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Will you use a new AppleTV 4k device?

mtbdudex

mtbdudex

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Like many I've been waiting for the new AppleTV 4k HDR, will you use it?

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-tv/apple-tv-4k

It will be nice to see photos and videos from my Apple devices in 4k resolution .

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I bought an ATV 4, but found out you can not search for songs on your local computer, so went back to my ATV 3. This is a must-have feature, and a limited 4K offering of movies will not counter that.
 
There's a sure lack of 4K content. Don't think it's worth me buying it. Plus that will mean I'd need to buy a 4K tv as well.
 
My problem is that I don't have an hdmi pass-through in my audio system. To be able to listen to music (airplay) without having the TV on, I need an audio cable from Apple TV to my sound system. So I've been stuck with ATV 3 and still am.
 
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Laird Knox said:
That appears to only handle 1080p. The seller states that it is HDMI v 1.4 (listing says 1.3).
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There seems to be a bunch of this kind of devices. If I choose one with hdmi 2.0, how sure can I be that it passes through 4K?
 
Robotti said:
There seems to be a bunch of this kind of devices. If I choose one with hdmi 2.0, how sure can I be that it passes through 4K?
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I would make sure the description states 4k video. Just be careful what you click on.

For example, I picked up this audio extractor a while back but if you look at the page they currently have six different devices listed.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013J6VEVA

One of them is listed as a 4k device but I don't have any experience with that one.
 
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fathergll said:
What files? From iTunes?
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I image his photo files, this being that kind of forum. Or video. Like from YouTube maybe (in Chrome; I don't think you can do it in Safari). I use some Apple devices for media (iPhone 7), but since I wanted 4k ages ago I've never used an ATV. I use my Roku, or serve media right to my 4k TV. But hey, nice that Apple finally joined the rest of the world with 4k. Although $199???
 
Came yesterday
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Quickly looking at photos taken with my Canon 70D it was very impressive to see them much more clarity , color, and depth .
These are just soccer shots from last weekend.
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CmdrLaForge said:
As this is in the picture thread - can you watch slideshows from Photos etc.. in 4K and how do you do that? Can you stream from iPad or Mac?
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yes slideshows from photos are selected via the computer, and in 4k, it was truly neat to see my photos in so much more resolution and depth
Also - by airplay mirror you can show anything on you apple device there, though I can't confirm if 4k or not ....
 
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