Apple TV 4 - Apps, Tips & Tricks

Wondering if this is a once in a while opportunity. I have two Apple TV 4's and while I don't need one now, I do have a 2 and 4 year old that use it.
 
Shellyb1 said:
Wondering if this is a once in a while opportunity. I have two Apple TV 4's and while I don't need one now, I do have a 2 and 4 year old that use it.
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I would rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have one. Plus if you really don't need it, sell it later at about R1000 still make a profit off it.
 
Shellyb1 said:
Wondering if this is a once in a while opportunity. I have two Apple TV 4's and while I don't need one now, I do have a 2 and 4 year old that use it.
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Ordered 1 as an insurance policy since I dropped one earlier this year, and it hurt replacing it... 1300 bucks...:-(
Strangely my v active 2 yr old ismore careful with it than me... he loves the Tee Tee!
 
If you rent a movie via iTunes on the appletv, do have to wait for it to completely download/buffer?

Reason is, got a message that I could start playing the movie, but nothing it just showed the "busy" icon, so nothing happened.

I have 4meg line, showmax, Netflix and youtube all stream fine without any problems.
 
Okty said:
If you rent a movie via iTunes on the appletv, do have to wait for it to completely download/buffer?

Reason is, got a message that I could start playing the movie, but nothing it just showed the "busy" icon, so nothing happened.

I have 4meg line, showmax, Netflix and youtube all stream fine without any problems.
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No. It shouldn't be that way, mine plays instantaneously if the kids aren't hammering the connection.

The interface will notify you of the time, eg "Ready to play in 1 minute". This is dependent on your connection speed and the quality setting you have selected. The recent update has introduced 2 options under Settings>Apps>iTunes Movies and TV Shows>Video which are "Best available" (this will choose the best available resolution for your connection speed) and "Good" (think this defaults to SD).
 
Hush9300 said:
No. It shouldn't be that way, mine plays instantaneously if the kids aren't hammering the connection.

The interface will notify you of the time, eg "Ready to play in 1 minute". This is dependent on your connection speed and the quality setting you have selected. The recent update has introduced 2 options under Settings>Apps>iTunes Movies and TV Shows>Video which are "Best available" (this will choose the best available resolution for your connection speed) and "Good" (think this defaults to SD).
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Thanks, I will go have a look at the quality settings and then try again to see what happens.
 
Shellyb1 said:
Posting here too

DionWired with a few apple deals. Apple tv remote looks worth it.

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My remote was finally delivered today. Not the best delivery service but for the price, well worth it.
 
Hush9300 said:
You get this sorted?
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Unfortunatly no, changed the video settings in for itunes movies to be SD and low quality. Rented another film, took over 15mins before i could play/stream it.

The video at least started, but when i paused it, and wanted to play again i had ro wait awhile again.

Seems itunes servers don't like my connection :(

As stated above, line running max speeds, youtube, shiwmax and netflix streaming with no problem.

Will try watching the movie via ipad and see how it does.
 
Hush9300 said:
No. It shouldn't be that way, mine plays instantaneously if the kids aren't hammering the connection.

The interface will notify you of the time, eg "Ready to play in 1 minute". This is dependent on your connection speed and the quality setting you have selected. The recent update has introduced 2 options under Settings>Apps>iTunes Movies and TV Shows>Video which are "Best available" (this will choose the best available resolution for your connection speed) and "Good" (think this defaults to SD).
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Mine does it for HD movies.. downloads such that u can watch from start to end without buffering. Never tried with SD but I suspect the same principle persists.. this is the way YouTube was before they did the dynamic quality adjustment
 
I also watch in HD but I don't have the issue of waiting. Max wait is 1 minute. But then again I have a PtP connection with Wirulink.
 
Can you install ipwnstore with a PC or do you need a mac?
 
My Apple tv froze tonight. Non-Apple apps would not open at all but I could open the native apps like settings and photos. Anyone else with the same issue?

It's happening on both my Apple TV 4's.
 
Shellyb1 said:
My Apple tv froze tonight. Non-Apple apps would not open at all but I could open the native apps like settings and photos. Anyone else with the same issue?

It's happening on both my Apple TV 4's.
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Which service where you using? Mine also stopped working because Apple revoked many certificates from signing services such as Ipwnstore and Ipastore. I am with Ipwnstore and they are busy moving affected clients to other certificates but you have to submit a ticket on their website.
 
samcro said:
Which service where you using? Mine also stopped working because Apple revoked many certificates from signing services such as Ipwnstore and Ipastore. I am with Ipwnstore and they are busy moving affected clients to other certificates but you have to submit a ticket on their website.
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All worked this morning after I ran an update.

Strange though, I don't have any unauthorised applications running. Oh well, back to watching Trolls....
 
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