Even though the 4th gen and now 4k Apple TVs exist, this thing is still great, turns on instantly, supports most major streaming services like youtube, netflix, hulu, hbo, sadly no prime video though. Airplay is easily the best feature and the reason I purchased this, it's so easy to just instantly send any video or song to your TV and works flawlessly, even screen mirroring for iOS devices and macs as well.
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4th Gen is better if you need Apple tv store apps. Picture also looked better on the 4th gen. As with all of these streaming boxes you spend a lot of time entering codes, troubleshooting and doing non entertaining things. I don't think this is the way tv watching will eventually go. Some of my friends can't use it without constant help. This applies to all these streaming devices. I would say for the money, they are very cool, but don't get rid of cable yet.
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I use it mainly for AirPlay to stream the music from my computer to other rooms. I can play the same music in three rooms now - from iTunes on my computer and to two ATVs. The ATV in my kitchen hiccups occasionally. The used one I bought off of eBay doesn’t appear to do this. Maybe the kitchen ATV is damaged now. I need to do some testing. I don’t really use the ATV as a video player as the apps offered are very limited. I use the ATV to leverage iTunes and airplay to play to multilevel devices. I have a fire tv that has way more apps and I can add the Kodi app. I use this device to stream video. The fire tv doesn’t have an optical audio output so I can’t use it for music.
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Yes I LOVE IT...but, needs VUDU and some others! Make no mistake, you NEED a service to enjoy this fully! Sure, you could hitchike off your paying friend/family...but, every channel must be code input! Not hard, just time consuming! Much of it is access to what must be PAID for, and only BIG CITY accessible for big networks! Wish the History, H2 etc, were always FULL content. Limited to current content mostly. Adding access for other channels would be awesome!
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I have both Roku and AppleTV devices. By most measures, the Apple device wins by a mile. The interface is easy and beautiful. But more importantly it has better sound and video. Why not 5 stars? The big flaw is Apple's self-serving control over the apps and services they allow on their device. Because they want to sell Apple Radio, there is no Pandora. Because they compete with Amazon, no Amazon Prime. Understandable, but frustrating. It means that, instead of one device--and it would be AppleTV--I still need Roku. Frustrates me and likely avoids a knockout blow to Roku. Thus 4 stars not 5.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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