Apple TV 4K review: A long-awaited boost to the streamer – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
A lot can happen in a couple of years. Whole industries can shift, evolve, or even die.
Since the last Apple TV launch – which was all about games – we’ve seen an increasing transition to 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) content.
The Apple TV 4K jumps aboard that ultra high-definition (UHD) and high dynamic range (HDR) train, seeing Apple get back to delivering what the original Apple TV first promised: an easy and affordable way of watching movies and TV shows on your television.
With so many other ways to consume such content, however, does the Apple TV 4K have a hard sell for the mass market – or does its affordable approach to 4K content put a big enough oar in to disrupt the market for the better?
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- Same design as last model
- Remote included, with Siri voice control
- iPhone/iPad control
So many Apple reviews start the same: the design hasn’t changed, but the insides have. That’s the same with the Apple TV 4K, which takes on the same form factor and design as the previous Apple TV. “If it ain’t broke then why fix it?” as the saying goes.
Visually speaking, the black box of Apple TV 4K isn’t especially inspiring – but as with so much under-the-telly AV kit, it’s happy to be hidden away, out of sight.
Even when not in view, the included small touch-sensitive remote is easy to use, if you don’t want to use your phone or tablet to control the box.
That remote is easy to use, features all the relevant buttons and a touch sensitive panel on the top for gesture controlling your way through the Apple TV menu system. There’s a small cosmetic change compared to the older model – a white circle around the menu button and this circle is supposed to act as a focus for when in lower lighting conditions. It doesn’t really make any difference.
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- Dolby Vision and HDR10 support at 60fps
- Faster A10 processor (as found in iPhone 7 / 7 Plus)
- 32/64GB storage options
Of course, design is only one side of the story, and here Apple hasn’t held back in giving the Apple TV enough power to get things done. The Apple TV 4K uses the powerful A10 Fusion chip (as found in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus) and for those interested, that doubles the performance and packs in four times the graphical capabilities compared to the outgoing Apple TV this model replaces.
That power is mostly used to deliver a set-top box that is capable of delivering 4K HDR/Dolby Vision quality movies, although it’s fair to say games and apps load smoothly too.
Also new is support for 4K resolution at 60fps, but you’ll need a compatible cable to cope with the signal, and, of course, a compatible 4K television. Although there are no movies available in 4K 60fps currently – it’s largely Hollywood-style 24fps – the iPhone X and iPhone XS does allow you…
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