Yize i-Apple ibilokhu iyithatha ngokuthula kakhulu, kubonakala sengathi i-Apple TV iyaqhubeka nokuba ithuluzi eliyisisekelo ku-ecosystem yayo, okungenani yilokho okushiwo nguTim Cook ezikhathini eziningi, hhayi ngenxa yokuthengisa kwayo, kepha ngenxa yokusetshenziswa okuhambisanayo iTunes. Isizukulwane sesine i-Apple TV yangena emakethe ngo-4, eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kwemodeli yesizukulwane se-3 futhi bekusondele kakhulu.
Kodwa hit emakethe ngaphandle kokusekelwa kokuqukethwe kwe-4k ne-HDR, into abasebenzisi abaningi abangaqondi kahle ukuthi iyithuluzi nge-Hardware elingayikhiqiza ngaphandle kwenkinga. Kubukeka sengathi i-Apple ibifuna ukunikela ngalezi zinketho ku-Apple TV entsha ezokwazi ukubona ukukhanya kungekudala.
Ubusha obusilethele yona buhlobene nesitolo saso sohlelo lokusebenza, isitolo esivumela ukuthi sifake izinhlelo zokusebenza njengokungathi yi-iPhone noma i-iPad, ekahle ngokujabulela imidlalo esiyithandayo esikrinini esikhulu sekhaya lethu. Uhlobo olulandelayo lwe-Apple TV kungenzeka luwa, ngoba ngokusho komsebenzisi wase-United Kingdom othole emlandweni wabo wokuthenga, kuzoqala ukufinyelela kwizivumelwano nabasabalalisi nikela ngokuqukethwe ngekhwalithi ye-4k ne-HDR.
Njengamanje i-Apple inikezela ngokuqukethwe ngekhwalithi ye-720p ne-1080p, kokubili ngamanani ahlukile. Ngokwengeza lokhu okuqukethwe okusha, i-Apple izokwandisa izinketho zokuqasha kodwa futhi kungaphoqa abasebenzisi be-Apple TV ukuthi bathenge idivayisi entsha esekela lolu hlobo lokuqukethwe, i-ace up sleeve yayo egcinwe yi-Apple lapho yethula imodeli yesizukulwane sesine, imodeli ehambisana ngokuphelele nokuqukethwe kwe-4k, ine-HDMI version 1.4 ehambisana nalokhu okuqukethwe, kodwa lokho kumbozwe yi-software.