Njengoba amadivayisi amasha afakwe yi-Apple emakethe ngoSepthemba 12 eza emakethe, abafana be-iFixit bababeka ezivivinyweni ezijwayelekile ukubona ukuthi bangakananiOkulula noma okuyinkimbinkimbi ukulungisa idivayisi uma kwenzeka iphuka noma ingozi. Okokuqala kwakuyi-iPhone 8, kwalandelwa i-Apple Watch Series 3, manje sekuyithuba le-Apple TV 4k, idivaysi esingajabulela ngayo okuqukethwe ngekhwalithi ye-4k kuzo zombili i-iTunes ne-Netflix, i-HBO nezinye, kodwa hhayi I-YouTube, ngoba i-Apple ayinikezi ukuxhaswa kwe-codec esetshenziswa i-Google kumavidiyo wesikhulumi atholakala ku-4k.
Iprosesa etholakala ku-Apple TV 4k, i-A10X Kuyafana nesingakuthola esizukulwaneni sesibili i-iPad Pro, i-chip ekwazi ukukhiqiza kabusha okuqukethwe ngekhwalithi ye-4k HDR, kepha ukuze ikwazi ukwenza kanjalo idinga usizo lomlandeli othulile onobubanzi bonke bedivayisi. Ukusetshenziswa kweprosesa ngokuqukethwe kwe-4k kudinga amandla amakhulu weprosesa isikhathi eside futhi i-Apple ibingafuni ukuba nezinkinga ngokushisa kulokhu.
Uma usuvele uyitholile le divayisi, impela ubonile ukuthi ama-grid atholakala ezansi kwayo, ama-grids wawo umoya uxoshwa ekupholiseni iprosesa ye-A10X, iprosesa ehambisana ne-3 GB ye-RAM. Njengamamodeli wakamuva we-Apple TV, amandla kagesi atholakala ngaphakathi kwedivayisi.
Ngokuqondene nenothi elitholwe yi-Apple TV 4k, abafana abaku-iFixit bayinikeze u-8 Ngokuya ngeqiniso lokuthi izindlu zepulasitiki zihlukaniswe ngendlela elula kakhulu, izinto zangaphakathi ziyi-modular ezivumela ukuthi zithathelwe indawo ngendlela elula, ukunikezwa kwamandla nakho kuyimodemu futhi kusivumela ukuthi sishintshe i-jack kuphela nokuthi izikulufo zijwayelekile. Iphuzu elibi ukuthi iningi lezinto lithengiselwa kubhodi yomama.