Apple TV 4K official (1 Viewer)

[DaveF]

You’ve left out LoveToDream who rumors much less but has better accuracy than both Gurman and Prosser.

 

[Sam Posten]

Sure there are a half dozen who get insights into specific market segments but not the whole enchilada

 

[Tino]

So I can’t get my ATV 4K to output Atmos. Have tried everything. Audio Settings are set to Automatic,Atmos available and on. Don’t think it’s my receiver as it outputs Atmos when playing 4K discs. Ideas?

 

[Clinton McClure]

So I can’t get my ATV 4K to output Atmos. Have tried everything. Audio Settings are set to Automatic,Atmos available and on. Don’t think it’s my receiver as it outputs Atmos when playing 4K discs. Ideas?

You’re using at least an 18Gbps HDMI cable?

 

[Tino]

You’re using at least an 18Gbps HDMI cable?

Yes. Same as always. Was working fine last week.

 

[DaveF]

Rumors are AppleTV refresh is pushed to next year.

Sources agree refreshed Apple TV likely delayed until 2021

The rumor: Apple no longer has plans to update the Apple TV this year, according to Jon Prosser (85.2% accurate). The Apple TV 6, which may have an A12x proc

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[TonyD]

We finally added a 4K tv to the house and I have the Apple TV hooked up.

I’m trying to figure out the box settings.

I have both matches to on.
Format as 4K Dolby vision 60hz

My tv says that all content that comes out of the Apple box is
4K w DV

Is that correct?
I’m watching the football game on Amazon prime which as far as I know is not 4K or DV but should be 720p at best.

 

[Clinton McClure]

Sounds right, Tony. I have two 4K TVs, each with a 4K TV. One of the TVs is several years old and doesn’t support Dolby Vision. The newest one which is in the master bedroom does and identifies as having it enabled whenever the tv is turned on.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Hmmm... does that mean you're getting fake/interpolated DV for non-DV content?

That's what happens on some (older) 4K disc players when DV is left explicitly enabled for non-DV discs.

_Man_

 

[TonyD]

I’ll amend some of that.

Some content does switch the hdr to either “regular (no hdr)” or “hdr10” but everything is in 4K.

Interestingly last night we watche ww84 in 4K on HBO but when I went to finish it today the Apple TV box switched to 1080 and both Match setting went to off.

I had to go back and switch them to !arch and the Dolby Vision back on.

 

[Mark-P]

Tony, you’ve got to tweak the settings. Set it to 4K SDR. Then set match dynamic range on, and also match frame rate on. That way you will get HDR only on programs that are supposed to have it, and also the original frame rate. As for everything coming out 4K, you have to live with it because there is no “original resolution” setting. The box upconverts all programs.

 

[TonyD]

Tony, you’ve got to tweak the settings. Set it to 4K SDR. Then set match dynamic range on, and also match frame rate on. That way you will get HDR only on programs that are supposed to have it, and also the original frame rate. As for everything coming out 4K, you have to live with it because there is no “original resolution” setting. The box upconverts all programs.

That’s the info I’m looking for.

 

[JohnRice]

The 4K ATV has some weird settings.

If you turn on Enable Dolby Vision, it uses DV for the menus. I do not enable DV For that reason.

Instead I set Match Content to Range & Frame Rate, because my TV can reproduce 24fps for frame rate. That way, the output is only HDR for program material that’s HDR. Otherwise it sends an SDR signal with normal content.

I also set it to output everything at 4K, so It does all the upscaling of lower res stuff.

 

[JohnRice]

...beat me to it.

 

[TonyD]

If you turn on Enable Dolby Vision, it uses DV for the menus. I do not enable DV For that reason.

Do you then not get DV on content that has it?

 

[JohnRice]

Do you then not get DV on content that has it?

That’s the stupid thing. Matching the range enables DV when it’s present. No, it doesn’t make sense, but that’s how it works.

 

[TonyD]

Ok I’ll check it out tomorrow.

 

[JohnRice]

Ok I’ll check it out tomorrow.

I went around in circles on those damn settings when I got a 4K monitor, and now I have two, both with ATV 4Ks.

These are the video settings, like Mark said.

4K SDR
Match Frame Rate & Range, if your monitor is 120Hz or higher.
Do NOT enable DV. The Match Range will activate it when it’s available.

Also, set Chroma to 4:4:4 if your monitor is compatible.

And don’t forget to activate Atmos if your system has it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm staying out of this discussion, but Mark's settings are correct.

 

[TonyD]

I'm staying out of this discussion, but Mark's settings are correct.

Too late.

I set it to what !ark and John suggested.
The DV thingy still comes on.