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It's not true. Take the Apple TV vs Roku. Roku is so easy to use, so reliable, similar capabilities. They just nail it. Apple TV's remote is so confusing error

by mhdhn 6y ago

It's not true. Take the Apple TV vs Roku. Roku is so easy to use, so reliable, similar capabilities. They just nail it. Apple TV's remote is so confusing error prone and unintuitive my wife refuses to touch it, and I make mistakes with it much more than Roku. We put up with it only for the exclusives (Apple TV, HBO Max) and Apple only features (Apple device mirroring)

mulderc 6y ago
My household has the opposite experience. Partner hates the roku remote and interface and vastly prefers the appleTV.
- kitsunesoba 6y ago
  Same, everything else feels… "stiff" and somewhat clunky compared to an ATV4K, and the next best option Roku has serious privacy issues. I will say though that oddly, the Siri remote got a little worse in its ATV4K revision — most notably, triggering a jump back/forward 30s is much harder on the newer remote. As a result I've paired my old original Dev Kit remote with the ATV4K, which works beautifully.
amznthrwaway 6y ago
We have the opposite experience in our house. We got rid of our Rokus because everybody preferred the AppleTVs.
commoner 6y ago
Some Roku devices now have Apple device mirroring through AirPlay 2: https://support.roku.com/article/360057488733 https://support.roku.com/article/360057488733 Apple TV is also available as a Roku channel: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda435497594031/apple-tv https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda43... Roku does not yet have HBO Max, but the two services are currently negotiating a deal to make it happen: https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-exec-on-roku-deal-we-will-get-it-done/ https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-exec-on-roku-deal-we-will-... In the meantime, HBO Max can be streamed to Roku from an Apple device via AirPlay 2: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/roku-apple-airplay-4k-hbo-max-workaround-1234829003/ https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/roku-apple-airplay-4k-...

by mhdhn 6y ago

mulderc 6y ago

My household has the opposite experience. Partner hates the roku remote and interface and vastly prefers the appleTV.

kitsunesoba 6y ago
Same, everything else feels… "stiff" and somewhat clunky compared to an ATV4K, and the next best option Roku has serious privacy issues. I will say though that oddly, the Siri remote got a little worse in its ATV4K revision — most notably, triggering a jump back/forward 30s is much harder on the newer remote. As a result I've paired my old original Dev Kit remote with the ATV4K, which works beautifully.

amznthrwaway 6y ago

We have the opposite experience in our house. We got rid of our Rokus because everybody preferred the AppleTVs.

commoner 6y ago

Some Roku devices now have Apple device mirroring through AirPlay 2: https://support.roku.com/article/360057488733 https://support.roku.com/article/360057488733 Apple TV is also available as a Roku channel: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda435497594031/apple-tv https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a20e3c294993147c6cda43... Roku does not yet have HBO Max, but the two services are currently negotiating a deal to make it happen: https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-exec-on-roku-deal-we-will-get-it-done/ https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-exec-on-roku-deal-we-will-... In the meantime, HBO Max can be streamed to Roku from an Apple device via AirPlay 2: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/roku-apple-airplay-4k-hbo-max-workaround-1234829003/ https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/roku-apple-airplay-4k-...