the apple tv 4th generation came out on september 2015.
when did the apple tv 4th generation come out?
september 2015
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tvos is an operating system developed by apple inc. for the 4th generation and later apple tv digital media player. tvos was announced on september 9, 2015 at the apple september 2015 event, alongside the 4th generation apple tv. on october 29, 2015, 4th generation apple tv pre-orders began, and shipments began the following week.
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4th generation apple tvs and newer can also stream content locally using third party apps such as plex and vlc media player.









































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apple tv natively supports the following audio, video, and picture formats (although with the 4th generation, apps may use alternative built-in software in order to play other codecs and formats, e.g. vlc media player):









































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bullet::::- hevc h.265 dolby vision (profile 5)/hdr10 (main 10 profile) up to 2160p at 60 frames per second (5th generation)









































bullet::::- hevc h.265 sdr up to 1080p at 30 frames per second (4th generation)
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