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To add to this, the first-gen Apple TV 4K I use, which was first released back in 2017, still runs the latest tvOS and works great. The A10X Fusion SoC in it is
by jwells89 2y ago
To add to this, the first-gen Apple TV 4K I use, which was first released back in 2017, still runs the latest tvOS and works great. The A10X Fusion SoC in it is still a great deal more powerful than what's built into most streaming boxes in 2024. The current-gen Apple TV has an A15 Bionic which is much another huge step up in power.
They're not the cheapest thing out there, but you get a lot of muscle (and longevity) for your money.
- mrguyorama 2y agoMy $30 second gen chromecast is still going strong, and I prefer it's "just a dumb box that runs special apps your phone apps tell it to" system, such that I never have to interact with it.
- jwells89 2y agoI may be misunderstanding, but don’t this involve an intermediary re-encoding when casting video from phone → dongle? If so that’s unavoidable quality loss which isn’t great and runs down phone battery unnecessarily. If it works for you though, that’s what’s important! Aside from that, having a little extra power available can be nice for being able to smoothly play back video formats that the hardware doesn’t have acceleration for, obviating need for transcoding (via Plex or similar).
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoPhone is only a remote that tells the chromecast/fire/roku etc where to get the stream.
- balls187 2y agoMeanwhile the 3rd Gen AppleTV was released in 2013 and was obsolete by 2015 when they released tvOS. I owned the 1st gen (used) and 3rd gen. Terrible investments (imo).