A number of forum users hate Zwift on ATV. Ignore them.
I Zwift on ATV 95% of the time and it’s fantastic, provided you use the Companion App in game and reserve the remote for setup/shutdown. This point is underscored by sports tech blogger DCRainmaker using an AppleTV to Zwift the vast majority of the time. From his article here, this quote:
Many regular readers know that I’m a big user of Apple TV for Zwift. For the most part, unless I’m actively testing something that requires a PC or Mac specifically, I’m using Apple TV as my Zwift machine. I have multiple units at both the DCR Cave and at home, for both Zwift cycling and Zwift running. It’s easy to use, and in my experience generally far more stable than Zwift’s PC or Mac versions.
What ATV lacks in graphic detail it makes up for in convenience and tidiness. Get the latest 2022 4K version as it’s due for some graphic upgrades next year that previous models won’t get. Try it for a week or three and take advantage of Apple’s return policy if you decide you don’t like it.
Stay on top of forum updates - about once a year, there’s a game-breaking bug that may crash the app. (latest was the 20 screenshot limit that unceremoniously terminated the game)
It doesn’t get much cleaner this this - no keyboard, no desk, no mouse required:
More pain cave ideas:
EDIT - the ATV4K renders menus and the HUD in 4K natively which makes them sharp and easy to read. The world graphics are 1080p but it’s intellectually dishonest to say the ATV “only renders in 1080p.”