Apple TV

[Stirchley]

Anyone use Apple TV? Thinking about buying it to stream from my iPad to my TV. Quite expensive though.

[Stirchley]

Not a single person wants to help me with this?

[Ragen]

I think it's better to buy Chromecast and connect it to normal TV.
You can stream from your smartphone and it's much cheaper solution

[Ragen]

Please note I am sure Chromecast works with Android but not 100% sure about iOS, so I suggest you to get some information before you buy it

[ScarletLion]

What are you streaming? Online videos? Your own content?

[Sylvie]

Hey, Stirchley, I have had an Apple TV for a few years and I love it. I stream stuff on it with Netflix and Hulu, and I also use it for HBOGo and other TV channels that have apps on it. It's also nice to throw stuff from my iPad and iPhone onto the TV like photos and movies from my phone that might not necessarily show as an app on the Apple TV.

Right now I have cable, but I went a few years with just the Apple and I was fine. A lot cheaper in the long run that's for sure!

[Stirchley]

I think it's better to buy Chromecast and connect it to normal TV.
You can stream from your smartphone and it's much cheaper solution

Don’t have a smartphone.

What are you streaming? Online videos? Your own content?

Same as Sylvie does.

Hey, Stirchley, I have had an Apple TV for a few years and I love it. I stream stuff on it with Netflix and Hulu, and I also use it for HBOGo and other TV channels that have apps on it. It's also nice to throw stuff from my iPad and iPhone onto the TV like photos and movies from my phone that might not necessarily show as an app on the Apple TV.

Right now I have cable, but I went a few years with just the Apple and I was fine. A lot cheaper in the long run that's for sure!

Thanks everyone for replying. Most likely will invest in Apple TV later this year. Just for the option of streaming someplace other than on my iPad.

[John McClane]

Stirchley

Did you ever end up buying an Apple TV? We gifted one this holiday season to my sister, and it’s been great for her. Rock solid performance. I was so impressed by it that I ended up getting one for myself.

[Stirchley]

Stirchley

Did you ever end up buying an Apple TV? We gifted one this holiday season to my sister, and it’s been great for her. Rock solid performance. I was so impressed by it that I ended up getting one for myself.

Gosh, no. My tv is almost brand new & it’s not a smart tv. When this tv conks out the only available TVs will be smart ones. So be it.

[Little Ash]

Gosh, no. My tv is almost brand new & it’s not a smart tv. When this tv conks out the only available TVs will be smart ones. So be it.


I'm missing a little of the logic here, since an apple tv is a streaming device and not actually a TV. Admittedly, the purpose of streaming devices is to supplant a lot of the "smart" functionality of the smart TV.

[Austruck]

Hey, guys! Reviving this thread! I have an Apple TV+ subscription till around mid-April.

What should I be bingeing/streaming in the next month. I'm keeping up with the Manhunt series (Abe Lincoln's assassination) and have watched a handful of episodes of For All Mankind. What else should I cram into my watch schedule for the next three or four weeks? :)

[Holden Pike]

You mean new-ish stuff? "Ted Lasso" and "Shrinking" are both great, but not new. "Shmigadoon!" is a lot of fun. None of the newer programs have grabbed me, of late.

[Austruck]

You mean new-ish stuff? "Ted Lasso" and "Shrinking" are both great, but not new. "Shmigadoon!" is a lot of fun. None of the newer programs have grabbed me, of late.

Anything that's on the Apple TV platform that I wouldn't be able to stream/find elsewhere. I started Ted Lasso a while back so I should continue with that, for sure!

[Holden Pike]

"Shrinking" is excellent, too. Only two seasons, so far. Jason Segel and Harrison Ford. Dramady.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjHfjQDWl1A

[Yoda]

Beyond the obvious ones (Ted Lasso), in rough order of excellence:

Severance
Slow Horses
Shrinking
Foundation
Silo

All very, very worth your time.

[Yoda]

Just one season for Shrinking so far, I think, but another being filmed now I think.

[Holden Pike]

Yup, you're right. They had ten episodes, which feels like a lot in this day and age.

[AKA23]

I think the best show on Apple TV+ is "The Morning Show", so I'd recommend that. Other shows I've enjoyed on Apple TV+ are "Defending Jacob" and "The Crowded Room (though that gets increasingly incredulous as it goes on). I'd also support Holden's recommendation on "Shrinking" and Yoda's recommendation on "Slow Horses", though that is a slower burn type of show. If you are looking for an espionage thriller, it's not that. If you want that, "Tehran" is in that vein, though I do prefer other spy shows like "Homeland" and "The Americans", which are not on Apple TV+. Overall, I find even when I have access to it, I watch the least programming on Apple TV+. Another popular show is "Blackbird". That should get you started!

[FilmBuff]

I thought Lessons in Chemistry was pretty good. It probably helps that I'm a big Brie Larson fan! :D

[Stirchley]

I think the best show on Apple TV+ is "The Morning Show", so I'd recommend that. Other shows I've enjoyed on Apple TV+ are "Defending Jacob" and "The Crowded Room (though that gets increasingly incredulous as it goes on). I'd also support Holden's recommendation on "Shrinking" and Yoda's recommendation on "Slow Horses", though that is a slower burn type of show. If you are looking for an espionage thriller, it's not that. If you want that, "Tehran" is in that vein, though I do prefer other spy shows like "Homeland" and "The Americans", which are not on Apple TV+. Overall, I find even when I have access to it, I watch the least programming on Apple TV+. Another popular show is "Blackbird". That should get you started!

I thought Lessons in Chemistry was pretty good. It probably helps that I'm a big Brie Larson fan! :D

This thread is 7 years old. “Slow Horses” is brilliant.

Big fan also of Larson, but wayyyyyyy too much chemistry in this.

[AKA23]

I liked Larson in "Room". I think she may have won an Oscar for that performance. I watched one episode of "Lessons in Chemistry" and was out. I actually read the book and I still didn't find the show to be entertaining, but it's not a genre that I typically have a lot of affection for. I was invited to a book club and it was one of the books that we read. I read a ton but I'm finding, and this is something I learned about myself that I didn't previously know, that it's very difficult for me to sustain a practice to read books that I'm not enjoying or have no genuine interest in, so the book club hasn't been as enjoyable as I was hoping it would be. A friend invited me so I join when I've read the book. I feel uncomfortable going if I haven't read the book even though it's also a social group.

[John McClane]

Just watch everything on TV+ because even their duds are not a total waste of time. I’m looking at you:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IAdCsNtEuBU

[Stirchley]

I liked Larson in "Room". I think she may have won an Oscar for that performance. I watched one episode of "Lessons in Chemistry" and was out. I actually read the book and I still didn't find the show to be entertaining, but it's not a genre that I typically have a lot of affection for. I was invited to a book club and it was one of the books that we read. I read a ton but I'm finding, and this is something I learned about myself that I didn't previously know, that it's very difficult for me to sustain a practice to read books that I'm not enjoying or have no genuine interest in, so the book club hasn't been as enjoyable as I was hoping it would be. A friend invited me so I join when I've read the book. I feel uncomfortable going if I haven't read the book even though it's also a social group.

Same for me. Yes, she won an Oscar for Room. Not sure I got through the Chemistry pilot. Imagine memorizing all those chemicals in the script.