I figured it’d be a neat little box to watch Netflix and my iTunes content on, and I would have that wonderful skeuomorphic UX they had back then. I was right! I was able to login to my Apple ID, set up Netflix and it all works!
I’m getting an ‘activation: Failed’ in settings but I am unsure what it means as it works perfectly fine? Other than that it’s working 100%.
Been on a tech downgrade and loving it–Just found a Wii U, an LCD TV for my kitchen from 4/2009, an old RCA streaming box from what appears to be 2010 (by the apps and UI design–no date code on the thing but the fact it has Picasa and Flickr tells me it’s likely from that time) and now this wonderful little Apple TV that DOES NOT ANNOY ME WITH UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS thank goodness. I had placed my newer Apple TVs in a drawer after they not only nagged me about updates each time I paused or backed out of an app, or the screensaver was dismissed, or just sitting at the home screen, and then the apps I installed on them broke (you need tvOS 16 to open Netflix–really?!) So this 2nd Gen is not just my protest but a way to break free of that annoyance and stress. Now I can literally tap an app and enjoy confidently.
Still think I got an excellent deal on this thing. Works snappy, and I adore the screen savers. No Aerials but those always froze my newer ones.
