Ukuvuselelwa kokugcina okutholwe yi-Apple TV bekuwukuphela konyaka ka-2015, ngokwethulwa kwesizukulwane sesi-4 i-Apple TV, esangena emakethe eminyakeni emi-3 ngemuva kwaso esandulelayo, isikhathi lapho kwakubonakala sengathi i-Apple ililahlile ngokuphelele leli bhokisi elibekiwe. Phakathi nezinsuku zokuqala zokutholakala, bekukhona ochwepheshe abaningi abathi le divayisi inenguqulo ye-HDMI ehambisana nokukhiqizwa kokuqukethwe ku-4k, kepha i-Apple yayikubambe ukuze abathengi bangakwazi ukukusebenzisa. Mhlawumbe ngesikhathi, i-Apple ingakhipha isibuyekezo esivumela lokhu kusetshenziswa. Kepha kubonakala sengathi ngeke kube njalo.
Ngokwamahlebezi akamuva, i-Apple isebenza ngedivayisi ebizwa nge-J1o5, idivaysi ezoba yisizukulwane sesihlanu se-Apple TV futhi ekugcineni ezokuxhasa okuqukethwe kwisinqumo se-4k. Abafana baseCupertino basanda kuqasha uTimothy Twerdhal, unjiniyela owayekade esebenza ekwakhiweni kwe-Fire TV ye-Amazon, okuphakamisa ukuthi i-Apple ifuna ukugxila futhi kule divayisi ngendlela enesibopho kunakuqala.
Lesi sizukulwane sesihlanu besingeke sisinikeze ushintsho olukhulu ekwakhiweni kwaso noma emisebenzini yaso, kepha sizogxila ekunikezeni ukukhiqizwa kabusha ngokusakazwa kokuqukethwe ku-4k futhi mhlawumbe nokusetshenziswa kwesikhala sangaphakathi sokugcina sedivayisi, esikhona njengamanje 32 no-64 GB. Ngokunokwenzeka, i-Apple kufanele yethule okunye okunye ukuze abasebenzisi bamanje besizukulwane sesi-4 i-Apple TV bacabange ngakho lapho bevuselela amadivayisi abo nalena entsha, engafika ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka.
Ngicabanga ukuthi i-Apple TV yamanje inendawo eningi yokwenza ngcono, kuzo zombili izinhlelo zokusebenza nokuthuthuka kweTvOs. Yize i-Apple izokwenza lokho ekufunayo noma ngabe intuthuko kuphela ikwazi ukusakaza okuqukethwe okungu-4k (okumanje, yidlanzana labantu kuphela elingasizakala). Labo ababene-netflix ne-4k TV kungaba ngomusa kakhulu.
Ngiyaqonda futhi ukuthi bazobeka i-chip entsha enamandla nge-RAM eningi? namandla aphezulu (128gb - 256?). Ukwenza lezi zibuyekezo ebhokisini lakho le-set-top esikhaleni esifushane kangaka nokubona ukuthi izibuyekezo zisebenza kanjani e-Apple iminyaka embalwa (lapho amatheminali amadala ehudulwa khona nge-iOs yakamuva) kimi kubonakala kuyinto engcolile ukushiya i-AppleTV4 "engenamsebenzi" nge-TvOs 11 okuthiwa izosebenza kahle kulokho okucatshangwa ukuthi yi-Apple TV 5… .. Okungenani mina, angiyithengi i-Apple TV njalo eminyakeni emibili, ngakho-ke ngiyethemba ukuthi bathola ijusi eningi ku-Okwangempela futhi banezibuyekezo ezihloniphekile iminyaka eminingana.