Apple TV 4K 32GB – Black

WE LOVE OUR APPLE TV!…and EVERY OTHER ONE WE’VE OWNED PRIOR. My husband and I always lose the Apple TV remote (very sleek), so we LOVE having the option to download the Apple TV “remote” app so we can control the TV from our iPhones! I find it much more convenient to use and I never lose it. What’s even better?…the apps! I LOVE the apps we have access to with the Apple TV! We watch the Investigation Discovery (ID) Channel a lot so it’s great having the ID app which contains an endless supply of true crime shows and specials: all seasons and episodes. The other feature we use a lot is “screen mirroring” which can be done using an iPad or iPhone. Mirroring takes the content you’re watching or reading on your phone (ex: a YouTube clip, a webpage, your photos) and projects it onto your TV screen so it can be shared with others on a larger screen. The Apple TV is dynamic, high quality, and a great way to get rid of cable TV too!

From the moment you begin to unwrap and unbox your new Apple TV your reminded of the high quality and thought that goes in to every Apple product and this is no different. Just outstanding high quality product.
I was using the best ROKU device available and that pales in comparison. It’s not even close. I have several ROKU devices that I purchased. The last one I purchased about 3 months ago for me LG OLED tv. It was very cheesy. Lightweight. Got super hot. The pictures was sometimes ok sometimes not. But at the ROKU price point it was easy to buy those devices. The final straw for me was when they started billing me for a trial I had clearly need and would not stop charging me for. For four months after calling my bank and having charges reversed they kept billing. Good luck getting customer service it’s virtually non existent.
So here I am with the best tv on the market. Should I invest in the Apple device? Yes! ROKU didn’t have HBO Max available. Some other channels too. But Apple has everything. And the picture is amazing! Maximizes the potential of my OLED tv 100%. The remote control is a cool functional design. It integrated with my sound bar and tv flawlessly. Easily. And if your an owner of an IPhone like me it’s even easier. Basically just hold your phone next to the device and it takes care of the rest. It does not run hot. It’s cool to the touch. It has a small footprint but weighs a solid pound or so which helps keep it in place on top of my 4K Blu-ray player. HBO MaX does not have 4K available. So HBO did not look good on ROKU. But this device upscales the picture and HBO looks great now. Now as good as my 4K Netflix picture or my streaming channels like ABC or NBC but it looks great still.
I cannot day enough about this streaming device. I had Direct Tv since 1996 and couldn’t take their outrageous prices anymore and their customer service got terrible. I signed a 2 year Dish TV contract with their Hopper 3 product for a reasonable price but it is severely lacking. If I could rewind the clock about 3 months I would not but the ROKU Premiere device. I would not sign that Dish contract. I would simple get rid of direct tv go straight to Best Buy and get this Apple TV device and stream everything from now on on this one device. I just can’t say enough about it. And I’m an early adopter and 59 years old. I was the first to get everything in the last 30 years as it’s come along. This is right near the top of one of the best purchases I have made through those years.
Don’t hesitate. Get this thing. And dump everything else you have. You will figure out what packages to put together to get all you want. The local channels and sports are still the biggest hurdles for streaming. But with a 50-60 dollar package to HULU or YouTube or others you will get what you need. Just add Netflix and HBO Max and for under a hundred bucks you have an amazing tv package and this wonderfully designed and works flawlessly Apple TV..
Can’t recommend it highly enough.
I wish someone had written this review and I read it. I hope you do. Your welcome…..

I bought a smart bike trainer to get in shape in the winter. At first I was able to run Zwift (an app that provides virtual bike riding with adjustment of difficulty on hills) on my Galaxy S9+ and mirror my screen to my Samsung TV but after the Android 10 update that didn’t work any more. I was able to download the Zwift app on the Apple TV. I had to setup an iTunes account through my Windows 10 computer since I don’t own any other Apple products. The app works great and pairs the cadence, heart rate and smart trainer sensors. This tv will primarily be used for the trainer but on occasion be used to watch other content.

This replaces my early model Apple TV because we spend so much time streaming these days, thought I would get the latest model. I discovered long ago, that my Apple TV would steam programs with noticeable improvement over the built-in smart TV tuner, so with exception of the news of the day, or special network programs, go directly to the Apple TV to browse various services.
It is indeed a dazzling display with all recent programs started listed right at top, no matter what platform they are on. (A little nuisance, but fun feature is an automatic preview of any program where search is positioned.)
For me, the only reason didn’t rate a 5 star, is the remote is small for my stiff fingers. I have trouble with the touch pad control, not always responsive for me, but generally works ok. Maybe with time I will get used to it. (It has voice control that may be worth trying.)