Apple TV 2022 will avoid black screens between content. Apple is expected to add support for Quick Media Switching Variable Refresh Rate (QMS VRR) to the new Apple TV 4K 2022 via a tvOS update to avoid black screens due to frame rate changes when switching between content. This is what will emerge from the first reviews of the TV box, thus solving a not insignificant problem.
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What does the QMS VRR do?
The QMS VRR in fact prevents black screens that occur, albeit momentarily, when switching from one content to another that have different frame rates. Users who have already turned on the ‘Matched content’ setting for the frame rate can already get an idea of what that means – explains TechCrunch – «since it happens almost every time you start streaming a show or a movie from most applications ».
The Verge also talked about it:
The third-generation Apple TV 4K has another future-proof look: by the end of the year, a software update will add support for QMS VRR. This will allow compatible TVs to switch from one frame rate to another without black screens or noticeable interruptions in the image. How many TVs work with QMS VRR? Well, none at the moment. But we will start to see them arrive on the market next year; stay tuned for more news on this feature at CES 2023. I’ve never been so bothered by the brief flicker when changing the frame rate, but I won’t miss it either.
However, we point out that the QMS VRR will not prevent the formation of black screens when switching from one color space to another or from HDR content.
Only on the 2022 edition?
As we said, this new feature to avoid black screens will be brought to Apple TV 4K 2022 via a tvOS software update. It’s unclear if the feature will also arrive on the second generation Apple TV 4K, but it might make sense since that device, on the market since 2019, has introduced support for high-framerate HDR content up to 60fps and HDMI 2.1 just right. last year.
