Apple TV 4K Review (2022) | Third gen's a charm!

Hey everyone! Love the comments! Keep ‘em coming. The new ATV 4K is going to replace a Chromecast at home for a longer term eval. Anyone interested in a full-on flagship streamer battle? Also, for anyone wondering why get a streaming box when Smart TVs exist, maybe go check out my video on why I think Smart TVs are dumb. Or should be dumb!

No ads in the UI? I’m sold!

The combination of using your AirPods Pro/Max with transparency mode and head tracking is just UNREAL. It's like being in the room and using your surround sound speakers on full blast all while someone can sleep in silence right next to you. The way it follows your head as you stand up and move is next level.

Please do a comparison between most popular streaming devices. It will be much appreciated. Thanks ❤️

I really love the HomeKit how I can see my cameras when someone is approaching is a game changer

Great review Caleb, I have the previous gen Apple 4K TV connected to my old Sony XBR5 and it works great and the picture is beautiful 💯

I must say having a pair of AirPods Max with spacial audio connected to an Apple TV is seriously impressive. Living in an apartment I can't have a fancy surround sound system without getting some complaints. This is a perfect alternative that I don't think is talked about enough. thanks for bringing it up

Thanks Caleb. Can you clone your 2nd gen AppleTV to the new one so you don’t have to reinstall all your apps?

I've used Firesticks, Rokus and now the Apple TV for the last 2 years and I'm definitely most impressed with the Apple TV. My main issue was the ads that are present in the first two and the thing that impresses me the most about the Apple TV is how it just works with my iPhone and the rest of my Apple products. Also, when getting more than one apple tv, the second or third ones are set up automatically the same way you already have the first one set up, which is a time saver. Any and all streaming apps are present, they don't block one because it's a competitor to their streaming platform and they all just seem to work like they should. The design is as simple as it can get. I get home, tell Siri to turn on my Apple Tv and play music and she does just that, it works great.

Caleb since you are someone that regularly configures and optimizes TV pictures, how accurate is the Apple TV’s tool compared to what you normally change??

Just recently moved over Appletv from fire cube and I love Apple TV waaaay more especially because I’m in the Apple atmosphere with all other devices.

Is there any difference in picture quality or is it exactly the same?

Hi Caleb, love your videos. I have a novice question - what does it mean when you say that Apple TV supports HDR 10+ in addition to Dolby Vision? Isn't that just a property of the content video and if the TV itself supports it, whether you play it from the apps on the TV itself or from Apple TV (or Roku, etc.)?

I’m having issues with it not responding to remote input for seconds. It happens quite often???

Depends on what audio experience you want streaming home videos. Shield pro can do bitstream while ATV will do all transcoding and send out as PCM, so not native…

Nice video. Would you use it in place of LG’s WebOS?

Excellent review - didn't realize all of the current features and benefits as well future potential baked into the 2022 Apple TV. Great insight provided!

I've used an Apple TV since the first iterations (the white boxes) that used old-school hard drives. Now have an old HD hooked up to our gaming TV (an older 4K LG), a 2nd gen 4K on our TCL 6 series, and another 2nd gen on our AWOL UST. I've also always bought them on sale as, yes, they've always been more than a bit overpriced. But they also just work. And I like the consistent UI between TVs. Will I upgrade to the new one? Probably. At least for the projector as it supports HDR10+. Then that 4K can migrate to the LG.

There's so much more to the Apple TV than just streaming apps. There's Share Play, which I think is an awesome idea, although I haven't used it as yet. The fact that AirPods are automatically detected and so seamless to connect, and now you can connect multiple pairs simultaneously is awesome. Also hooking up a game controller to play games is why you have that A15 in there. I just wish Apple Arcade got some actual triple-A titles, or if Apple did a deal with Nintendo to bring some of their games to the platform, which would be revolutionary.
Right now I can't think of any feature I'd like to have other than more high quality gaming content. Oh and a better game controller API which knows which controller I have hooked up and shows the correct mappings. I have a PS5 controller, but there are so many games that show Xbox button mappings and then I need to try and remember which button maps to which on the PS controller. However, this is also something that developers need to be more cognisant about.

For the little change everything sounds good, always liked apple tv found if a bit pricey in the past so i defaulted to the fire stick whitch i think is one of the best.