I haven’t had a streaming service that has such high video quality as Apple TV+ does. Apple should be applauded for this. Not enough people care enough about video quality and it’s great to see Apple providing such high quality anyways.
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Apple TV+ video quality is incredible
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I agree.
In terms of 4K HDR performance, Apple TV+ is easily the best with artifact free encoding, vibrant use of Dolby Vision, and lots of details. Disney+ is also pretty darn good, even though they are known to "fake HDR" here and there.
Amazon Prime Video is not quite as good as these two offerings, which is also marred by Amazon not combining 4K and HD contents in to a single title.
Netflix is my least favorite. Images are sharp enough but with more pronounced compression artifacts and much less vibrant HDR.
In terms of 4K HDR performance, Apple TV+ is easily the best with artifact free encoding, vibrant use of Dolby Vision, and lots of details. Disney+ is also pretty darn good, even though they are known to "fake HDR" here and there.
Amazon Prime Video is not quite as good as these two offerings, which is also marred by Amazon not combining 4K and HD contents in to a single title.
Netflix is my least favorite. Images are sharp enough but with more pronounced compression artifacts and much less vibrant HDR.
Another positive thing Apple does that’s never mentioned is the number of supported languages for closed-captioning and second audio tracks. I think every show has voiceovers and closed captioning in every major language. No other service does this.
My only real quibbles with their technical implementations are:
- Apple TV app occasionally not remembering the last position (resets to the beginning).
- No Apple TV+ button/tab on the Apple TV app. Scrolling down and hunt for Apple TV+ channel button is tiresome.
I watch everything in English, but they even have both a French and French Canadian version of the audio and subtitles. From the little snippets I listened to, there's isn't much difference, but sometimes it might just be one or two differing characters. Still, impressive.
Agree. The UX/UI is really problematic and I'm surprised as we get to the end of most people's free trial and with tvOS having just been updated, that they didn't address this
We just bought a new Samsung 4k tv. I noticed how good the video streaming on "the morning show" was.
Video quality on iTunes movies/tv shows has always been a cut above other services, not at all surprised to see that continue! It is indeed great though!
Prime IMHO when doing 4k has as good or superior video quality to Apple TV+.
Its damn close though but i can often see noise/compression artefacts on both services, particularly in background out of focus areas of block colour.
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Agreed, and I'm not even watching it on an actual Apple TV box (using a Amazon Fire TV Cube) - the video quality is the best I've seen on any streaming service.
Couldn't agree more. Having said that, we have been watching "The Long Way Up" and it has stalled on a couple of occasions. Not buffering just stopping. Checked the internet speed at the time and it was 62Mbs.
I've had some audio issues with Tiny World and Long Way Up (possibly an Atmos thing or could have happened with any audio output). and a terrible black crushing moment in one episode of See (could have been my set-up or TV?)
Otherwise, I also agree that TV+ has been top notch for quality (which it should be since they aren't working with a LARGE library to maintain at this point.
Otherwise, I also agree that TV+ has been top notch for quality (which it should be since they aren't working with a LARGE library to maintain at this point.
Just to add that I will probably be cancelling mid November when my year is up, even though they are technically superior quality to other providers. I don't think there is enough content to warrant £5 per month. Mind you, Covid hasn't helped them make much new content I suppose.
There might be a trial extension:
Apple Sending Emails Letting Apple TV+ Subscribers Know About Extended Trial Access
Apple this evening began sending out emails to Apple TV+ subscribers who have a trial subscription to let them know about a planned three month trial...
www.macrumors.com
