Review: The New Apple TV Is a High Fidelity Powerhouse

The good: HDR support dramatically improves the viewing experience, easy setup and other useful features for iPhone owners, can search for 4K content with Siri The bad: Much more expensive than other 4K set-top boxes Who should buy: Apple fans willing to pay a premium for convenience When Apple unveiled its revised Apple TV in 2015, it was missing something vital: support for 4K streaming. Two years later, the company is finally remedying that shortcoming with its new Apple TV 4K, which starts at $179 and begins shipping on September 22. Support for ultra-high-definition 4K and HDR (high dynamic range) isn’t for everyone. There’s still a massive amount of content that isn’t optimized for it, and you must own a TV that supports one or both of the technologies to experience its benefits. But 4K and HDR are crucial additions in the wake of rivals like Roku and Google adopting the technology, and content creators are shoveling out more TV shows and movies that support the features daily. Yes, 4K is a huge pixel leap over 1080p, but the bigger change here is arguably HDR, which fundamentally changes how colors and contrast ratios work. I noticed this most when watching a scene in Netflix’s Marvel superhero mashup The Defenders, in particular a scene that has Alexandra (played by Sigourney Weaver) sitting in a sun-filled room enjoying a private performance by the New York Philharmonic. She’s wearing an off-white blouse with beads arranged in an argyle...
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