What does he want to do with it? For a time we were married to the apple tv

Dec 6, 2018
9:08:58am

snowbird All-American

ecosystem, which I later regretted. If he just wants to stream, you could look at chromecast or roku. If he wants to build content libraries, (e.g. music/movies) there are much more portable options.

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Apple TV guys, help a noob out.

Hank Rearden All-American

12/6/18 8:47am

It's beneficial if you purchase a lot of content from Apple

CavemanCougar

12/6/18 8:48am

Apple content is stored in the cloud.

Tokolosh

12/6/18 8:49am

TIL

CavemanCougar

12/6/18 8:52am

Pretty sure all content is streamed through the device. My understanding is

BoiseBlueCoug

12/6/18 8:50am

This is truth. I bough the higher storage one and there is really no benefit to

Natedog916

12/6/18 9:13am

False. I don’t think you could download a movie to the box even if you wanted to

AD4

12/6/18 8:53am

My opinion... Unless you want to store a gazillion apps, you don't store

BoiseBlueCoug

12/6/18 8:49am

I second everything BBC said.

Florwood

12/6/18 8:51am

4k might be rare now, but it's like buying an HD version in 2009

Dissenter

12/6/18 9:07am

31% of homes own a 4K TV (as of June 2018)

Indy Coug

12/6/18 9:14am

Problem with 4K streaming is ISPs are implementing data caps

Richbyu

12/6/18 9:18am

I haven't found the storage size to be limiting but would go with the latest gen for sure...

Tokolosh

12/6/18 8:49am

What does he want to do with it? For a time we were married to the apple tv

snowbird

12/6/18 9:08am

He already has chromecast.

Hank Rearden

12/6/18 9:11am

I like the ability to stream mirror our other Apple devices to the big tv.

Natedog916

12/6/18 9:16am

price difference really isn't that much between the latest and greatest.

Cougarclaw

12/6/18 9:33am

Thanks for the responses.

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