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Comment by jhickok | Hacker News Reader

The only thing I care about is that it supports 4k at higher refresh rates.

The old ATV 4k model already supports 4k at 60fps. The only improvement is that it supports HDR 4k content at 60 fps.

From the old spec page [0]:

   H.264/HEVC SDR video up to 2160p, 60 fps, Main/Main 10 profile
   HEVC Dolby Vision (Profile 5)/HDR10 (Main 10 profile) up to 2160p

And the new spec page [1]:

   H.264/HEVC SDR video up to 2160p, 60 fps, Main/Main 10 profile
   HEVC Dolby Vision (Profile 5)/HDR10 (Main 10 profile) up to 2160p, 60 fps

[0] https://support.apple.com/kb/SP769?viewlocale=en_US&locale=e...

[1] https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/specs/

It can do 120 FPS, which is considered “high frame rate” for televisions. 60 FPS is generally considered standard.

Can it? The HDMI 2.1 footnote says "Support for up to 4K 60-fps HDR video output", and 120 isn't mentioned anywhere on the spec page.

What content is available over 60fps? I don't think they ever released The Hobbit in 48fps, and that's the only movie I'm aware of that was filmed with higher fps.

Is this just for games?

All Formula 1 races are streamed at 60fps, and there's also iPhone-recorded videos

But yeah, not much over 60

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