Njengoko izixhobo ezitsha ezaziswa yiApple kwimarike ngoSeptemba 12 zisiza kwintengiso, abafana baseFixit bababeka kuvavanyo oluqhelekileyo ukubona ukuba ingakananiElula okanye enzima ukulungisa isixhobo kwimeko yokonakala okanye yengozi. Okokuqala yayiyi-iPhone 8, ilandelwa yi-Apple Watch Series 3, ngoku ibe kukujika kwe-Apple TV 4k, isixhobo esinokonwabela umxholo wayo kumgangatho we-4k kuzo zombini ii-iTunes kunye neNetflix, i-HBO kunye nezinye, kodwa hayi I-YouTube, ngenxa yokuba iApple inganiki nkxaso kwi-codec esetyenziswa nguGoogle kwiividiyo zeqonga ezikhoyo kwi-4k.
Iprosesa ifunyenwe kwi-Apple TV 4k, i-A10X Iyafana into esinokuyifumana kwisizukulwana sesibini sePad Pro, i-chip ekwaziyo ukuvelisa umxholo kumgangatho we-4k we-HDR, kodwa ukuze yenze njalo ifuna uncedo lomlandeli othuleyo ohleli kububanzi besixhobo. Ukusetyenziswa kweprosesa enomxholo kwi-4k kufuna amandla aphezulu eprosesa ixesha elide kwaye iApple ayifuni ukuba neengxaki zokufudumeza kule meko.
Ukuba sele wenze ngesixhobo, ngokuqinisekileyo ubonile iigridi ezikhoyo emazantsi aso, iigridi zazo umoya ugxothwa ekupholiseni iprosesa ye-A10X, iprosesa ehamba ne-3 GB ye-RAM. Njengeemodeli zamva nje zeApple TV, umbane ubekwe ngaphakathi kwesixhobo.
Ngokumalunga nenqaku elifunyenwe yi-Apple TV 4k, abafana kwi-iFixit bayinike i-8 ngokusekwe kwinto yokuba istili seplastikhi sigqitywe ngendlela elula kakhulu, izinto zangaphakathi ziimodyuli ezivumela ukuba zitshintshwe ngendlela elula, umbane nawo uyimodyuli kwaye usivumela ukuba sitshintshe i-jack kuphela kwaye izikrufu ziqhelekileyo. Inqaku elibi kukuba uninzi lwezinto zithengiswa kwibhodi yomama.