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Review on TV box Apple TV 4K 64GB, black by Alvin ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I was surprised by the quality for this price.

It must be understood that this device is only for streaming. There is no way to connect a hard drive or flash drive and watch movies. For some, it may be a disadvantage, but for someone exactly the opposite. So I put this in the comments. However, it is compensated by a separate NAS (or Raspberry Pi with Samba) + InfusePro player. I did not notice any problems with playback there. In addition, Infuse is able to access the media library with covers, info and other things. The reason for buying this device is tired of Kodi problems. Something breaks with every ate + patching fonts and other things.

Pros
  • Very easy to set up, everything integrates into the current Apple ecosystem if you have one. However, this device does not have to be bought as a load for apple devices. It works quite autonomously without it. But if you already have Apple devices, then additional goodies like redirecting the audio stream or saving the view state are added. Then you can continue from anywhere: tablet, smartphone, laptop. What impressed me is that for the first time I see a device streaming flawlessly and at the same time not hanging due to buffering, everything is loaded in a timely manner. Unfortunately, I've seen bugs with buffering in a lot of places before, even on Samsung's SmartTV. But that model of five years ago was almost there, now most likely everything is much better there. Well, the abundance of a variety of applications. If you wish, you can even make it a sub-console by buying a gamepad.
Cons
  • The only major drawback is that there is no 4K support on YouTube. The problem is not hardware, apparently it's a matter of royalties for the codec. Therefore, on YouTube, you will have a maximum of 1080p. Maybe they will fix it over time.* Didn't notice any other problems. * Fixed with the release of tvOS 14

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