holygeesus
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When using Netflix anyone else seeing two Apple TVs in the audio section that you drag down when playing content? I see two plus my Yamaha amp. Odd.
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Apple TV |OT|
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Kung Fu Jedi
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Yeah, I haven't played with mine much yet, but everything seems a lot snappier in general. But the leap in horsepower is pretty dramatic, so I would expect nothing less.
I'll get more of a chance to play with it later tonight to see how it really works. We don't have a cable subscription at all, so our AppleTV is how we watch everything.
Got the Shakes
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Not even an option on mine. Under my iCloud account the only options to toggle are iCloud Photo Sharing and My Photo Stream. iCloud Photo Sharing says it will only display photos I've shared with friends or ones they've shared back.
PhoncipleBone
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Just paired it with my Bluetooth headphones and they work. Very nice.
infiniteloop
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badcrumble
Member
I think it can only see shared items and not my full library. 'iCloud Photo Library' isn't available to me in Settings - under Accounts -> iCloud, I only have iCloud Photo Sharing and My Photo Stream (both turned on).
infiniteloop
Member
ah, thats weird.
badcrumble
Member
Weird limitation I'm running into: it thinks iTunes Match playlists with more than 250 songs only have the first 250 songs.
It's different for you?
For real, that too.
It's different for you?
For real, that too.
PhoncipleBone
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I just want a damn shuffle option in a playlist.
infiniteloop
Member
No, i thought i saw it as an option, but i checked the guide and it looks like Photo Stream and Shared albums only.
PhoncipleBone
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Already annoyed that Siri doesn't work with music at all. The search for video is awesome though. Now to wait for music integration.
badcrumble
Member
Give it like a day, haha.
I'm nothing if not impatient.
Sort of odd that Siri doesn't work with Apple Music too.
PhoncipleBone
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Siri not working with music is odd to me since it works very well on the iPhone. Although I wish it would default to locally stored stuff on my phone instead of always going to Apple Music.
badcrumble
Member
I wonder if my iTunes Match playlist-limit issue would be rectified if I had an Apple Music subscription and it were Apple Music Library instead. Somehow I suspect that's the case >_>
How's the quality of the MFi controller that you're using? Is it like DS4/Xbox controller quality? Pros/negs? And does it also work with an iPad?
Jax Teller
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All 10+ Best Buys in my surrounding area just started showing stock on Best Buy.com. I ordered one online for in-store pickup. Gonna grab it tomorrow.
infiniteloop
Member
I'm using the Mad Catz Micro C.T.R.L.i. I haven't used a PS controller since PS2, and not used an Xbox controller, but would imagine they are a better build quality. The CTRLi more like those 3rd party controllers you'd get for consoles.
An MFi controller will work with any iOS device with iOS 7+ and a Mac with 10.9+
There's a dedicated MFi controller thread here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=870329
PhoncipleBone
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So, pressing the menu button twice turns on the screensaver. Pressing the Home button (the tv screen one, or whatever its real name is) pulls up an app switcher like on iOS.
Jax Teller
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Has anyone tried bluetooth headphones yet? If so, which brand and how's the lag? I had a pair of Beats bluetooth headphones but they were useless for video on my Mac due to horrible lag, which Apple acknowledged but never fixed.
PhoncipleBone
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Used a pair of old Sony headphones. Worked fine, but I was just doing music. I haven't tried audio yet.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Just an FYI, Touch Arcade has a forum for Apple TV games, but there aren't a lot of impressions posted yet. Still looking to find out more on Galaxy on Fire.
badcrumble
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Ooh, nice.
I only had to sign into Netflix and Hulu. Everything else used verification systems I'd go through on my computer's browser by entering a verification code shown on my TV (thank goodness, because the keyboard really does suck).
But yeah. I'm hoping that the new Remote app supports text entry for sure. It'd go a long way toward enabling more interesting types of apps, to be honest - right now no good designer with a conscience can implement text entry in an AppleTV app, tbh.
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Deleted member 17706
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How is general interface performance?
No hitching or anything?
It's running on the iPhone 6 chip, I believe, but I know it has more RAM and possibly a higher clock speed?
No hitching or anything?
It's running on the iPhone 6 chip, I believe, but I know it has more RAM and possibly a higher clock speed?
badcrumble
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You know what app I want on this? Seamless.
Technically I straight up want to be able to tell Siri that I want to order pizza and have it happen really quickly.
Technically I straight up want to be able to tell Siri that I want to order pizza and have it happen really quickly.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Yeah, hoping for a new remote app soon too. It would be nice if it allowed you to use your iPhone as a controller for games too, complete with custom controls. That would be kind of awesome.
PhoncipleBone
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Oh, and hold down the home screen button to bring up the option to put the system to sleep.
I'm fairly certain they mentioned using iPhones as controllers at the reveal conference. Probably just a delay in getting the app done.
JrBaconCheeseburger
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serious question.
Why is the older apple TV full of apps or icons and this has very few?
I thought these are pre-installed or something.
What am i missing?
I know i can download it just looks EMPTY.
Why is the older apple TV full of apps or icons and this has very few?
I thought these are pre-installed or something.
What am i missing?
I know i can download it just looks EMPTY.
There was no App Store so things were force installed.
badcrumble
Member
I hid most of the garbage on the old Apple TV. I remember when it gave me like five Disney channels lol. It's good only having the stuff I want to have.
Streaming on air video over the new Apple TV is soooo much better than using the PS3. Way faster. Excellent.
Also, I didn't realize I could stil use my hamony remote to control the Apple TV till I read it in here. That's good. Now I can choose from either remote, depending whether I need the swiping actions. Also, letting the apple remote control my receiver volume via IR is very handy, too
Also, I didn't realize I could stil use my hamony remote to control the Apple TV till I read it in here. That's good. Now I can choose from either remote, depending whether I need the swiping actions. Also, letting the apple remote control my receiver volume via IR is very handy, too
badcrumble
Member
Wait, you can have it control *receiver* volume? How do I set that up because I FUCKING WANT THAT.
Can I have it turn the power on to my receiver/TV without HDMI-CEC, just using IR?
PhoncipleBone
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Actually, it controls the receiver over HDMI, not IR. Been changing volume while outside of the room. It can even turn the receiver off when the AppleTV goes to sleep if you want, but I disabled that part. Volume is all I need.
Under devices. Can have it do volume and power, or just volume. Secret best function.
Or remotes. My bad.
Settings> remotes > volume control
Also I changed the touch surface tracking to fast to make the on screen keyboard faster to navigate
JrBaconCheeseburger
Member
Interesting.
I would prefer a dark mode and i do not think all those apps are available just yet on the new one.
Thanks
I have mine set up to control over IR. As my Apple TV is actually connected to my tv not my receiver.
badcrumble
Member
Can't teach it the power function without HDMI-CEC, even though it should be totally possible to teach it those functions just by beaming the IR signal at it
My shitty universal remote broke and I'd *really* love to be able to use the AppleTV remote for simply powering everything on.
POWERSPHERE
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This shit got a Plex app?
Thing is fast as hell. Worth it for the upgrade alone.
Worried that UIs were going to run amuck (looking at you google). Surprisingly so far HBO Now is the only UI that turned to utter fucking garbage..... Even YouTube is a take on tvml. Will send feedback to HBO. Looks fancy, and it sucks.
New scrubber is godly.
Photos need iCPL. Shared only is so weird.
Keyboard is as bad as everyone says. Such a shame. Makes a BT keyboard almost mandatory.
Universal search is incredible. Will be awesome when they open that up.
Music is not great. Kind of clunky without Siri. I'll be using my phone and AirPlay for now.
Discovery on the App Store is horrible. Luckily Purchased still carries over for any universal apps you already own.
Sadly this really feels like a 1.0 product in many ways. The good news is that it's upgradable (software) and the hardware is crazy fast. So it's most likely an when and not if we see improvements.
Biggest upgrade imho would be to just ape the PS4's pointing keyboard if Sony doesn't have it patented. Also Siri on Music. iCloud Photo Library. And bring the App Store presentation more inline with the iPad App Store. Do those few things and this will seriously be the best streaming box on the market by quite a ways.
Edit - CEC compliance seems exceptional. Seriously. Power, input switching and volume worked right out of the box, and the Apple TV registered itself as a "player" on my TV. Anyone have a button shortcut for sleep?
Fake edit - holy crap??? I told Siri "go to sleep" and she responded with "long press the home button to go to sleep"
Worried that UIs were going to run amuck (looking at you google). Surprisingly so far HBO Now is the only UI that turned to utter fucking garbage..... Even YouTube is a take on tvml. Will send feedback to HBO. Looks fancy, and it sucks.
New scrubber is godly.
Photos need iCPL. Shared only is so weird.
Keyboard is as bad as everyone says. Such a shame. Makes a BT keyboard almost mandatory.
Universal search is incredible. Will be awesome when they open that up.
Music is not great. Kind of clunky without Siri. I'll be using my phone and AirPlay for now.
Discovery on the App Store is horrible. Luckily Purchased still carries over for any universal apps you already own.
Sadly this really feels like a 1.0 product in many ways. The good news is that it's upgradable (software) and the hardware is crazy fast. So it's most likely an when and not if we see improvements.
Biggest upgrade imho would be to just ape the PS4's pointing keyboard if Sony doesn't have it patented. Also Siri on Music. iCloud Photo Library. And bring the App Store presentation more inline with the iPad App Store. Do those few things and this will seriously be the best streaming box on the market by quite a ways.
Edit - CEC compliance seems exceptional. Seriously. Power, input switching and volume worked right out of the box, and the Apple TV registered itself as a "player" on my TV. Anyone have a button shortcut for sleep?
Fake edit - holy crap??? I told Siri "go to sleep" and she responded with "long press the home button to go to sleep"
badcrumble
Member
TBH, this solves all my issues, in the sense that I do want to have an easily-updated screensaver album but I don't want any old person to be able to browse all of my photos.
Isn't the API already published, just not live? Should be really soon.
badcrumble
Member
The way the ATV learns IR functions by having you beam the other remote at it, then sends the codes to the ATV remote, is pretty brilliant. It's just a bummer that (for now) that's restricted solely to volume control.