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(Pocket-lint) - Apple's TV work - Apple TV+ - offers a scope of caller and exclusive contented to subscribers. Apple is taking connected the likes of Netflix, Amazon Video and Disney+, looking to get you to subscribe to its work - but you'll besides beryllium capable to entree Apple TV+ connected a wide scope of platforms.
Access done Apple devices is casual capable - conscionable caput to the Apple TV app connected your iPad, iPhone oregon Mac - but you'll besides beryllium capable to entree it done astute TVs and, importantly, a scope of streaming boxes.
While your TV mightiness not connection the app - the champion mode to get entree to Apple's contented is going to beryllium via Roku oregon Amazon's Fire TV Stick wherever the Apple TV app is available. Apple TV+ costs $4.99 / £4.99 per period for a household subscription.
The cheapest way to Apple TV+
The cheapest mode to get Apple TV+ connected your TV is with either the Roku Express oregon the Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite. Both these devices are affordable, but lone enactment up to 1080p streaming.
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If you are connecting to a TV that lone supports Full HD past that's nary problem, you won't beryllium missing out, making either of these devices a large prime for a 2nd TV oregon a chamber TV. The Roku Express is simply a tiny container that connects via cablegram to your TV's HDMI input.
It comes with an IR distant - truthful you request enactment of show - but it's precise casual to navigate the interface and there's enactment for a wide scope of TV services beyond Apple TV+ - Netflix, Amazon Video, BBC iPlayer, Now TV, Hulu, HBO Now and much depending connected your region. The downside is that it doesn't enactment HDR.
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Alternatively, the Amazon Fire TV Stick plugs consecutive into your TV giving you entree to a wide scope of services. Naturally it's designed for Amazon's contented first, but besides supports Netflix, Apple TV+ and a batch more.
Coming from Amazon it supports Alexa too, meaning you tin usage dependable searching close from the remote. While it's besides 1080p only, it does enactment immoderate HDR formats.
How to get the champion prime Apple TV+ connected your TV
If you're much funny successful taking vantage of Apple's enactment for 4K HDR content, past you'll request thing a small much advanced, though not overmuch much expensive. While Apple TV 4K mightiness look similar the evident choice, you tin get entree to the TV services for overmuch little money.
Remember that you not lone get entree to Apple TV+ done the Apple TV app - but each the iTunes TV contented you whitethorn person purchased successful the past too.
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The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is the evident prime for those wanting the champion prime from Apple TV but without paying much than you request to. This streaming instrumentality is precise akin to the Fire TV Stick above, but it supports 4K resolutions and it supports Dolby Vision - which Apple TV besides offers.
Otherwise the acquisition is precise overmuch the same, with a afloat scope of services (Netflix and Amazon some connection Dolby Vision too), but enactment that you request to person a TV that supports Dolby Vision if that's what you privation to watch.
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If you don't person a Dolby Vision TV and person nary volition of buying one, past the Roku Streaming Stick+ is simply a fantastic alternative. It supports 4K HDR truthful your contented volition inactive look large and we've ever been impressed with the show of this device. We fishy that astir 4K TV owners volition take the Roku.
There's besides the Roku Premiere that's a small cheaper than the Streaming Stick+, but we similar to person the instrumentality tucked distant down the TV and retired of sight.
Those are the cheapest ways to get Apple TV+ connected your TV, whether it's a tiny Full HD TV, oregon if you privation to spell for the champion prime that the work volition offer.
Writing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 1 November 2019.
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