How iTunes Is Changing on PC

Re:How iTunes Is Changing on PC by aniforprez on Thursday February 08, 2024 @08:41AM (#39301791)

Apple TV is also somehow hot garbage

I don't understand. These are "just" media players and all split up to do one thing each. How do they all do that one thing so miserably. TV hangs for multiple seconds every single time I download or delete episodes of TV shows and the player is so incredibly bad and doesn't save your progress properly

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Re:How iTunes Is Changing on PC by fshbbdssbbgdd on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:08PM (#39305360)

Huh, it never occurred to me that you could download episodes on an Apple TV. What’s the use-case? I download shows on my iPad so I can watch them when I’m traveling without internet, but my Apple TV is always plugged in. Intermittent connectivity in the home? Maybe bugs stick around because the feature is rarely used?

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Re:How iTunes Is Changing on PC by aniforprez on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:20PM (#39306290)

I'm not talking about the device btw. I am indeed talking about the TV app that comes preinstalled on Apple devices. I watch from my Macbook. The TV app is confusingly also Apple TV with a subscription service called Apple TV+

My use case is I've found that, for reasons unknown, the streaming quality is worse than if I download the episodes. Streaming always stays at 720p or lower whereas downloading gets me 1080p every time. And being able to watch things when I move around even with spotty internet

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Re:How iTunes Is Changing on PC by abhinavk on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:43PM (#39305789)

It's small enough to be carried when you are traveling. You could take it to hotels.

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