Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV

Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV by tdkl on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @04:26PM (#10194313)

The whole reason the 4K bandwagon exist is to push people to replace their whole media hardware stack again. They tried with 3D, but that flopped, so apparently more pixels are needed, so you can see the media with more clarity from the sofa (where there's basically no difference because of the distance).

Similar as pushing 2k/4k screens to mobile phones - marketing and sales.

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Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV by t0mbstone on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @04:53PM (#10194503)

I have 20/30 vision (slightly blurry), and I can ABSOLUTELY tell the difference between normal HD and Ultra HD, from 10 feet away. Anyone who can't is either partially blind, or is lying.

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Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV by tdkl on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @05:04PM (#10194591)

http://www.rtings.com/images/resolution-4k-ultra-hd-chart.pn...

Source: http://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/4k-ultra-hd-uhd-vs-1080p-full...

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Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV by rsynnott on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @05:17PM (#10194675)

I assume you're using a very big TV. I'm currently looking at a ~38" TV from about 10 feet away, and can't see the pixels on the 720p content from my 2010 AppleTV.

>60" TVs are a thing, but they're a serious niche, especially outside the U.S., where homes tend to be smaller. Apple would simply be adding cost to work for the tiny amount of the market who both want a really huge TV, and happen to have gotten a 4k one, and they'd probably have to release a hardware revision or so anyway in a year or so she the connectivity issues around 4k resolve themselves.

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