The new Apple TV 4K is a absolutely better than any of the high end android tv devices. I’ve been through them all (at considerable expense) and am now totally happy on the new apple tv
This is supporting my believe that expensive (durable) goods like TVs, cars, and appliances should have an external control hardware for their smarts that can be upgraded every few years. This would allow the good to last 10+ years without a crappy experience after the first 2 years.
Amazon got their remote right. Everything is an actual BUTTON and there aren't too many of them. Absolutely no complaints with that.
https://function101.com/pages/button-remote-for-apple-tv-hom...
Add that the AppleTV has long had sound synchronization, now it has automatic color correction as well.
It's a very nice device. The remote was absolutely trash before -- good god I hate that remote -- but the new one looks significantly improved. And you can connect a controller to it and play a pretty wide variety of fairly decent games if you want, which is an experience that I imagine will improve over time.
Most of the "channel" apps are also very nice, the exception being Amazon's clunky Prime Video app. The Plex client is quite good too.
To be fair, I've not seen any other platform where Prime Video's interface isn't terrible, and that's including Fire-whatevers. Been that way for years. I guess it's working OK for them, since they don't seem inclined to fix it. In particular, they probably regard making it hard to tell whether something's free-with-Prime or pay-per-view until the moment you choose whether to play it, as a feature.
You'd also not have airplay and mirroring. That might be a bigger deal for some, but for me, it's a feature I basically never use.
Is there something I'm missing?
You can also use Plex to access a media server with whatever you want to put on it.
Does VLC on Apple TV support all VLC codecs?
If so, I highly doubt Apple would allow those on their platform but I've never actually checked. There are semi-sketchy IPTV clients that you can use to watch what seems to be unofficial streaming services, so perhaps those can also be used to watch what you want?
As for VLC, it's open source I encourage you to do your own research as I can't answer your codecs question with confidence.
To be fair my question is already answered, no porn support. You need a another device to stream from.
I guess safari supports porn