Apple TV, now with more Tailscale

Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by metadat on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:02PM (#37563932)

I abandoned the Google TV thingy because it was great when it was new a year or so ago, but now after all the updates it frequently stutters when playing media from Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, etc. Apple TV is silky smooth and works perfectly.

At $200, it was 4x the price, though.

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Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by icelancer on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:32PM (#37564236)

The expensive Nvidia Shield Pro is dogshit as well for streaming performance at $150-200. Ridiculous.

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Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by johnmaguire on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:09PM (#37565199)

Works great for me?

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Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by nirav72 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @02:21PM (#37574004)

You're the first one I've read that has had issues with streaming performance on the Nvidia Shield. I have the non-Pro nvidia shield and its been rock solid for streaming external content and local content. Including 4k. I even ran it as a plex server for a while. Are you using wireless or plugged into ethernet?

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Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by joshspankit on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:14AM (#37569501)

It’s most likely just because of new codecs. If you got a newer cheap device it would probably not stutter (until the next round of codecs, but Apple TV requires the same upgrades)

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Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by metadat on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:42AM (#37569822)

I don't think so, x264 and x265 haven't changed in the past 12 months, or even the last 2+ years. My suspicion is Elgoog releases Android system updates without thoroughly testing them on existing released hardware.

My friends have Apple TVs that don't stutter, for 3+ years.

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Re:Apple TV, now with more Tailscale by joshspankit on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @07:58AM (#37583105)

If it were my machine I’d also investigate the audio streams. Audio decoding can be surprisingly heavy

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