My reasons (as of today) why I cannot make 4K my “go to” streaming box

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Though I want the 4K to be successful, because I’m a fan of TiVo, and because I like the direction TiVo has taken the 4K, I cannot at this point in time except it as my go to streamer of choice. Here are my reasons:

1.)Because of the CEC takeover of my TV, I have to leave it disconnected when not in use.
2.)Last evening when watching an episode of “The last Kingdom”, I compared it to the same episode and same scenes on my Apple TV and the Apple TV was far clearer and more vibrant and more colorful. This perhaps points to the forced Dolby Vision or HDR issue.
3.)Also, when watching anything on the Prime Video app there is a very very slight jerking of the video. It makes it very disturbing to watch. This has nothing to do with my Wi-Fi connection because every other streaming box I have in the same room does not have that problem.
4.) There are simply too few apps that integrate into the TiVo stream app.
5.) There is no specific designation under “My Shows” to indicate which episodes are actually recorded and which episodes are simply available.
6.) Finally, and this is not the fault of TiVo, I’m a big fan of the Apple TV+ app and this is not available on an android-based device. Perhaps this particular problem is solved by a side load of the app if available.

I am not returning the 4K stream. I’m simply not going to use it for the time being but I will go back and plug it in to be continually updated to see whether or not something significant changes over the next few months. I hope that TiVo will make material changes quickly.


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Thanks for letting me know. Without access to the Apple TV app, the 4K is simply a nonstarter for me. I’ve ordered a fire stick 4K, and I do see that Vudu does not have an official app for the fire stick but I also see that one can be side loaded.


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