2018-02-02, 20:29
Bought an Apple TV 4K today and media playback is just fabulous. Output was set to 2160p. No matter whether I threw 576i25, 1080i25, 720p50, 1080p24 or 1080p60 at it, playback was pretty perfect. Deinterlacing and scaling are great, pretty much on the same level as my Sony 4K TV. Refresh rate switching led to perfect motion witout any interpolation. Wouldn't have expected that really.
Software decoding MPEG-2 SD and VC-1 HD does not seem to be a problem for the strong Apple chip. VP9 at 2160p60 wasn't 100% smooth though.
The sad part is that Siri and the TV app both do not seem to be available in Austria. So no finding content across installed apps/services. Still night and day compared to the shitty Sony Android TV. Amazon Video finally works flawlessly and you can actually get 4K HDR content on iTunes at the same price as HD. In Austria you don't get any 4K or HDR content on the Google Play Store. And in Germany it is double the price of HD.
Software decoding MPEG-2 SD and VC-1 HD does not seem to be a problem for the strong Apple chip. VP9 at 2160p60 wasn't 100% smooth though.
The sad part is that Siri and the TV app both do not seem to be available in Austria. So no finding content across installed apps/services. Still night and day compared to the shitty Sony Android TV. Amazon Video finally works flawlessly and you can actually get 4K HDR content on iTunes at the same price as HD. In Austria you don't get any 4K or HDR content on the Google Play Store. And in Germany it is double the price of HD.
