💯 hard same. I bought a "commercial display" because it's ... • Aaron Parecki

alexlindsay https://twitter.com/alexlindsay • Apr 18
The TVs are actively gathering data by design and proven security breaches if they have a mic or camera. I’m not a tin foil hat person... I use Zoom, a credit card, and even a Safeway member number. But no way would I connect my TV to the internet. AppleTV is the firewall.

💯 hard same.

I bought a "commercial display" because it's almost impossible to find a not-smart TV these days.

Just give me a panel and I'll add the smarts I trust (Apple TV) externally.

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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 7:37am -07:00

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- theswayambhu
Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Ok you're right, at least on the TV 4K, because Plex can play VP9 videos on it. They must have bundled a software decoder into Plex to do that without hardware acceleration.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 4:39pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  It's Apple, nobody knows when 🤷‍♂️
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 4:35pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  Yeah I still don’t buy it’s a processor thing.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 4:35pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  Great article. Too bad it doesn’t say WHEN. Arghgh
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 4:35pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  That's an excellent writeup, thanks!
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 4:03pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  iPhone X is the A11 processor. The Apple TV is A8, Apple TV 4K is the A10, so it'll be a while before a new chip makes it to an updated Apple TV!
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:59pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Mihaela MJ twitter.com/civeljahim
  
  AV1. Quting from iMore: "AV1 is the next, next-generation video codec. It's open and royalty-free, like Google's VP series, and Google has bought-in to the extent they've shelved VP10 for AV1, which is about as bought in and bought in can be." imore.com/why-you-still-…
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:57pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  But also this is a perfect example of why an external box is better than a smart TV. Once your TV has hardware decoders, good luck upgrading that when better video codecs are released in a few years. At least with the Apple TV you can replace that part and keep the same panel.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:56pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  Yeah. It’s not a hardware power thing. My 2017 iPhone X plays VP9 just fine.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:56pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Is this a VP9 vs HEVC thing? I assume the Apple TV is too low power to implement software decoding and needs hardware support, but that means a new Apple TV to get VP9, if Apple will even add that since they're all in on HEVC? What a mess.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:55pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  Which new codec do you mean? VP9 has been our forever. I can’t tell if it’s Apple blocking VP9 or YouTube refusing to load it, but since VP9 works on YouTube app on iPhone X and Chrome on macOS I’m more inclined to believe this is an Apple thing.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:54pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Mihaela MJ twitter.com/civeljahim
  
  The next version of YT will be using the new codec, so we just have to wait.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:53pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 twitter.com/photojoseph
  
  One problem — YouTube app on Apple TV 4K doesn’t play 4K or HDR (doesn’t use VP9/VP9.2 codec). This is such a stupid pissing contest between Apple and Google. It’s truly wonderful when multi-billion dollar companies can’t cooperate for the benefit of the customers who made them.
  
  Sat, Apr 18, 2020 3:48pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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