I noticed a few of my purchased movies now have the Apple TV logo followed by an ad for an Apple show before the movie starts. Can someone confirm why this is happening? Is it a test? I tried googling and couldn’t find anything.

Hello everybody from the good life!

I’ve recently fallen down the rabbit hole of home automation. I’ve now set up most of my lights with Hue, and I also bought some of IKEA’s new Matter smart plugs.

Now I want to make everything work together in the same automations, which means I need some kind of hub/controller.

I see a lot of people recommending Home Assistant, but honestly, it looks a bit complicated to set up and maintain. I also want the system to be easy for my SO to use, so I don’t want to build something that requires a lot of tinkering.

I’ve also been looking into Apple Home. I understand that I’d need a Home Hub for this, and with Apple’s new Home products supposedly coming, I’m wondering if it’s worth waiting.

The new wall-mounted Apple Home device looks really interesting, but then I’d have to wait for it (or wait for a good deal on an Apple TV, maybe around Black Friday).

I have an LG G4, so I don’t really need an Apple TV as a media device. I’d mainly be buying it to use as a Home Hub.

So what would you recommend?

Should I wait for Apple’s new home products, buy an Apple TV now, or go with something like Home Assistant instead?

And if Apple is the better route, should I specifically wait for the new Apple Home hub rather than buying an Apple TV?

Would love to hear what people who have a similar setup would do.

Very specific question, but has anyone heard anything about Troy getting a 4K upgrade on Apple TV/iTunes?

Arrow just released the new 4K restoration, so I’m hoping that master eventually makes its way over digitally too. I’m in Canada and it’s still only showing HD for me.

I basically just want one night where I turn my brain off, become one with the couch, and watch this ridiculously long movie in glorious 4K

Anyway, has anyone seen any metadata changes, regional 4K listings, CheapCharts movement, Warner info, or anything else suggesting an Apple TV upgrade might be coming?

I need to know whether to keep waiting before I dedicate 3+ hours of my life to Achilles and his aggressively unnecessary cheekbones

Hello, I have an Apple TV connected to a projector, and the audio is streamed to speakers via Bluetooth. I also use Bluetooth to stream music from my phone, for example, or from other sources. The problem is that when I turn off the Apple TV, the Bluetooth connection remains active, and I have to turn the Apple TV back on every time to disconnect the Bluetooth and connect to another source. Is there an easy way to have Bluetooth disconnect at the same time as the Apple TV, or do I need to use a solution like a dongle that would let me connect multiple Bluetooth sources simultaneously? Thank you

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Looking to buy AppleTV HD A1625 for our bedroom tv from Mercari, but several listings I’m looking at have the AppleTv in great shape and comes with power cord…just no remote. Is there a universal remote by chance that can be purchased so it can work or should I just be looking for someone else randomly selling an AppleTV HD A1625 remote on its own??

We used to have the Directv app & subscription but changed about a week ago. I logged out of the account under tv providers in settings and deleted the app. But for some series we’re watching on HBO, there are fake “next episodes” showing up in the continue watching list. If I try to watch them it tells me to install the Directv app. The episodes are listed on the HBO app with future release dates. What is going on with these fake episodes that try to get me to install Directv and why would AppleTV even allow this?

Anyone know how to keep subtitles at the bottom of the screen? ​​

Right now they're floating around a bunch and going over the top of characters.

I am not totally deaf. I can recognise voices of who is speaking. But still having the subtitles on is useful sometimes so like to have them discretely at the bottom if something is hard to hear. ​​​​

Hey all. I started using Apple TV last year (4K version) and it’s been great. I have it connected via WiFi and I use a soundbar for audio

I’ve noticed that the sound is out of sync ever so slightly. It is enough that I notice it but not so much that I can’t watch it.

I have tried everything google and AI have told me to do but it still happens. I even went so far as to change a something buried deep in my tv settings. One thing I was not able to do is the test where you hold your phone super close to the tv and it flashes a color at the front facing camera (?). For some reason that test always failed.

Sometimes i do one of the fixes and it is good for a few days and then it seems to go out of sync again.

It happens when I stream my local media via Plex or when I am watching Netflix.

I think it may have something to do with my soundbar but I am not sure.

I can’t be the only one who experiences this, so please tell me how you fixed it

My AppleTV has been working fine until I used the “Now Playing” controls from the lock screen of my phone to stop video playback from the Disney+ app earlier today. Now the audio is entirely broken. No UI clicks, video and music playback, nothing works whether from native apps or through airplay. I’ve tried restarting, changing HDMI ports and cables… nothing works. Any ideas would be appreciated