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Originally Posted by tomsem
Seeing some reviews of AirTags that were not stellar — apparently the transmitter is too directional so the orientation may limit effective range.
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Some people who have already received AirTags, and some of the boxes they came in showed a date of 2019 or 2020. Some are speculating that Apple had intended to release them as far back as 2019, but must have run into too many issues.
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I would not be surprised if most people are approaching the ATV 4K from the same standpoint that I am, why should I upgrade my existing ATV 4K? So far I haven't heard an answer to that question. It seems to simply be an incremental upgrade more oriented towards new purchases.
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I agree. An incremental update four years after the initial ATV 4K release is fairly lame. Fortunately the ATV 4K 2017 is still a really great device.
They replaced the HDMI 2.0 port with a 2.1 port which allows faster streaming in order to push 4K HDR frame rates up to 120fps. Sounds good, but Apple decided to allow only 60fps and very little content is actually in 4K HDR and what is already looks good to me. BTW, there is a good amount of 4K content, but much of that lacks HDR.
They added Thread, but apparently consumers don't know or care much about it. Apparently it allows the ATV 4K to work as a Home device hub on steroids, but the appeal just isn’t there for the typical buyer.
They switched to WiFi 6, but if you don't have a WiFi 6 router then it does you no good.
They switched to a much better remote, but if that is the only reason one has to upgrade they can simply buy it separately for $59 + tax.