As far as I’m concerned the Apple Forth Generation TV means absolutely nothing whatever to me any longer now that I’ve decided to get my Sony Android Smart TV and I’m very glad I did the more I read about the Apple TV.
I do appreciate of course that a Sony Android Smart TV won’t be for everyone though it does have some clear advantages over its Apple TV and other competition in the market place. Yes, there are blind people using these things so I know a fair deal about them already without having to have bought one and also the fact that I’m an Android user too with my Samsung Galaxy S6 and Android 5.11 Lollypop so I know of what to expect. As far as I know Sony are the only company to manufacturing Android TV sets and I’m hoping this will change in time given that Google has released its Android TV Operating System which the Sony sets are using. I can understand why other company’s such as Samsung are reluctant to go down that road right now having invested a huge amount in their own TV Hibred operating systems so full marks to Sony for jumping onto the Google Band wagon and giving us some accessible competition. > On 17 Feb 2016, at 7:50 AM, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi John, > > Your observation about the remote being easy to use is interesting. I > think you are the first one who hasn't encountered a significant > learning curve, especially when it comes to actually having to type > something in, such as a mixed case alphanumeric password. I'm holding > out for bluetooth keyboard access, which is supposedly coming with the > next major release of tv os, if I can believe what I read in the > mainstream Apple-oriented press. > > That deal where voice over cuts out has happened to me with a 2nd > generation apple tv. It happened a lot and only quit happening when we > experimented and connected the apple tv directly to the hdmi in on our > tv, rather than going through an a/v surround receiver or even a sound > bar. When connected directly to the tv, the voiceover cut out problem > completely disappeared. Unfortunately, that also meant the rest of the > sound from the apple tv went to the tv speakers, which are God awful. > Just food for thought. And I have heard others report varying results > with the voiceover cut out problem. Some have it. Others don't. And I > haven't a clue why. > > I do have a question. Can you connect the apple tv 4th generation and > use all of its features without actually having a tv in the mix? As an > example, with my 2nd generation product, it was not possible to watch > netflix unless the tv was actually turned on. Netflix would not play. > There may have been others too, but Netflix is the one I specifically > remember. So even though I didn't need the picture, the tv had to be > physically on, not just the surround receiver and speakers. > > Mary > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
