Amazon Fire TV

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Post by ndrake » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:00 PM UTC

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Post by impostervt » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:08 PM UTC

And I just bought the new Roku Streaming stick...I'll be curious to see how they stack up. Amazon offers a comparison of FireTV to the Roku3, but not the Roku Streaming Stick. And the Stick is just $49.

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Post by karangoeluw » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

This seems like a really good offering by Amazon. Now we'll just have to see if the competition lowers its prices or no.

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Post by bernardom » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

So that answers my question of whether my Apple TV would ever get Amazon streaming.

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Post by eclipxe » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

Congrats to the FireTV team!

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Post by theseanstewart » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

This looks really cool but I'll have to wait and see how it compares to the other devices that accomplish the same objectives. I would have liked to see it include gigabit ethernet instead of just 10/100. Interesting that they have a game controller available.

I've been looking for something to replace my Popcorn Hour, but I haven't been able to find anything in this price range that will play MKV files and allow playing movies over USB. Maybe this will be the answer?

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Post by pazimzadeh » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

What I'm taking away from this is that Fire TV is the same as Roku and Apple TV.

As for the gaming capabilities, it'll be interesting to see if they can compete with Steam Machine.

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Post by hswolff » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

Does this support playing local media? It seems like no, but I couldn't find any explicit answer.

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Post by acgourley » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

I'll be curious how good the screen mirroring is. Does anyone know if it's using a direct connection (like miracast) or an indirect over your normal wifi rounter (like apple tv mirroring)?

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Post by superqd » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

So is everyone making these now? The only thing Amazon seems to have brought to this is voice command, assuming it has actually been brought.