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Who uses, recommends or left Apple TV, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Lately, my wife and I have started carrying an Apple TV for long trips as well. We have two in the house. We love these little devices. Perfect for watching TV and movies while tired and bored in a hotel room.
His Uses This interview, on a large pile of machines, music gear and everyday software.
2013-01-31·usesthis.com ↗
But instead to get an Apple TV and connect that with HDMI to the LG TV I knew LG TVs were full of spyware but it's even worse than everyone thought!
2026-09-08·x.com ↗
LG makes the best TVs, end of story, but their software is shit and spies on you, NEVER connect them to the internet/WiFi, instead buy an Apple TV box and connect that, that doesn't spy on you and has no ads, then connect it with HDMI and you're good, also no annoying LG TV updates
A list of what he would buy again after a year of owning a house and trying a lot of products.
2026-07-23·levels.io ↗
I don't subscribe to any cable service but I use Apple TV (original) using a vintage 2004 Sony 40" LCD TV.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the Mac-heavy setup behind Asymco's charts and his podcast.
2011-07-06·usesthis.com ↗
I have an Apple TV hooked up to the television. It's a Netflix machine and right now I'm investigating the classics I've never seen.
His written "Uses This" interview, describing a deliberately mobile studio.
2011-04-18·usesthis.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.