Never thought I'd say this because Apple TV has been one of my favorite products for a decade, but Apple needs to start thinking of themselves as an app and not a piece of hardware. Reason being that my Sony 900E has all the apps I use on ATV (HBO Go, YouTube, Netflix) as well as one they don't have (Amazon Prime) and over wi-fi they all load faster than my ATV does on ethernet (even 4K HDR content which I find shocking) and are integrated so it's one less remote and one less HDMI connection I have to deal with. Having just gotten my first 4K HDR TV I can authoritatively say I need a 4K Apple TV even less than I imagined. The good news is that even this is not going to be noticable while watching regular content. Also, the furor off-axis you are, the more noticable the light bleed, and local dimming at work. If you don't know what you're missing, you wouldn't know you're getting a less than optimal experience. The viewing angle on the 900E begins to deteriorate around 25% off-axis, but I have found that not to be too problematic with this picture. I know waiting several seconds for the volume indicator to appear on the set when I press the remote button is extremely frustrating. If nothing else, it compensates for the laggy, sluggish experience of using smart apps while trying to navigate the TV controls. ) The Apple TV of course offers a substantially better experience than any smart TV out there, and will likely continue to offer it for some time to come. Only older non-tech savvy people are likely to put up with them, that is until their children buy them a proper streaming box. Anybody who seriously streams content is not going to want to use the crap built-in smart apps, especially the Android TV OS apps. Yup, I wish I could get a basic panel as well.
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