Apple TV 2015 edition: Unboxing the 4th generation box

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Here's the box, straight off the FedEx truck. That's the previous generation Apple TV, sitting on top, waiting to see its new bigger, younger brother.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
Boxes inside of boxes.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
Here's the box you'll probably get if you got to an Apple Store. It's a bit bigger and heavier than the last generation.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
This is our first look inside. The Apple TV hockey puck looks pretty much the same as the old one, but the remote is quite different.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
There's more stuff under the Apple TV and the remote. But what?

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
Ah. Here's everything inside the box. The most interesting is the USB-to-lightning cable, which is used for charging the remote --while the back of the Apple TV has a USB-C port.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
Here are the last and new generation boxes side by side. Optically, the new one looks slightly larger, but that's because it's taller. Depth and width are identical.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
Here you see the two generations one above the other. The new box is bigger and has a USB-C port. The old box has an optical audio port that has vanished in the Gen 4 model.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz
And finally, the two remote controls, side-by-side.

Published: October 30, 2015 -- 16:59 GMT (09:59 PDT)
Caption by: David Gewirtz