Hi Leo,

I've been a HUGE fan of ATV since 2012 with my first iPhone. I bought the ATV4 for its apps - particularly WSL World Surf League, Vimeo and RedBull Sports. We are not TV watchers - usually 15minutes a day over late evening dinner with a once a week/fortnight late film showing.

I buy films on Vimeo and iTunes along with ReelHouse. I Airplay HD surfing videos from the iPhone along with my music and Ibiza Sonica. 

The great thing about ATV4 is that it handles 60 frames per second video (iPhone home videos for example). 

It's performance is flawless. Picture & sound are superb. The remote is excellent too with the typical Apple excellence of trackpad.

You got a great deal. Because the £ is so poor, all Apple prices have risen here in the UK so it is rather overpriced but it's a quality piece of kit.

We very rarely use the DVD player etc now. We don't watch mainstream english channels on other boxes etc.

All in all the ATV4 along with iPhone combination have been a really superb, worry free experience. Flawless.

I have Netflix on both the tv and PS4. There is also many available apps on these platform. Then I have Kodi on my connected Mac, you know, for the stuff I have acquired in the Shadowlands.

Been trying to convince myself that I need the ATV4, but it looks like it will disappear.

Leo - try it and if you don't like it - return it. But i'm sure that you'll love the interface and it's real ease of use.

I only have three gadgets in my life and the ATV4 is one of them along with my rose gold MacBook and a iPhone. To me, they are perfect.

Plus here in the UK, we don't need a TV licence as everything we watch in from the internet (we don't watch anything from the BBC etc).

leosgonewild wrote:

I have Netflix on both the tv and PS4. There is also many available apps on these platform. Then I have Kodi on my connected Mac, you know, for the stuff I have acquired in the Shadowlands.

 

 

Been trying to convince myself that I need the ATV4, but it looks like it will disappear.

If you had a B&O TV then you would see more purpose. Since it can be controlled by PUC, it feels like a part of the TV. And the experience is flawless as always with Apples interfaces. I also watch a lot of Swedish TV through apps. I even play games with a bluetooth remote from steelseries in denmark. 

Also it draws almost no power, so it is very much more efficient than a playstation or Mac.  

I did like that I could turn my tv on and of with the Apple remote.

And talking about the Apple remote:

I would like to see a iPhone lite with that form factor! Just for calling and text messages.

also love the ATV4. and you can setup kodi on it.

would also like to see an iPhone lite for phone calls. doubt we'll ever see it though.

When using kodi, does it unrar on the fly?

Would love some more info about using kodi on it.

leosgonewild wrote:

Then I have Kodi on my connected Mac, you know, for the stuff I have acquired in the Shadowlands.

Or use PLEX server on the Mac and PLEX client on the Apple TV.

We don't play games on the ATV but the grandkids do:

- Mimpi Dreams

- Agent A

leosgonewild wrote:

When using kodi, does it unrar on the fly?

Would love some more info about using kodi on it.

never tried, but should be the same as on other systems.

you have two choices: if you need addons, you'll need to go with testflite to get kodi on the ATV. the easier way is to use MrMC, which is basically kodi stripped away the addons.

I tried both, MrMC is the much easier solution.

I used to tinker with all kind of other devices, but ATV4 is by far the best. Kodi, AirPlay, games, PUC, Apple Music app, tv apps, etc.

Using Plex and Kodi on the Horizon and BV14 now, I don't really see a need for ATV in my config anymore.