Pro.
What would be really sweet is if Apple could fix the caching issue so icons will actually show up and content refreshed (hint ESPN+) instead displayed as X's and failing to mention some match or game is streaming live. 😡
You can submit errors directly to Apple by using Feedback Assistant. Just hit Command + Space and type Feedback assistant and you ought to see a purple/white icon, and start crafting your own error feedback to Apple ;)
@@larsandersen9134 .. I must have overlooked mentioning it also happens on RUclips. Can't imagine it not being reported already. However, it's been going on for some time now. Otherwise this is the only social media that I use, but thanks 👍
That might be coming, as their metal api scaler rivals even dlss
7:02 okay but how can my spouse connect her AirPods to my Apple TV? They don’t show up when we try to pair them and she ends up having to use mine.
The $140 i paid to not have to use the LG remote or see the LG home screen (has ads) was completely worth the price, my LG tv feels like a tv that cost above $1.5k now ..
The first thing I did was change home bottom to Home Screen
Great informative video as always. Loving my Apple TVs. There are a lot of great tips for HomeKit users as well.
Thanks for watching!
Apple TV App Store should feature vpn
Apple TV should feature vpn my apple company
One important note with matching content/ frame rate… it does slow down switching n creates a black frame in between even with the newest TVs… especially annoying with short form videos like RUclips… so you get a blank screen n running audio over n over. Had to disable as my wife really did not like that n even myself felt it was too slow. Ill reserve it for more epic action if anything.
Thank RUclips for it. They are the ones responsible for it. Or get RUclips premium with no ads
Love one but no sky tv
Not sure if you would consider it a tip or just a benefit of Apple TV. RUclips app on the Apple TV plays HDR content in HDR.
Is there a back channel button that way take you back to the previous viewed channel?
Another tip: Use Apple TV remote to control sound bar and TV. Go to Settings -> Remotes and Devices, scroll down beyond "LEARNED REMOTES". There you see "HOME THEATER CONTROL". Turn Control TVs and Receivers to "On". (Default is Off.) Then, click "Volume Control". Select Auto. Provided your TV and sound bar (or other kinds of home theater connected via HDMI) have CEC (or any trade name thereof) turned on, you can can change volume using the Apple TV remove, turn on and off all those devices. To turn on the entire home theater, just press Menu key or TV key. Turning off Apple TV (sleep) using the remote is never trivial; it requires going into Settings and scroll all the way down to find "Sleep Now". But if you have auto off on, at least that will bring down the whole theater as well. (Interestingly, Apple TV also displays any other remote that it has learned in CEC. Selecting Auto is the way to allow its own remote to control others via HDMI.)
I have bought LG smart tv recently. Should I get Apple TV 4K too
turn OFF match frame rate to see decent 24 fps on some TVs (still 3:2 pulldown) to avoid your tv’s motion interpolation
I am having an issue with my volume down function on my siri remote. out of the box it worked just fine. then one day i tried to put the volume down button and it wouldnt work. volume up works fine, i have reset my remote, i have reset my apple tv box. and it still doesnt work. It only works when i switch the volume control to IR to receiver. then up and down for volume is fine. but if i set it to auto then the volume down doesnt work again. any idea what i can do? only thing left for me to do is reset my sound bar to default and see if its interfering with my apple tv even though it wasnt before.
I’m having a similar issue.
Upon initial setup the volume up/down was working fine controlling my tv speakers. A few months later the volume controls do not work 🤷🏽♂️
Frustrating to say the least
@@BEARSnBULLS15 its so wiered that the volume up one works just fine. It's just volume down that's is the problem.
@@BEARSnBULLS15 so 2 weeks ago my remote starts magically working again. and now the volume down button works again,. i have no idea what changed.
@@walter2695 haha glad it’s working for you again. My AppleTV remote stopped controlling my Sony TV all together. Won’t power on/off or control volume. 🤷🏽♂️
I also set my update settings to manual so that updates aren’t automatic to see if it were the updates causing the issues
@@BEARSnBULLS15 Just give it time i think it glitched out. since i restored my sound bar to factory settings, my apple tv to factory settings, nothing worked. and then poof one day like nothing happened. the smarter tech gets the dumber it acts man. good luck.
No Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD support or passthrough makes this device a non-consideration for me. For Blu-ray rips in Plex, the Nvidia Shield is still unbeatable as it supports pretty much all formats.
I’d get an Apple TV if it had TrueHD. Happy with the shield though
Did you make the Video/Audio video you Said you would do in this video? 😚☺️
I am looking fwd to this as well :)
I should second some of the comments made here. Caleb is one of the best communicators I seen having watched a lot of reviews to help inform the purchase of a G2, AppleTV and an Arc. Keep up the good work.
Wow! Thanks!
I think one of my favorite things I’ve been doing for a while is using my phone as a remote. It’s usually nearby (I tend to lose the remote) and the integration with the keyboard is nice. Plus I have the older Apple TV remote which frankly isn’t great - so the phone remote tends to be just as good.
I’ve always felt the Apple TV is one of apples under the radar products. For a reasonable price, it gives you an excellent smart tv interface that is better than any integrated smart tv os I’ve seen(although lgs webOS is pretty good too).
Have you tried using remotes that you already own to control the Apple TV? I found that to work well.
@@golfgrouch Yeah sometimes I use my tv remote. Honestly, it’s really what is closest haha
do you how to how a apple phone to work the apple tv
Can more than one pair of Airpods connect at the same time to watch a movie?
My absolute favorite things about the ATV4K are the spatial audio with AirPods, being able to use my phone keyboard (can’t stand typing with the remote) and the navigation speed jumping between apps. Honorable mention to the gig Ethernet port
No need to type anything. Just hold down the button on the right side of the remote and speak
👍Home Kit integrations are pretty cool, appletv as hub, see camera movements notifications, doorbell, etc
Hi and thanks
Regrettably the Apple TV still doesn't support Bitstream output and it also doesn't support Master Audio or True HD which is such a shame.
why apple tv cannot passthough Atmos or 7.1sound when play file with another app that is not streaming exsample Plex Emby Infuse ....... i'm wait for this function for long time............. ahhhhhhhhh boring Apple TV 😢😢😢
Amazingly, many of them apply to Apple TV Gen 2! Not 4K Gen 2, but og Gen 2. Who knew the top row had an interactive function? (Too bad other apps are not taking advantage of the feature.) Of course these are tvOS tips so they apply to all generations that run tvOS. Great take!
Have you seen animated Album art? I listened to old albums of Siouxsie and the Banshees ‚Spellbound’ and the Animation blew my mind. Totally surprising, brilliant! Also on iPhone/iPad in the music app, but on the Apple TV 4K it just looks sooo damn kool!
Yeah I’d love to use my AirPods Pro with our Apple TV 4K, but….
The device runs under the Apple ID of my wife, and Apple doesn’t let me connect the AirPods !! What a shame!
The only way to do that, would be if she used her AirPods and would SharePlay to mine. Only problem: she doesn’t have any AirPods!
So how do all those families use AirPods with Apple TV, if only AirPods with the same Apple ID will connect????
you're the best tech reviewer, specifically anything television related. i learn a ton from your videos. you're excellent at explaining process and design/function details. i learned new things watching this to better use my apple tv. thank you for being awesome at what you do!
Wow, thanks!
I follow you all the time and really enjoy the content. And yes, I will customize my Apple TV 4K. Thanks for the tips (my wife says thank you, too)
Awesome! Thank you!
The match content setting is creating a delay on the video when connected to an AVR. This is bad because the screen goes blank, sometimes the audio also goes off, then you always join the video 5 to 10 seconds later.
I agree, it is annoying. As a workaround I try to immediately hit the pause button and wait about 7-8 seconds and then start watching, so I don't miss too much. (Unless it was something I wanted to skip anyway, like an add on RUclips.)
How to disable airplay msg on screensaver, thanks
I have my Apple TV 4K connected to HDMI 2 on my Hisense, and my Yamaha AV Receiver HDMI Out (with eARC/ARC) to the eARC/ARC HDMI port of the Hisense TV. I can use either remote for basic remote control. Awesome!
The Apple TV 4K comes with the German Telekom Magenta TV plan, and has a specific remote for the Magenta App, and the buttons are backlit for crying out loud! Just brilliant!
But I use Waipu TV plan, as the service and content quality is awesome for 12,99€/month and some 250 channel!
The Hisense simply acts as a monitor, but have it connected to my satellite dish and Astra satellite, just in case for an internet blackout!
I think the Apple TV 4K Box is one of the best things you can have nowadays for content consumption. My old Apple TV HD from 2015(!) - or 2014, can’t really remember - still providing everything to my old LG plasma which has been moved to my bedroom. People just don’t seem to be aware of the constant quality the Apple TV is providing. It just works, and is dead easy to use. I run mine with the Dev Beta program for ages. Never had a problem!
does apple spatial audio/ Dolby Atmos features works with Apple TV to Dolby Atmos supported Sound bar? for example if we hooked Samsung Q990B sound bar to Apple TV ?
best video settings 4k SDR and the Apple TV automatically selects the right HDR / option, for Samsung it selects HDR or HDR 10+ for all other TV brands HDR / or dolby vision, then the Apple TV determines what the best option is
Why does my Apple tv 4k 3rd gen only allow 4K HDR 60Hz when my TV is native 4k 120Hz and my hdmi cable is a SKW 8K 60Hz 4k 120Hz cable?. Nevermind, my stupid butt didn't think about that I have it connected to my stereo reciever and it's not connected to a 4k 120Hz hdmi connection.
BEWARE! You cannot connect Apple tv 4k 2022 to Samsung Q990B soundbar through bluetooth. It gives an error.
And if you connect them through airplay you have to unplug and plug Apple tv 4k each time you turn your tv on because it switches back to 'tv(default)' because you cannot switch default audio output on Apple tv 4k.
ah ah ah, if you turn on any of the MATCH settings, your signal will cut out and go black for anywhere from .5 to 3 seconds when playing ANY content, this is completely MADDENING because people usually think their Apple TV, TV, or receiver is BROKEN and malfunctioning. I would suggest NEVER using this setting unless you REALLY know what you're doing and purposely want to test your sanity constantly. Any guests, family members, etc. who do not understand this explicitly, will also just think your equipment is broken. please, just don't.
I have a home
In Italy and when I’m there I can’t use the Amazon prime tv, paramount, Hulu, hbo, subscriptions, and Netflix is georestricted big time. Any way to upload a vpn to it so I can make it think I’m in the U.S.???
My GF insists on everything Apple, my first impressions going from the Firestick 4K:
1. VERY limited supported apps when compared to Android, where almost any native android app can be sideloaded on AndroidTV. Seems 95% of what's on the iOS store isn't even available.
2. HUGE lack of free-to-play games, or games in general for that matter, especially outside Apple Arcade. If Apple aren't making money from it, they ain't putting in on the Apple TV!
3. Snappy menus and nice controller tho... Woopie...
Can your Apple TV 4k play 4k RUclips? Mine doesn’t. It depends on the day, but mostly my RUclips app is capped at 1440p. I even have youtube premium account. This doesn’t happen with RUclips apps on my iPhone or iPad. What’s wrong with Apple TV 4k?
Too bad they couldn't build the Apple TV internals into the TV set, that way u could have a very clean set up. Like an LG G3/4 with an apple tv built into the TV would be super cool.
HI, maybe you can help me. I have looked all over the internet but cannot find it. I want to control Apple Music in the Apple TV 4K using my Macbook Air laptop. Why? 2 reasons. 1: I do not want to turn on my TV when listening to Apple Music via the Apple TV. As I am an audiophile I want to use the HDMI connection between the ATV and my Anthem AVM70 processor so not stream.. 2: I dislike the way I have to use the Apple TV remote within Apple Music. Hope you can help.
Retro game emulation. The Apple TV has enough power to run RetroArch and play any old school game.
Here’s where the Apple TV fails. The Netflix app is complete garbage. Heavily outdated. Not to mention Apples ridiculously high standards for apps which is why they don’t get the new features that other streaming devices do. I used an Apple TV for awhile. The picture was AMAZING but the Netflix app just killed it for me. Apple and Netflix clearly don’t get along and it shows.
Bought a brand new 4K 8K Anthem receiver ans ever since no more picture on my projector Apple assistance can’t help and Anthem tech says it’s a handshakes trouble in HDCP encryption, all other fee works Blu-ray, MacBook, Amazon 4K stick grrrrrrrrrr nobody can help
Unfortunately,
atv will not work on LG OLED C2 tv's. There is an HDMI port, but TV will not recognize it.
Airplay can be used by “anyone within range of your Apple TV unless you lock it down behind a code”.. you then show pretty clearly “Allow Access: Same Network”… have I misunderstood or does that mean that “anybody within range” also needs to be connected to your network? Confusing at least… misleading at worst.
Idk who you talk to but these are the most basic of “features” (some so much so that I wouldn’t even describe them as features)… “you aren’t using”!? Again.. pretty misleading.
I think it’s very stupid that netflix hates the Apple TV platform so much. Old UI, missing functions and that interactive movies do not work. How can such a large company afford such a thing?
The hardware and Apple TV OS aren't bad but the apps themselves are the problem. They're horrible compared to the Android based apps on the Roku. We tried Apple TV 4k for several weeks but just couldn't with those horrendous apps. The device is now in a container in my garage and the Roku is back in service. :(
Don’t forget to mention if you tv has Dolby Vision, the color balance calibration doesn’t take place because the Apple TV calibrates automatically without the need of the phone.
I bought the 4 k Ethernet, and it bricked the next day! iPhone remote couldn’t find it, Siri Remote quit working. After trying the reset methods, changing power and hdmi cables, the only option was to return it. I bought apple care with the replacement
Good luck trying to play Prime videos or Netflix without issues. Seems only Apple TV content streams effortlessly. Seems a bit intentional 🤔
I’m using my old tv because my Samsung died, and it is not a hdr compatible television. Yet Apple TV enables hdr and shows it’s supported. I don’t get it. Is the unit just making fake hdr or something?
Appreciate all your videos thank you 🙏 Make a video 📹 on the Nvidia shield tv please 🙏 i will Appreciate and many other people will 👍 Thanks again 🙂 you're great
This is always the problem I have with Apple, they simply refuse to release any product that doesn't in one way or another strong-arm people in to their little walled garden - okay, I guess technically it's a "big" walled garden at this point. ;)
Great video I still got a lot to watch but I got the new third generation remote. It works at all however, it does require USB type C cable to charge. I have said cable it doesn’t fit in the charging part of the remote and I thought I bought a broken one or something messed up and I got another one same thing, I know for a fact this is a USB type C cable I even tried the lightning one not hard or anything nothing doesn’t fit so I ordered a new USB type C cable on Amazon that doesn’t work. I don’t know what’s going on it’s $110 wasted I guess.
Most capable? Doesnt act as a plex server... doesn't support DTS and TRUE HD over Plex etc.. huge let down when the Shield Pro can do it.
I hope you have the latest iPhone, and Apple TV as well, these things only last for 2 years and are only compatible with certain models. I suggest buying a roku instead. Apple TV had a long history of being garbage. iPhones are the best, Apple TV sucks ass.
I’ve got an Xbox x and I’m really wondering why should I get Apple TV since I already use the Xbox for streaming
I have chrome cast with google tv and the new fire stick max. Also use iPhone. My tv is hdr 10pm us. What Apple TV can do for me that those can’t?
I liked Apple TV bc of it’s price, but now Apple added 2€ to the subsciption and now im not so sure. I think im going to close my Apple TV subscription.
apple tv sucks. I bought the new one and it's freezing using Hulu and Disney all the f'ing time. My cheap ass Roku has never locked up like the Apple tv does
I’ve just bought an older iMac 2012 refyrbed is there a way to connect Apple TV to this ?
The one and only reason I am not purchasing an Apple TV is because it unfortunately it does not have safari (internet browsing in general). Can anyone explain to me why it doesn’t have it..?
You put Netflix in your top row? Lol funny that Netflix is NEVER and has never been included in up next. You wasted a slot 🙄
Didn’t know about the PIP but no matter its useless
I have a 65 inch tv and if I play fx football in PIP its aprox 7 inches big
I have been watching quite a few of your videos, and your videos are always high quality and informative. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
I found that turning on Match Content features, the audio to my airpods max was heavily de-synced. No issues when turning it off however. Its a bummer because turning HDR on/off manually is quite a headache -.-
Thanks for your continuous good Videos, Caleb - Keep up the good work.. I do have a question; have you ever tried Apple TV with Denon receiver ? The sound is very low thru the Denon, whereas if it is connected to TV directly (other HDMI port) and choose Denon with TV as audio source (ARC) it sounds better ; I have tried every setting possible in Apple TV (audio format change. audio bit rate) and Denon (source level) and even replacing with New HDMI (2.1) ; it is still the same. Please suggest - if you have better way of connecting Apple TV with Denon
Yeah bro- Another 1!! Hahaha! Genuinely Love the channel and a big fan as always Caleb!! Keep up the Incredibly Great work! Have a great one! And thank you for another informatively great video!
Much appreciation From a long time subscriber, giant fan, and fellow Nit Nerd Friend- Adrian V 😊
I have the previous version, and it's still pretty good. Faster than the TV's own processor and the HDR mode looks good to me. I do wish there was more included to watch, but I will say what I've watched has been good
Hi, I think it would be a great idea if you can revisit TVs that have had notable bugs in their software every 6 months or so to let the viewers know whether the the latest firmware has resolved those issues. Given that many new TVs have software issues when they are initially released and when you review them, your viewers can often go into a TV purchase somewhat blind. I’m sure it would be very valuable for many of us and be a popular series for your channel.