Amazon unveils $39 Fire TV stick
The press material for the launch of the Fire TV Stick actually calls out the Chromecast by name, noting that Amazon’s hardware actually has two times the memory of Google’s streaming stick, along with a dual-core processor, MIMO Wi-Fi for better connectivity and a dedicated hardware remote. It has 1 GB of RAM on board, 8 GB of local storage and Amazon’s ASAP streaming tech, to launch streaming videos without the buffer delay you’ll normally get with streaming services.
Fire TV Stick offers access to Netflix, Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Twitch, WatchESPN and a variety of other services out of the box. The Fire TV Remote app for Fire phone, Android phone and soon for iPhone, too, allows users to use the same kind of voice search introduced on Fire TV with the Fire TV Stick, and Amazon also includes a free month of Prime membership. Buyers can also add-on a Fire TV Voice Remote for $29.99 if they want to use voice search without an app.
The Fire TV Stick offers playback from your iOS and Android tablet and smartphone devices for apps including YouTube and Spotify, too, and lets you mirror your Fire OS and Android devices entirely, just like Chromecast. Second Screen and X-Ray features provide supplementary content on mobile devices, while main content is broadcast from them to your TV.
It looks like Amazon might be the first company to offer a serious challenger to Chromecast in terms of both features and value, but we’ll have to wait and see how it performs in the real world to be sure.
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Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/27/amazon-fire-tv-stick/
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DeluxeHazardPosted:
This looks like a new cheaper competitor to the Apple TV. It personally looks better than the Apple TV.
StonerzardPosted:
These TV USB Sticks are pretty damn cool actually! Cheaper than basic freeview, more channels than Sky on some of them and more apps than on Xbox! Gonna look into this, if it's that cheap for Prime owners
JD-Posted:
The fine I like about Amazon is there stuff is really nice and very cheap. But ya this TV looks nice don't think I will be getting one tho.
Tactical_Luck_GamingPosted:
-LynchTDK_Jr Is this like an apple TV? I'm so lost on this. Is it a controller or what? "Stick" would seem to be like a controller of some sort.
It looks similar to a controller, but with the name "stick" you'd think it would look more like the Wii controller, wouldn't you?
I'm pretty sure they are referring to "stick" as in the usb stick that plugs into your TV. Derp.
TaylorPosted:
TDK_Jr Is this like an apple TV? I'm so lost on this. Is it a controller or what? "Stick" would seem to be like a controller of some sort.
It looks similar to a controller, but with the name "stick" you'd think it would look more like the Wii controller, wouldn't you?
LatencyPosted:
Is this like an apple TV? I'm so lost on this. Is it a controller or what? "Stick" would seem to be like a controller of some sort.
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