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New Apple TV beats Roku at its own game

The 4th generation Apple TV, with its app-based interface and an all-new touch-sensitive and voice-activated remote control takes a surprising number of pages out of Roku’s playbook. The question is, does it improve on--and ultimately beat--the Roku 3 as a smart TV experience?