Apple has their
Apple TV 4K Streaming Media Player (2021, Refurbished) on sale for
$169.
Shipping is free.
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Features:- Dolby Atmos for immersive, room-filling sound
- A12 Bionic chip gives a big boost to audio, video, and graphics, for even better game and app experiences
- 4K High Frame Rate HDR with Dolby Vision for fluid, crisp video
- Apple Original shows and movies from Apple TV+
- The latest hits from Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, and more
- More ways to enjoy your TV with Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, and Apple Music
- The new Siri Remote with touch-enabled clickpad
- Private listening with up to two sets of AirPods
- Use AirPlay to share photos, videos, and more from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac on your TV
- Get a live view of your HomeKit-enabled cameras and control your smart home accessories
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the number of times i've had to force close/restart a fire tv is…well, more than i can count. netflix has been broken on it for as long as amazon's had streaming devices (they seemingly don't want it to work well). the number of ads on the fire homepage is obscene. the slowness/lag for the menu ui is a huge drag.
none of these problems have showed up for me on the apple tv.
i would not recommend it to those who can't really afford it, but if you have the disposable income, it really does make your streaming tv watching life easier…
…which i realize is the most obscene and privileged sentence i've ever written
However, for people that have the means and want an effortless entire system for their grandparents, parents, and non tech savvy spouses, you can't beat it. Everything just works.
I have yet to see anything across all android devices that comes close.
Personally, I have a 2017 nvidia shield, but I would get this Apple TV for anyone else in my life without question since it will make my life easier when they have any tech issue.
I used to have iPhones for my wife and I, fire sticks on the TVs and fire tablets for the kids. The wife could never figure out how to work the kids tablets on road trips and it was challenging using the fire stick (yes, I realize they are pretty easy to use). Replaced them all with iPads and Apple TV's and don't hear one gripe from the wife about how she can't "fix" any of them. Worth every penny!!
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the number of times i've had to force close/restart a fire tv is…well, more than i can count. netflix has been broken on it for as long as amazon's had streaming devices (they seemingly don't want it to work well). the number of ads on the fire homepage is obscene. the slowness/lag for the menu ui is a huge drag.
none of these problems have showed up for me on the apple tv.
i would not recommend it to those who can't really afford it, but if you have the disposable income, it really does make your streaming tv watching life easier…
…which i realize is the most obscene and privileged sentence i've ever written
Facts. based on experience, it's either Roku or Apple TV that I've recommended.
https://www.apple.com/shop/browse...s_mili
32GB for $134
64GB for $152
Fire tv (gen 2) worked great, used it with kodi and all that, only upgraded for more current 4K offerings
2nd gen shield tv, worked great, and still use it to this day. Fast, responsive, only occasional issues
4K fire tv stick (latest gen) absolute garbage. Glitchy, slow, apps crash all the time, can't hardly use it
Latest Apple TV, given to me as a gift, works pretty well, newer remote is better than before, but had serious issues on initial setup that required a factory reset and a second go around of setup to fix. Seems to work better now.
So with that said, everyone seems to have a device the prefer, but if it were me I'd probably lean towards the latest nvidia shield pro and call it a day. To each their own I guess.
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Not anytime soon. They just updated the Apple TV 4K this year. And typically it takes Apple years to update it.
the number of times i've had to force close/restart a fire tv is…well, more than i can count. netflix has been broken on it for as long as amazon's had streaming devices (they seemingly don't want it to work well). the number of ads on the fire homepage is obscene. the slowness/lag for the menu ui is a huge drag.
none of these problems have showed up for me on the apple tv.
i would not recommend it to those who can't really afford it, but if you have the disposable income, it really does make your streaming tv watching life easier…
…which i realize is the most obscene and privileged sentence i've ever written
The thing I'll say is that the Apple TV is better than the fire TV. Even the high end fire TV is weak. BUT the Apple TV is sputtering. I'm not surprised there are these refurbs. I've had to restart this things dozens of times. The toss to TV from my devices barely works. And it buffers all the time. The apple remote is way better, but again, still not as good as a simple directional remote.
That's the old apple tv
This is the new model. April 2021
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