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Bass Bottles posted:I'm 99% certain I've read somewhere that it does. Yeah, a bunch of websites have already confirmed that the old remote works fine, it just doesn't have a touchpad or Siri access. Same goes for the even older white plastic version from the mid-2000s.
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Ugh when are they going to announce a pre-order date already?
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Oct 6, 2015 17:08
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MickRaider posted:Ugh when are they going to announce a pre-order date already? Since this won't be as in-demand as the iPhone, there may be no preorders at all. But you can bet it'll go on sale the last week of October.
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Oct 6, 2015 19:00
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Yeah, a bunch of websites have already confirmed that the old remote works fine, it just doesn't have a touchpad or Siri access.
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Oct 6, 2015 21:40
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The old remote is a god damned work of art
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Oct 6, 2015 22:03
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"I love the Apple TV remote!" -My Couch Cushions
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Oct 6, 2015 22:20
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Times I use my AppleTV Remote: 1) Hard reset 2) Setting up internet to use the Remote app [/list]
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Oct 6, 2015 22:57
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MickRaider posted:Times I use my AppleTV Remote: You forgot when the internet goes out and you're suddenly only watching local network media
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Oct 6, 2015 23:12
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The new box DOES have an IR port after all, then? I remember hearing it didn't. That's great, I can still use my Harmony remote with it, then.
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Oct 6, 2015 23:43
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Man maybe it's my phone then but the appleTV remote app is pretty buggy in my experience. I've had it start typing and then it just constantly repeats (on screen) what I've already typed as if it's trying to sync the text but not clear what was there already. It's hard to articulate since I pretty much gave up on the remote app but I'll have to try to capture the problem now. Used to be really prevalent when I last used the remote a while back.
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Oct 6, 2015 23:47
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Kaizoku posted:You forgot when the internet goes out and you're suddenly only watching local network media
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Oct 7, 2015 00:22
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Martytoof posted:Man maybe it's my phone then but the appleTV remote app is pretty buggy in my experience. I've had it start typing and then it just constantly repeats (on screen) what I've already typed as if it's trying to sync the text but not clear what was there already. It's hard to articulate since I pretty much gave up on the remote app but I'll have to try to capture the problem now. Used to be really prevalent when I last used the remote a while back. This happens to me all the time in addition to the touch controls being hella finicky.
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MickRaider posted:Wouldn't the remote app still work without Internet? Wifi would still work Wifi would work, but I always disconnect from it when it stops providing internet services myself so as to keep something connected to the net. Edit: puppy party posted:This happens to me all the time in addition to the touch controls being hella finicky. Is there a way to move only one item up/down/left/right? I'm always moving weird combinations of 2 and 3 like it's god damned chutes and ladders. Grassy Knowles fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Oct 7, 2015 |
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I hate having to push the on button, swipe right, input my passcode, click the remote app, and wait for it to load every time I want to hit one button, like pause. Remote apps are a pain in the butt imo. Plus mine is super laggy when scrolling and I always have to go back and forth trying to home in on whatever. But the Apple TV Remote is also garbage because that button wheel feels unpleasant and unresponsive, and you have to hold the dumb thing up, out, and pointed directly at the Apple TV to get it to work.
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Oct 7, 2015 16:17
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Bass Bottles posted:I hate having to push the on button, swipe right, input my passcode, click the remote app, and wait for it to load every time I want to hit one button, like pause. Remote apps are a pain in the butt imo. Plus mine is super laggy when scrolling and I always have to go back and forth trying to home in on whatever. I would absolutely love the Apple TV remote if it had a Home button. Being on an episode of a TV show in Netflix and wanting to back out to go to a movie or something not in Netflix takes a ton of Back clicks. Back to the season, back to the show, back to whatever section of Netflix I was on, back to Netflix profiles, and finally back to the home page, with about a 1 second pause in between. And God help you if you were marathoning and went from one season to another, because it'll hit up the other season pages as well. drat, this post of mine was super First World Problems.
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Oct 7, 2015 16:24
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thrawn527 posted:I would absolutely love the Apple TV remote if it had a Home button. Being on an episode of a TV show in Netflix and wanting to back out to go to a movie or something not in Netflix takes a ton of Back clicks. Press and hold Menu for a couple of seconds.
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Oct 7, 2015 16:27
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Hold the menu button down. Yes they hid crucial functionality where 99% of users would never find it lol
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Subjunctive posted:Press and hold Menu for a couple of seconds. Bass Bottles posted:Hold the menu button down. ...son of a bitch. Thank you both.
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Bass Bottles posted:Hold the menu button down. seriously, look up all the functions of that remote's button combinations some time.
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Oct 7, 2015 17:09
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Oct 7, 2015 17:15
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:seriously, look up all the functions of that remote's button combinations some time. Do you have a reference off the top of your head?
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Oct 7, 2015 17:18
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Subjunctive posted:Do you have a reference off the top of your head? If you push them all at once, the ghost of Steve Jobs appears and tells you you're doing it wrong.
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Oct 7, 2015 17:25
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Subjunctive posted:Do you have a reference off the top of your head? Usual stuff the user might actually want to do: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200131 Here's one that's not on there that I needed for some reason: Cycle through all video modes - Press and hold Menu and Menu up/scroll (+) for about 6 seconds
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Bass Bottles posted:I hate having to push the on button, swipe right, input my passcode, click the remote app, and wait for it to load every time I want to hit one button, like pause. This. I really wish the phone would detect if an aTV (or anything remote controllable) was on the network and put a shortcut for the remote app on that tray you can slide up from the bottom of the phone, even in the lock screen.
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Oct 7, 2015 17:38
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Martytoof posted:Man maybe it's my phone then but the appleTV remote app is pretty buggy in my experience. I've had it start typing and then it just constantly repeats (on screen) what I've already typed as if it's trying to sync the text but not clear what was there already. It's hard to articulate since I pretty much gave up on the remote app but I'll have to try to capture the problem now. Used to be really prevalent when I last used the remote a while back. Yeah I hate using the remote app, but my remote hosed off some time over the last two months and I havent been able to find it, so the app has been my savior. Just waiting for the new ATV so I can get the new remote.
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Oct 7, 2015 19:05
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I'll keep using this Harmony or something like it for as long as possible, so I've never needed to use the app. Lockscreen/control panel integration would be pretty great, though.
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I like using the apple remote on the rare occasions I can locate it.
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I have a Harmony all set up, and I'm planning on using that 90% and just keeping the new remote handy for the few times I want to use Siri. I'm also hoping my iPhone can be a Siri microphone for Apple TV.
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Oct 7, 2015 21:41
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I have to imagine that's a certainty. Which begs the question of why isn't Siri present in OSX yet? While Microsoft has their voice controlled agent in their desktop OS first, Apple has a huge lead on well integrated other services are in Siri. Is the AppleTV integration a trial run of Siri-controlled actions on something that isn't a phone?
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Oct 7, 2015 21:57
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Siri already works on the iPad.
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Thwomp posted:I have to imagine that's a certainty. They've got dictation by double tapping Fn, I wouldn't be surprised if they expanded that with Hold Fn or bake in "Hey Siri".
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Oct 7, 2015 22:46
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Bass Bottles posted:Hold the menu button down. The Menu trick's been around since the original iPods, it was probably more widely known when those were still a big thing.
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mulls posted:I have a Harmony all set up, and I'm planning on using that 90% and just keeping the new remote handy for the few times I want to use Siri. I'm also hoping my iPhone can be a Siri microphone for Apple TV. I hope there's an IR button to activate Siri. I believe the mic for Siri is in the actual remote, but I use a Harmony as well, so it would be nice to just leave the Apple Remote next to the actual AppleTV and then it's kinda like the mic is in the ATV like it should have been in the first place anyway.
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New aTV coming next week. Orders begin Monday, shipping by the end of the week. http://gizmodo.com/the-new-apple-tv-is-coming-next-week-1737490467
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Have any demos shown the "Computers" app (or new ATV equivalent) yet? I stream my iTunes library a lot, and I'd like to see how that looks on the upcoming hardware. It'd be neat if they prettied it up and made it more Plex-like.
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An NBC and CBS app just appeared on my AppleTV home screen, as well as whatever the hell M2M is. Looks like some fashion network.
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Oct 20, 2015 20:25
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Mahoning posted:An NBC and CBS app just appeared on my AppleTV home screen, as well as whatever the hell M2M is. Looks like some fashion network.
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Minidust posted:Have any demos shown the "Computers" app (or new ATV equivalent) yet? I stream my iTunes library a lot, and I'd like to see how that looks on the upcoming hardware. It'd be neat if they prettied it up and made it more Plex-like. I don't think so. I'd love to see this as well, I use home sharing a lot. Regardless, will be ordering on Monday
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Mahoning posted:An NBC and CBS app just appeared on my AppleTV home screen, as well as whatever the hell M2M is. Looks like some fashion network. Would this be a possible sign that Apple and Comcast are closer to a content deal for the mythical Apple TV Subscription service?
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