They mentioned HLG support in the presentation but don't see it on the specs.
It'd be nice to have the new Siri remote's fixed up/down clicks to go up and down in the quick guide channels list without requiring to bring down the guide itself, kinda like a conventional tv remote
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I've been in a fairly strong (i.e. me against the fanboi's) discussion on this, and it Appears that most of the issues that were perceived to the HLG may have, in fact, been due to the lack of 60fps HDR support (and a strangely silent stance on it, despite the "old" box being HDMI2.0a, which should support it.) We will see, once these are out.
I'll be curious to see if the new Apple TV 4K will be powerful enough to handle more advanced deinterlacing of 1080i signals to eliminate or reduce the flickering on certain on-screen graphics and whatnot, vs the current Apple TV 4K. I remember reading back from last year when one of the devs said the current ATV 4K wasn't powerful enough.
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One issue that remains is the graphical transitions, I imagine they won’t improve when scrolling the guide.
As someone heavily invested in Apple and their eco system (Siri no Alexa’s or Google Home) I recently converted 100% to ATV on all four of my TV’s (3x4k &1xHD). Combined with Channels and all the ATV’s other streaming apps (including Now for Sky Sports) it’s a game changer - I now have the one Siri remote for everything and while it’s not perfect in form and function, when it’s the only remote you use it becomes familiar... another reason for this change was that I wanted to use the larger HomePods as audio for everything and this only really works when combined with ATV.
I watched the keynote and I liked the new features of ATV but not enough to reach for the credit card. The picture I get with my existing 4K box is excellent especially with my home fibre connection.... I am converting my van and will move the HD box to that and will then try to the new model with my main TV!
A very fair point, given that Channels has moved those to the Metal framework, if memory serves. The new A12 CPU actually scored lower on Metal benchmarks than the old A10X, when it was in an iPhone.
Something i never thought i would say, though - the newest FireTV OS makes the 4K Fire Stick perform better on channels than on tvOS for scrolling/etc - it's really impressive how much better the stick got.
Yep. I would be interested to hear about this also.
After watching a video about the A10X vs A12 and that maybe a new much more powerful gaming ATV I may just get the new remotes for my primary ATV 4K's.
Once I heard that the previous version of the 4K ATV will get the color sync features, there was no need to order the new ATV. That said, I will be ordering two replacement remotes ASAP. Such a small upgrade for a massive UX improvement.
Tried the new calibration feature via the TVOS beta late last week. Worked great!
I tried it on the official release and couldn't get it to work. I get the notification on my phone but the TV screen never changes to allow me to begin testing. I'm stuck at "hold your phone near the TV". I'm wondering if my Samsung Frame doesn't support this.
The TVs isn’t involved in the process.
I tried it today with the release versions of the various OS’s. You have to hold the phone REALLY close to the screen for quite a long time for it to a) trigger the process and then b) complete the test. As I have my TV wall mounted, this was not entirely straightforward.
Simple question - Is Channels going to directly support the mute button on the new remote, or does the button function at the ‘OS’ level’ i.e. it just kills the sound output from the AppleTV entirely regardless of what app is running?
I’m guessing it just mutes whatever the volume buttons are assigned to (TV, sound system etc)
Thanks . . . I held my phone basically right up to the glass but it just fails and asks to try again. My arm got tired holding it up after 6 tries so I just gave up. I wish I understood what the trigger was and why this is failing. I wonder if it's due to the Samsung One Box where the screen and the "brains" of the TV are feet away from each other.
This was happening to me also. Try changing the setting on the TV. If it’s in Dynamic mode it may not read the colors properly. Try changing it to neutral or movie mode. I had success an all 3 of my Televisions.
Good Luck.
Success as in the process completed, and/or success as in the picture was better after doing it?
the shield makes for a wonderful small dvr, especially if it has the hdd built in. from a playback standpoint, especially where channels is concerned, the apple tv runs circles around it.
i liked my shield for a lot of things but watching channels live and dvr recordings wasn't one of them.
Still hoping cdvr developers eventually make an app for roku. The new apple tv seems like a beast, but I'm not an apple fan, the shield from listening to everyone's comments seems to be the best streaming device, but that's google.... the roku is maybe almost just as good with a clean u.i like ATV, but a little bit cheaper.