Jed, unless you list the exact model of smart TV you have nobody can tell you what you need. The fact is that most smart TV's have apps for the major streaming services preinstalled, e.g. Netflix, Disney Plus, Apple TV, Prime Video etc. Furthermore most smart TV's have their own app store where you can download additional apps if they are available for the platform your TV uses. The most common ones would be Roku, Web OS (that is LG) and Google TV (Sony and many others). Also most new smart TV's have some sort of screenreader built in, but how well it works you would have to try and I would venture a claim which is that most likely the Apple TV box with Voiceover probably is still the best experience for a blind person. We have one of the higher-end LG OLED TV's, the C-series although ours is from 2 years ago and there are new ones this year, but we also still have just bought a new Applt TV 4K, also the one which was released this year. Partly we also do this because it acts as a hub for Apple Home Kit and if you buy the 128 Gb version which I believe is $149.99 in the US you get a device which also has an ethernet port and is capable of thread networking which may or may not become important in the years to come. This is a protocol used by the new "Matter" smart home standard and Apple, Google and I believe Amazon have all signed on and said they will support it. Basically if you have a thread network capable device such as an Apple TV or a router (many of the new routers are also thread network enabled) then connected home devices can talk directly to each other without having to go out over WiFi. This is of course just a simple explanation, if you want to know more you can Google it as there are many articles available about Matter and thread networking. Also, if you, for example, have a Sonos Arc which can play Dolby Atmos and you want to take advantage of Apple Music songs which are encoded for Dolby Atmos (special audio) you have to play them on your Apple TV which is connected to the Sonos Arc soundbar via the TV. You can play Apple Music directly from the Sonos app, but at least at this point you don't get special audio that way.
-----Original Message----- From: jedbar...@gmail.com <jedbar...@gmail.com> On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 12:00 PM To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: apple tv question Hey guys, Hope all is well. Hoping some of you can help. I have a super old apple tv. Now, I ahve a new smart tv. Do I need a physical apple tv any more, or is there just an app I would install? I'm so far out of the loop when it comes to apple tv. 1 of the things I have watched a lot os pluto tv. Would I need the pluto tv app, or would I just access it all through the apple tv app? If someone can help, that would be awesome. Cheers, Jed -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAOYEAerQzQhYnfp5mA7gsT10aiA8EZBHZOT84GNyS5xXwSS4Yg%40mail.gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DS0PR10MB6245C7296A8640F9A93BAFB7C7179%40DS0PR10MB6245.namprd10.prod.outlook.com.
