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Can you view your own channel without searching for it? Really bugs me how you can't on the old ATV. Also yeah, it's really weird how basically nothing but a desktop browser lets you click the things inside a YouTube video. I can't think of any reason why a touchscreen device wouldn't support it, at the very least, yet here we are.
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Feenix posted:I cope just fine but the more I use the remote the more I feel like it is bad. You probably know but there is sensitivity options to reduce this. It still happens. The remote is pretty much the weak point for me too. really annoying when you accidentally touch the remote and skip ahead 20 seconds or more, or trigger a curtain menu coming down. A simple option like "click to enable track pad while video is playing" would mostly solve the issues.
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Feb 9, 2016 15:44
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Anybody else getting Pandora to play right now? When I push play the album art flashes and then darkens again. Happens on every station, tried force closing and logging out etc. Also, UnTwitched was pulled from the App Store so the number of good Twitch apps is down by one (and a Twitch/Hitbox app still on the store is actually an open source player somebody compiled and sold as a paid app.)
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Feb 9, 2016 23:52
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Laserface posted:You probably know but there is sensitivity options to reduce this. This a thousand times. At least it gives you a little line that tells you what point you were at if you catch it quick enough, but my wife has gone back to using the old AppleTV remote because she can't seem to manage the new remote without somehow brushing the touchpad and skipping around. I just keep it sitting on a flat surface and don't even handle it while watching something.
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Feb 10, 2016 01:11
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Ugh, I feel like I'm about to invoke the "you're holding it wrong" line but I don't have any issues with the remote. Then again, I'm not holding it while I'm watching something. I do think I've altered how I pick it up so as to not brush against the touch surface. Two other anecdotes: my wife hates it and reports similar "too sensitive" issues. Another friend got used to it really quick without issues.
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Feb 10, 2016 02:01
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If you press the menu button and not the play button after scrubbing through video it automatically goes back to where you started
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Feb 10, 2016 04:26
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My only issue with the remote is I constantly pick it up upside down because I'm a big dummy.
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Feb 10, 2016 04:39
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Thwomp posted:Ugh, I feel like I'm about to invoke the "you're holding it wrong" line but I don't have any issues with the remote. I only hold it when I need to interact. It still just sucks for his sensitive/active it is. Drop it and go to pick it up oops you just fast forwarded or paused it. It's just a really clever but really flawed remote. Half the time I touch or grab the thing I do something I wasn't intending...
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Feb 10, 2016 04:41
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I feel like if the Menu button said Back or had a backwards facing arrow or something, it would make a lot more sense to non-technical people who aren't used to doing things like pressing a button that says Menu to go back a step in a stack (as opposed to bringing up a context menu, which is usually accomplished by holding down the touchpad). It feels like a legacy decision that instead fails to communicate what that button is usually going to do. It's the kind of thing Apple usually stands against.
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Feb 10, 2016 05:59
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"Menu" being used to go back is pretty common TV remotes, so it's not that unusual, really, though I do agree that it's unusual for Apple to stick with it.
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Feb 10, 2016 15:18
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It does feel like apple tried to wade Into tv bringing their philosophy because people would like it but then everyone quickly realised static rubber buttons with specific functions on a remote actually work decently well for most things and that's why we still have them on remotes.
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Feb 11, 2016 05:39
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I'm fine with the touch, there's just two things. One is the menu thing I talked about, the other is really there probably aren't enough buttons. I'm curious to see how you channel surf their eventual TV service, since the only app I've seen try to do that sort of thing with swipes is PlutoTV and it is feels out of control.
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Feb 11, 2016 12:46
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Craptacular! posted:I'm fine with the touch, there's just two things. One is the menu thing I talked about, the other is really there probably aren't enough buttons. I'm curious to see how you channel surf their eventual TV service, since the only app I've seen try to do that sort of thing with swipes is PlutoTV and it is feels out of control. Channels seems to do it well (HDHomeRun client). It's shows a grid of stations, with the channel number/name and the show that's on. It also shows the title card of whatever is currently showing for that channel if it has it or the station logo if not.
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Feb 11, 2016 14:48
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The remote is cute, but not intuitive at all. I still hold it upside down frequently, can't remember the swiping shortcuts, and sometimes when I'm not using it it gets bumped and my tv switches to that input. There's a whole lot the new appletv gets right, but the remote isn't one of those things.
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Feb 11, 2016 19:13
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There are swiping shortcuts?!
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Xabi posted:There are swiping shortcuts?! I'm with you on that. Is there a list or something somewhere?
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Feb 12, 2016 01:32
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Rick Sanchez posted:If you press the menu button and not the play button after scrubbing through video it automatically goes back to where you started Not with the HBO now app. It is frustrating. If you hit menu it errors and goes back to the beginning of the show/movie.
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Feb 12, 2016 02:47
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I wish the HBO app had a way to "favorite" certain shows. It's so annoying having to scroll through their entire catalogue just to get back to watching backlog episodes.
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Feb 12, 2016 05:39
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Bass Bottles posted:I wish the HBO app had a way to "favorite" certain shows. It's so annoying having to scroll through their entire catalogue just to get back to watching backlog episodes. Yes. This and/or adding entire shows or seasons to the watchlist.
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Feb 12, 2016 07:36
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How readable is the HBO app on a decent sized screen? The text overlays on the graphics in the menus is pretty hard to make out on my little 24" at the end of the bed. Other than that it's a really pretty app, and I hope other companies follow suit. I'm sure it looks great on a big screen. Is it me, or has Netflix fixed that "putting all the stuff in your list to the bottom" now? Might've been fixed a while ago, but it's something I noticed yesterday. Also something that people might find interesting - if you're signed into a UK iTunes account, but you use an unblocked for Netflix, if you use Siri to find things it'll be based on the UK store. Must be because of the way the API is implemented, but a bit of a bummer if your iTunes and Netflix regions don't match. Given that Apple have been pretty cool about saying "this show/movie is actually available on your service rather than buying it through us", it's a shame that the iTunes TV and iTunes Movies apps don't just become front-ends for TV and Movies in general, with iTunes playing a part of it but giving you pointers on what to watch. It's a bit weird that if you search for a show you get taken to pretty much the same screen as if you did in the iTunes app, but via the apps you lose the link throughs to other services. I mean, I get it... but iTMS while making a decent amount of money on its own isn't really where Apple makes their dough and is essentially there to get people to buy their hardware. If they are ever in a position to do a iTunes Music for Movies and/or TV, then that'd be pretty great though as their library is pretty fantastic and fast. Right now I'm not spending $3 an episode on something that airs on PBS, I watch enough TV that my bill would probably double or triple each month just using iTunes. EL BROMANCE fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Feb 12, 2016 |
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Feb 12, 2016 11:50
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Both of the new models are $25 off this weekend at Best Buy.
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So my one sentence review of the AppleTV has to be "It's pretty good but.." So much potential, but most of the important apps are missing basic items that, unless the code is just godawful, should be easy to add via APIs and such. I think, honestly, Plex is the only major-content addon that isn't leaving me scratching my head wondering where all the obvious features are.
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Feb 12, 2016 20:18
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Vevo updated their app with the one-two punch of bad app design: Punch 1: Having to sign up for a (free) account to watch anything. Punch 2: Bizarre UI design that is a complete disconnect from anything on Apple TV. I wish there was basically any other "rolling music video channel" service for this, since Vevo's playlists are basically all about new music and I'd like to just throw on some 80s stuff while I work.
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Feb 12, 2016 22:55
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I can't even give an opinion because the iPhone app asks me if I want to validate the Apple TV app, yet does nothing when I press 'yes'. It I try to do on the web, I just get a spinning loading icon. All while a 5 second loop drives me loving insane.
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I got it activated over the web, but I think I had to reload without content blockers in Safari. If you're using Purify, try that, because that addon just sometimes screws up some pages.
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Feb 13, 2016 00:56
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Oh good call, I don't use purity but I do have one. Although I tried in Chrome too, which I didn't think was covered by a blocker?
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Is there an app that will parse a custom RSS feed of videos and present them / play them? Basically a video podcast app that I can plug a custom RSS feed URL into. I was kind of surprised that Plex doesn't have some kind of RSS reader plugin (that I could find) so I guess I have to find an app.
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Feb 16, 2016 01:39
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HAs anyone else found (unsurprisingly, I suppose, but still disappointingly) that the new ATV plays games rather poorly, performance-wise?
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Feenix posted:HAs anyone else found (unsurprisingly, I suppose, but still disappointingly) that the new ATV plays games rather poorly, performance-wise? I can only speak to the free Star Wars level in Disney Infinity but that plays really nicely. I'm sure most of it has to do with most games are ports of games for iOS devices. I know tvOS and iOS are supposedly the same (or at least share a majority of their code) but you'd think they'd play similar to a iPhone 6.
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Thwomp posted:I can only speak to the free Star Wars level in Disney Infinity but that plays really nicely. Oh yeah I mean I think SOME do. But others (faster paced games) do not. I often wonder if there is just some negligence on porting on the behalf of the developer or if it's "just supposed to work" but somehow the ATV just doesn't have the balls that the newer iOS devices to. Not that these are good games, but the examples I know of offhand are Asphalt 8 and that game that is like Race the Sun. I remember SIGNIFICANT hitching and otherwise non-smoothness. Simpler games or more slow-paced games seem to work a bit better. It's a little disconcerting, though...
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I think they're low-effort ports. This thing doesn't have a huge install-base like iOS so people aren't as willing to go all in yet.
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Haven't had any frame rate drops while playing mr. jump here.
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Feb 25, 2016 23:42
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Late to the remote chat, but if you get the loop/holder thing you'll very likely stop picking the remote up the wrong way round.
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Feb 29, 2016 14:44
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That's a bad solution. Or, more accurately, it's an okay solution to a problem that shouldn't exist.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:06
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I just instinctively feel for the volume button now and flip it in my hand if i need to. I love the remote so I can't complain too much, and it makes me put it to the side rather than losing it in my bed a hundred times a night like I did with the old one. Which I've kept for a spare, just in case.
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Endless Mike posted:That's a bad solution. To be fair to Apple, that's not why I bought the loop. I ordered the loop mere seconds into watching my daughter play Beat Sports and imagining the remote flying through the air and embedding itself in my TV.
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Feb 29, 2016 17:52
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New item on my wishlist: Let me control my ATV4 from my OSX machine.
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Martytoof posted:New item on my wishlist: Let me control my ATV4 from my OSX machine. It looks like you can using this: http://www.eyalw.com/1keyboard
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Down with this -- $14 is a lot but I'm not too fussed about it this time.
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Martytoof posted:Down with this -- $14 is a lot but I'm not too fussed about it this time. On mobile, so not a thorough search, but I see nothing specifying aTV4 and it claims to be keyboard input...
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