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Consolidated list of why Apple TV is 7x the cost of competitors: - seamlessly use iPhone for input, including password manager integration through the keyboard
by n8cpdx 3y ago
Consolidated list of why Apple TV is 7x the cost of competitors:
- seamlessly use iPhone for input, including password manager integration through the keyboard
- AirPods seamless pairing/handoff, including really great spatial audio implementation
- It is really, really fast. So much faster than the streaming sticks. And it stays fast.
- It does not cram in more ads on every update.
- Now Playing integration with the watch, great for pausing quickly.
- Supports AirPlay for streaming from iPhone or Mac, and it works well
- Fitness+ is great, huge library of workouts and integrates well with Watch
- Really solid apps like OwlFiles, Infuse, VLC, and Synology for accessing network content
- Solid support for multiple users
I truly didn’t expect it to be so good when I first got it (workouts was my main reason for purchase, used Xbox for streaming previously).
What features did I miss?
- jorts 3y agoYou can connect multiple AirPods to it so that you can quietly watch TV without disturbing others (which is particularly useful when you have young children.
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- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoOr the opposite. We trained ours to sleep with tv on
- op00to 3y agoThere are “ads” in my Apple TV Home Screen, but it’s just posters for content I have locally in Plex! :) Very targeted and useful!
- encom 3y agoI have an Apple TV as well, and here are some things that really annoy me. First of all, the useless button on the side of the remote that I press by accident ALL THE TIME. Putting a button on the side of the remote where you grab it to pick it up is such a smooth brained idea. Second, Apple TV can NOT output uncompressed audio for whatever magical reason. I would prefer to have my amplifier process the audio, but it's not possible. Third, I had to buy the more expensive model to get an Ethernet port. Very silly.
- kseifried 3y agoIt’s a perfect plex client box. And you can pair controllers to it and play games. The voice recognition works. It does FaceTime now with your phone and using the TV as the output.
- arcastroe 3y agoDoes Apple TV have Miracast support? I think of Miracast as "open" and airplay as "closed".
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agoNative Tailscale VPN support! I take my Apple TV while traveling and use it to stream my home media library from anywhere