Amazon Fire TV is a tiny box you connect to your HDTV. It's the easiest way to enjoy Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, YouTube.com, low-cost movie rentals, games, music, and more
Amazon Fire TV is a tiny box that connects your HDTV to a world of online entertainment. Whether you're a Prime member or not, enjoy a huge selection of TV episodes and movies, voice search that actually works, plus exclusive features like ASAP and Amazon FreeTime, it's the easiest way to enjoy Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, low-cost movie rentals, live and on demand sports, music, photos, games, and more.
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Pros, Pluses and good things:
Fast. Very fast. Since I've got it I haven't experienced any reboots or issues. My Roku 3, while
Great audio options. It's a great to hook this up to a high end entertainment system because
Games and Android-y stuff. I'm not a gamer, which is why it's so ironic that one of the biggest
Teeny, Tiny, To-the-point control - and might I add, it works great.
Lots of onboard storage so you will likely be able to grab quite a few games as they are
Wifi works great from my perspective. My apt. is by no means huge and is only on one level
Not sure where else to go with the Good stuff so on to the Not-so-Good stuff.
Cons, Negatives and not nice stuff:
There are way less channels than what's available on the Roku 3. This isn't to say it's a bad
The Fire TV has a closed in ecosystem in many respects and there are options coming to the
All in all it's a great device as I have mentioned. Would I buy another or would I buy one right
I'd rate the device a solid B+.
This is a great device. GREAT. I'm not sure there's much else to say. If you've owned a Roku
or Apple TV, you sort of have an idea what you're getting. The main difference with this player
is that it is truly fast and the voice search, while gimmicky, does work and work well for the
channels that it is able to be used on. So I'm keeping this review fairly short.
Pros, Pluses and good things:
Fast. Very fast. Since I've got it I haven't experienced any reboots or issues. My Roku 3, while
a great device rebooted once in the first 2 weeks I owned it. The Fire TV doesn't show any
signs of lag or slowdowns whatsoever.
Great audio options. It's a great to hook this up to a high end entertainment system because
you're going to get high quality sound. Not that the others don't offer high quality, but the Roku
3 doesn't offer Dolby Digital Surround, which would be a big deal to people who do own
receivers and equipment that is Dolby Certified.
Games and Android-y stuff. I'm not a gamer, which is why it's so ironic that one of the biggest
reasons I got the Fire TV was because of the ability to play games on it....good games, cool
games, not just Angry Birds.
Teeny, Tiny, To-the-point control - and might I add, it works great.
Lots of onboard storage so you will likely be able to grab quite a few games as they are
released and appeal to your fancy.
Wifi works great from my perspective. My apt. is by no means huge and is only on one level
but where my wireless equipment is housed, I have had issues in the extreme opposite rooms
when it comes to signal. Not with the Fire TV, videos come in crisp and clear and there's no
buffering or lag.
Enough popular channels that it would be worth it to choose the Fire TV over the alternatives
Enough popular channels that it would be worth it to choose the Fire TV over the alternatives
if you wanted to play games on your little streamer box. FWIW, I rarely find myself using
anything more than the staple channels like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu on any of
my systems. If there's one that I do really miss though, it's my anime fix, Crunchyroll which
I can only get on my Roku 3.
Not sure where else to go with the Good stuff so on to the Not-so-Good stuff.
Cons, Negatives and not nice stuff:
There are way less channels than what's available on the Roku 3. This isn't to say it's a bad
thing. If you only use so and so channels then there's no reason to pass on the Fire TV, just
know that there are less channels.
The Fire TV has a closed in ecosystem in many respects and there are options coming to the
market soon that will have a more open way of doing things, meaning that soon enough the
Fire TV won't be as appealing for everyone. I am speaking about a device called the Nexus
Player. It's almost a carbon copy in terms of what the device will be able to do and the channels
it will have....it will have a game pad as well and even a voice control enabled remote, it will
however be more open which means that you'll be able to cast the screen (screen mirror)
from most if not all Android devices with the capability vs. the Fire TV which only supports
casts from Fire Tablets (boo Amazon, boo!). Likewise, you can control your Roku 3 and Nexus
Player from most Android phones and Tablets while you can only do so from a Fire device.
I understand the reasoning behind it - however now that there is direct competition head to head,
it may be a good idea to open the Fire TV up a bit more.
All in all it's a great device as I have mentioned. Would I buy another or would I buy one right
now? Unfortunately not. With the Nexus Player coming, I believe that will be a more worthy
device due to being more functional on more Android devices. If you ONLY buy or own Amazon
branded Tablets or their Smartphone then there's a good reason to get the Fire TV as the
Amazon ecosystem (like Apple's) works pretty well within their wall.
I'd rate the device a solid B+.
Please anybody ? Can somebody tell me do u need TO HOOKED UP CHANNEL TO USE
THIS ONE?!
