r/appletv

I want to replace the remote for our Apple TV (1st Gen.) in one room bc we have a newer one in a different room and I much prefer that remote. Is it worth the $60 to get an Apple remote or is a cheaper knock off just as good?

Last night it was working fine then this morning stopped working. I checked all settings and cables and nothing was changed or new. Right now I did what it said to do online. I have all wires disconnected and I unplugged the tv. It said to wait a few mins before connected and plugging everything back in.

I have a Samsung 4K tv. And before everyone says well Samsung don’t support Dolby Vision. I know this already. It only does HDR10+. But even then Netflix would still say Dolby vision. Other apps will say DV or HDR10+ however when pressing the info button on the tv remote it only shows UHD not UHD HDR like it use to. Hopefully when I plug everything back in everything works correctly. But why is this happening? It never did this before.

I'm new to this and from what I understand I can hook up an Apple TV to a 20 years old dumb tv using an HDMI cable. My question is, if I buy an apple tv 4K and my tv is HD, will it work?

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

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

Hey all, my Apple TV has been running fine for years with my Amazon Fire TV , but yesterday something happened, and my Apple Remote no longer controls the power or volume on the TV. It used to do both over the HDMI connection.

I think there was an Amazon update to the tv, but nothing in the notes on that suggests anything about changing the controls.

Any ideas? I’ve reset both, swapped cables and made sure the remote is charged up. I’ve tried all of the audio control settings in the Apple TV and the fires TV.

Hi all,

Recently had an issue with my living room Apple TV + 2 2nd gen HomePods. This is a newer Samsung QLED tv, and whenever I’d go to adjust the volume with the Apple TV remote, the volume would immediately start turning down as low as it would go, and continue on in that fashion as if I were holding down the volume down button. I tried pretty much everything I could think of, making sure the normal tv remote wasn’t accidentally being pressed, making sure the HDMI cord was seated correctly and in the e-arc slot, restarting, etc and nothing worked. I could control the volume just fine using my iPhone or iPad, but whenever any button on the remote was pressed it would enter this spiral. I finally ruled out enough possibilities that lead me to believe it was a remote issue, so I went out the other day and got a new one, which seems to have solved the issue.

Now, the exact same thing is happening on my bedroom Apple TV + 2 HomePods (gen 2) over e-arc. This time it’s on an LG tv, which leads me to believe it’s not a television problem but some sort of bug. Both Apple TV’s are the same version, 4K Ethernet models less than a year old each. Is there a fix for this? All of the HomePods are less than 6 months old. Thanks

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.

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.

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??

Looking to compare notes with anyone who's hit this, because I think there's a real gap in how Apple TV recovery works and I don't think I'm alone.

**What happened:**
My Apple TV 4K (Wi-Fi-only model) spontaneously dropped into recovery mode one day. No power event, no unusual usage — apps only from the App Store, sitting in the same spot it always has. It will not leave recovery mode no matter what.

What I've tried:
- Multiple long sessions with AppleCare phone support, every step they had
- Dozens (honestly probably 100+) recovery/restore attempts
- Multiple different iPhones for the proximity-based restore
- Multiple Wi-Fi/network configurations to rule out my network
- Genius Bar appointment — they confirmed there's nothing they can do and offered to sell me a new one

It's 35 days out of warranty. So their official answer to a 13-month-old device bricking itself is "buy another one."

**What I think is actually going on:**
Watching the proximity restore attempts closely, the handshake between the iPhone and the Apple TV *appears* to complete — the devices find each other and the process starts — but it fails within the first few seconds of downloading the update. My theory is it's either a bad handshake that only looks successful, or something in the local network negotiation that the process can't survive. Either way, the restore flow dies at the same point every single time, across different phones and different network configs, which doesn't smell like a coincidence.

**The bigger problem:**
The Wi-Fi-only model has no Ethernet port and no USB-C restore path. If the over-the-air recovery flow fails, there is literally no other way in. Apple sells a sealed device with exactly one recovery mechanism, and when that mechanism fails, the answer is a paperweight. This thing is connected to Apple's own servers its entire life — there's no reason a server-side rescue path shouldn't exist. I KNOW, I should expect this with Apple and there’s nothing to be done about it now! Just venting 🙂

**Questions for the sub:**

1. Has anyone else had a Wi-Fi-only Apple TV 4K get stuck in recovery with the restore failing seconds into the update download?
2. Has anyone found a workaround the official process doesn't cover?
3. Has anyone gotten an out-of-warranty exception from Apple for this specific failure?

I've escalated to Executive Relations and will update the thread with what I hear back. If enough people have hit this, it's a pattern, not bad luck. Thanks!

I've been reading that the main issue is how Apple wants to control the audio output and make it as consistent as possible, and also that they wouldn't be able to integrate system sounds/speech search functions as easily, but why not just give the option to people who really want it? I do not need system sounds or use voice search functions and would rather have raw audio data sent to my receiver. It feels like an easy thing to implement; just have it be an optional feature, like CAC, and let me manually find it in settings and opt in with a sternly worded warning I have to click ok on first.

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. ​​​​

We are moving from NJ to Florida. Watching the drying paint joke for summer it made me wonder if the autumn scenes with colored leaves will return for us this year when we are in FL where the leaves don’t really change color? Will there be non weather related winter scenes with snow even though we will be in FL? Thanks:)