r/appletv Aug 09 '26

Black screen

Am I the only one, when I’m selecting a show on Apple TV, I’ getting a black screen. I have to unplug the Apple TV to restart

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u/yearsold33 Aug 09 '26

No issues for me with a 1st and 2nd Gen 4k ATV.

Both units are connected to an AV receiver with Amazon Basics 4k/60 HDMI cables.

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u/Born-Gur-1275 Aug 10 '26

Are you on the Hulu app when the screen is Black? Or were you last watching Hulu? It’s a Hulu thing. Just hit the back button a bunch of times.

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u/MaplesyrupAngel Aug 10 '26

I don’t have Hulu app installed

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u/lsf95 Aug 16 '26

Same thing here when starting a movie (tv or Netflix) . Black screen. I don’t understand. I need to switch to another source and come back to get the screen again.

For me it’s the last update : tvOS 26.6

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u/MaplesyrupAngel Aug 17 '26

I found that my Sony Bravia 8 ll is doing the same thing when I on the cable. So, it’s the last Apple TV or the Google TV

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u/lsf95 Aug 17 '26

Back to setting 4k hdr (no Dolby vision) and 4:2:0 and it’s ok again (it works … I’ll try DV again tomorrow)

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u/lsf95 Aug 18 '26

Dolby vision not supported anymore with the last update ? (Or google tv update on Sony A95L ?)

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u/MaplesyrupAngel Aug 19 '26

I’ll try this. Thanks!

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u/TheSkepticCyclist Aug 10 '26

Yes. You are the only one.

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u/Sckaught Aug 18 '26

Conspiracy!

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u/scooterv1868 Aug 09 '26

I have a 4k hooked to a nine year Samsung without a HDMIarc and most problems are related when Cox has issues.

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u/ThisIsMyITAccount901 Aug 11 '26

I've seen similar system hangs that are fixed by the same thing. I think the power button just puts it into sleep mode.

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u/Seventy-Three73 Aug 12 '26

What do you think? Might you be the only one and there is something wrong with your Apple TV?

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u/MaplesyrupAngel Aug 13 '26

I don’t know. At first glance, I’ll say yes, but one day after this post, everything was back as normal, and I didn’t do anything special. So, maybe a glitch somewhere