Any thoughts welcome, but namely, whether you think it's worth the bother and why.
Many thanks.
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Any thoughts welcome, but namely, whether you think it's worth the bother and why.
Many thanks.
I think it's like most of the other streaming services...a few shows that are great and make you forget the subscription cost and when those seasons end you consider cancelling until they come back. I don't think its library is nearly as deep as Netflix, but the convenience of the native AppleTV app is great and the few shows that are good are very good.
What he said. The ability to dip in and out of these services is nice. I wonder when they’ll wise up and start having minimum term lengths.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew Strongin
For Apple, Ted Lasso is the standout. I liked the first season of Morning Show but not the later one, though my wife kept watching. Physical was OK. My extended family has been talking about Severance but I haven’t seen it yet.
I think the Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle is the best bang for buck out there these days.
I mostly have Apple TV for Ted Lasso. I just watched Blackbird and it was pretty solid. Agree about Physical. I'm watching it because I'm paying for the service, but don't know that I'd miss it once I cancel (following the last Ted Lasso season).
Content was good but has flatlined a bit. I think traditional movie producers are getting stubborn about insisting on theater releases. Backwards.
Highest quality original content outside of Stranger Things. Tehran, Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest, and Slow Horses were popular around here. AppleTV interface is superior to firestick. Only purchase the current generation with the "new" remote. Its vastly superior to the original AppleTV remote.
Can I just buy this remote and use it with my older AppleTV? Because the older remote I'm using is straight up garbage; so problematic with the MLB.TV app. Edit: It appears not.Quote:
Originally Posted by gt6267a
google says yes. have not tried it myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd
I sympathise with the producers who have a potentially strong commercial product. Going straight to streaming means missing out on the upside.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
What are the advantages of having their hardware? It seems like an expensive white elephant when you can just use a cheap Google dongle thingy to play it on the telly. What am I missing?Quote:
Originally Posted by gt6267a
A cool thing about AppleTv is you can share it with friends and family easily, right through apple. That’s what we do with AppleNews, too. I pay for apple news, my brother pays for Apple TV, and we share them with other family members.
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My wife has all Apple everything so we have all their services and lots of their devices.
For watching we use the Nvidia Shield or recent model 4K Apple TV device. I'm honestly a little surprised that using the Apple TV isn't perfect. I thought that Apple would have everything working but they don't. It isn't a bad device, I just thought the Apple premium would mean something. Watching Apple TV on the Shield is fine.
For content I don't think you can go wrong with paying for a month and watching Ted Lasso and Severance. Severance is a slow burn that really starts paying off towards the end. I think the service is about $10 a month and just watching that stuff is well worth it. I've tried several other shows and think I've seen all of Morning Show but wouldn't get Apple TV+ for any of them.
I have not used an AppleTV app. Presumably you are not wrong, install the app on google / fire / something and you have a good experience. there are some integrations to use a phone as a remote, the actual apple remote (new one), and integrations with the rest of your apple life (unknown what is possible via the app because I have not used it). other things you might do with the appletv like installing apps / games / etc presumably one could do with a firestick or google dongle type things so no real advantage there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chik
I only use the Apple TV for mirroring my laptop to one of my screens if I want to watch something on a bigger screen. Other than that I either have the Plex account that has everything on it or I stream sports.
Ted Lasso is worth everything though, especially if you understand UK humor and daily life. They absolutely killed it with that show!
Tell me about Plex. Never heard of it...Quote:
Originally Posted by COVRTDESIGN
Forgot about Tehran, that is a great show.
We’ve had a couple iterations of the Apple TV and I think most of them also allow you to use your iPhone as a remote, which is pretty handy, especially when you have small kids and the apple remote goes walkabout around the house on occasion.
I had a browse of Plex's web site, and this Luddite is a bit foggy on one aspect. Is the Plex Media Server necessary if I just want to watch something from their assortment and don't have my own content to play on the TV screen?Quote:
Originally Posted by COVRTDESIGN
As someone with no Apple hardware and a Dumb TV, it's difficult to watch Apple TV shows on my television. There's no Android app, which would make it trivially easy to use with my Chromecast, so I end up playing it on my laptop and casting the web browser page in fullscreen mode to the Chromecast. It sucks.
When big corporations can't get along, the customer loses. I'm going to watch a few shows and then cancel it.
There are Android apps but not for every Android device.
One more must watch on Apple, if you’re of that generation: The Beastie Boys documentary. Say what you will about many (debauched, sexist. etc) parts of their career in the moment, seeing the remaining two riffing as middle aged dads against the backdrop of the music they made is pretty sweet.
I’ve watched it start to finish a few times and it’s also in my late night “one more half hour” rotation when the Yankee game ends and I’m not quite ready to turn in. You can add the Trojan Records, Eagles, and Linda Ronstadt docus to that list.
Speaking of must-watch for music fans, the documentary on the history of Ron and Russel Mael, AKA Sparks, is a great watch. I’ve been a fan for years and loved the film.
Not necessarily an Apple thing but a music thing….
Are you guys talking about Apple TV the service or Apple TV the device? Or can't you have them separately?
We were discussing the service first. Then, we started discussing the hardware. Yes, you can get one without getting the other.Quote:
Originally Posted by sk_tle
We went from no-TV to AppleTV, which means AppleTV = TV + AppleTV device + 3-4 pay services including AppleTV service. I’d say by that calculation, it isn’t worth the money spent. While several shows were enjoyable, I’d say very few could be considered high enough quality to merit spending that kind of money and devoting that quantity of space in the house to the equipment required. And creating a line-up of services that would increase the artistic value of the offerings would be too expensive as most services use a small handful of top quality offerings to attract paying audiences while the rest of their offerings are a waste of time. I think overall the density of good programming is very low and scattered over too many sources.
I agree with this 100%. It might be a little while until DVD is dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
i agree. meanwhile, $cableTV-internet-package - $internet-only >= $100. At approx $9.99 / app-month we pay for a few services and still come out ahead Vs our old setup. additionally, we'll add something like HBO+ for 2 months while we go through game of thrones and then drop it till the next time there is another series we want to binge.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
Yeah I think anything is better than cable tv.Quote:
Originally Posted by gt6267a
I'll keep TCM, my fave special effect is a good script.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke