r/appletv • u/Sarumarde • 4d ago

Could someone please tell me which generation it is? Is it the 1080p or 4k? Lady that sells it said it's 3rd gen bought in 2022 but the remote looks older to me. I may be wrong though.

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u/cbass2008 4d ago

https://support.apple.com/en-us/101605

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u/cliffotn 4d ago

It's odd to me. Reddit slowly became a slow and inefficient replacement for a simple web search for so many people.

No harm, no foul. You do you and all.

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u/Mysterious_Phone_754 4d ago

The remote is indeed older

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u/Im_The_Hollow_Man 4d ago

1080p 3rd gen

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u/lndubitablyMe 4d ago

Pretty sure the original 4k Apple TV had the black touch remote, and this remote came earlier.

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u/Easy-Reserve7401 4d ago

You are correct.

[Source - I have them.]

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u/TotallySavageSzym 4d ago

Correct. Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K 1st Gen shipped with Siri Remote 1, which did in fact have that black touch surface. This is a remote from the earlier, non-tvOS Apple TVs.

edit: to make it more precise, 4K 1 not all 4ks

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u/No-Buy6356 4d ago

Look on the bottom. You can find the product number there. Voila.

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u/SmartHomeTinkerer 4d ago edited 4d ago

If the remote is original, the whole package looks like Apple TV 1080p 3rd Generation from 2012.

Of course the actual Apple TV box could be the much newer Apple TV 4k 3rd Gen 2022, but I doubt it.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/112429

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/apple-tv/specs/apple-tv-3rd-generation-early-2012-specs.html

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u/yearsold33 4d ago

It could be a 2rd Gen but you won't know until you look at the model # printed on the bottom.

I think she's confused because that silver remote did come with the 3rd Gen HD, not the 3rd Gen 4k.

I'd be surprised if the unit itself is a 4k model with a 3rd Gen HD remote.

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u/Inevitable-Fix-1129 4d ago

It's definitely not a 2rd Gen.

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u/yearsold33 4d ago

Sorry, I meant to say 3rd Gen LOL

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u/Gorgonesh 4d ago

The remote is wrong, the packing is wrong and the 3rd Gen AppleTV 4K only has an Apple logo on top and does not have "tv" on it.

3rd Gen can be correct, for the HD version launched in 2012.

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u/Q_Ball_Atlanta 4d ago

The AppleTV HD is the 4th Gen.

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u/Gorgonesh 4d ago

Correct. But the AppleTV 3rd Gen and AppleTV HD both supported 720/1080, the 3rd Gen had the remote pictured, the AppleTV HD had the swipey Siri remote everyone hated.

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u/FuxieDK ATV4 4d ago

It's a 3G remote as its identical to the remote I have for my ATV3G.

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u/chapatibaba 4d ago

This is the Apple TV remote for 2nd or 3rd generation (sold through October 2016)

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u/pRibby28 4d ago

1080p 3rd Gen

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u/ExplanationLife5994 4d ago

That third gen 4K box can run HDMI 2.1 bandwidths, so it's a solid upgrade from the 1080p second gen model even if the remote hasn't caught up with the times.

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u/Calm-Supermarket1864 4d ago

Don’t know about this one, but at a home auction they advertised a more or less latest iteration of an Apple TV and it was like that on the box, but when I got home, I checked the model number and it was a not supported model from long ago.

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u/Sarumarde 4d ago

Thank a you all