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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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At least we now know why all the other AppleTVs were being cleared out of Amazon and such last week. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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Also the move to USB-C for the remote is telling of Apple's plan for all their devices. Added some bold to the quote for emphasis. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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So $20 buys you Ethernet, Thread, and twice the storage. Storage hardly matters, and few people will wire up Ethernet. But Thread? Why wouldn't Apple be interested in making as many as their living room devices as possible into Thread hubs? And why give customers this choice at all? This business genius, in 1998: "would you like the $1,299 iMac, or the $1,279 iMac without modem?"
I just don't understand the thinking of having $129 and $149 models rather than a single $139 model. |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
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I wire my primary AppleTV because there is always less buffering.
However, it does seem odd to make Thread and "extra" as opposed to just part of the package. If I had to guess, the hardware for the wifi only one is actually different enough that it didn't make sense to "just remove" the ethernet port. Looking at the specs though, they are both the same Wi-Fi 6 and same BT 5.0. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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I'm going to pick up a couple of the $149 ones in a few months for my new house. Hardwiring all my ATVs throughout. I have a couple ATV 4Ks still. One of my older ones I think is dying. Couldn't get the WiFi to connect Sunday. Need to try again in a different area.
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Interestingly this release happened on the same day Google decided to kill Google TV (whatever that is). I still wonder if the Apple TV is just a pet project, never really seen the point of it. Guesss it’s useful if you have AppleTV+?
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Yeah, it’s a steaming device, kind of odd.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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As a guy who has run out of space on a 32GB version I can tell you how:
Screensavers and games/apps. Those video (aerial) screensavers are huge and when you have games and other apps they will fill up. Especially with the games. My kids play games on the AppleTV all the time. Mostly from Apple Arcade but it does happen, normally when it is a "quick game" and they don't want to head to the actual consoles. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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