With the Apple TV 4K, Apple finally offers a fully featured 4K streaming media player to compete with the likes of Roku and Amazon Fire TV--and even ups the ante by adding Dolby Vision support.

The fourth-generation Apple TV was a competent, if unexciting streaming box, buoyed by strong Siri navigation and hamstrung by navigational oddities and a high price tag. Now that Apple has had two years to improve, the company has debuted the Apple TV 4K ($179 to $199).

Fantastic 4K HDR content; Intuitive home screen; Simple iOS and macOS integration

Expensive; Fiddly remote; No digital audio or USB ports

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The Apple TV 4K is a zippy, slick device with Apple's unique design stamp all over it. Those deeply embedded in the Apple universe will be tickled with the way the streaming set-top box integrates with other Apple Devices and with Siri integration that offers convenient search and voice controls.

Extremely intuitive interface; Siri search/control is vastly improved; Powerful graphics and processing; Beautiful 4K HDR picture

Slightly dim SDR content in some cases; Converts 24p film content to 60Hz; Expensive compared to competition

I have several Apple TVs. I find them very easy and intuitive to use. The streaming quality is fantastic. I love the remote, and the voice feature. I also have a Roku, Amazon fire stick, and Google Chrome cast, and the Apple TV is by far the best.

My kids call me an apple geek, I am a big fan of pretty much all apple gear. I had a roku box, but YouTube TV continued to give ma HDCP errors, no matter what I tried. After swapping to an Apple TV4K, those errors have stopped, but trying to skip forward with the apple remote is extremely...

Can't handle 4k hdr pass through. Picture and sound cuts outs out intermittently. Multiple high quality HDMI cables used to test but issue remanined. Might be ok for standard hd but don't buy for 4k or hdr picture

￡199 directly from Apple Store

In total, 45 percent of broadband households already own a smart TV , and a similar number have gaming consoles that already have video streaming apps-some of them 4K and HDR. Not everyone needs a new streaming box this year, but the Apple TV offers a much better interface and a wider range of apps...

Excellent 4K and HDR image quality; including support for the Dolby Vision standard; which some competing devices don't support; Practical; elegant; and intuitive interface; especially if you have an iOS device to augment it; Reasonably priced 4K HDR movies and automatic upgrades in your existing...

The Apple TV is built around the ambitious TV app; but; with no Netflix and hit-or-miss network app support; the app's functionality remains incomplete; HDR content is currently limited to Netflix and Apple's own store.

I've used the 4th Generation Apple TV as my main platform for watching video content for the last two years.

One of the best 4K HDR set-top boxes out there; 4K HDR set-up is simple and intuitive; Slow-down and lag issues are gone

Expensive when compared to competitors; Not much 4K video available or content with HDR; Siri Remote is still frustrating