The Apple TV may be glossy, black, and sleek, but it’s also pretty boring. If you are not impressed with the design, you can hide it behind a TV or wrap it in this fun silicone case from Elago that turns the streaming box into a retro console reminiscent of the Super Famicom—Minus all the fun Nintendo games.
Unlike a skin, which requires extreme patience to painstakingly apply decals that make the Apple TV look like something other than a black box, Elago’s T4 Apple TV Case is more like the soft, flexible silicone covers you put on place your smartphone to protect them from bumps and drops. (The The company really goes above and beyond to prevent the design from being inspired by the Super Famicom or other Nintendo products, but the looks don’t lie.)
The installation process may be a bit more complicated given the thickness of the Apple TV box, but it is may not make you tremble with anger afterwards. What else does the $ 25 case do for Apple’s streaming box? Not much actually. The Apple TV’s power LED still shines through the front of the faux console, which is nice detail, but the functionality of the box will not change. And if you want your Apple TV remote to look like a matching Super Famicom controller, that’s a perk $ 15 for that silicone cover.
If you really want to play classic games from the Super Famicom and SNES era, you’re probably better off going with an Android TV-based streaming box rather than Apple’s locked-down solution. Yes, you can jump through some hoops to get the Apple TV to run emulators and ROMs, but it’s so much easier with the competition’s streaming boxes.
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