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Do you need to have a smart TV in order to have an Apple TV device?

Posted on Mar 28, 2020 10:57 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2020 11:44 AM

No, not at all. You just need a TV that has to have a HDMI input. Before I switched to a 4K TV I had an old TV from the early 2000's that had HDMI input and my Apple TV's worked great with it. When I switched to the 4K TV the change in picture quality was remarkable.

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