Don’t buy an Apple TV 4K if you don’t have fast broadband Internet service

“I was very interested in getting the new Apple TV 4K,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville. “I wanted to be able to view 4K movies on my 4K TV.”

“I can already do this to some extent with Amazon Prime Video, and the quality is impressive,” McElhearn writes. “However, Apple has published a support document that explains the requirements for accessing 4K content.”

“You’ll need a 25 Mbps connection to get 4K content,” McElhearn writes. “Otherwise you’ll just get HD or SD.”

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MacDailyNews Take: Obviously, there’s a lot of data in 4K and a decent Internet connection is required.

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