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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday March 03, 2018 @06:17AM (#16508813)
How is FireTV stupid, well more stupid than any product name? Amazon have a media receiver line called Fire, FireTV fits the brand and tells you what it does, same as Chromecast -- same format.
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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by INTPenis on Saturday March 03, 2018 @09:44AM (#16509433)
I got a bad impression from the product on amazon. The shape was square compared to round, the name sounded too much like fire stick and wasn't easy on the tongue. I know now that it's based on Fire (and they have another product called Kindle) but when I just saw the product image say "fire tv stick" with a square USB device in the background I was not impressed.
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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by Something1234 on Saturday March 03, 2018 @09:06AM (#16509296)
Fire TV is garbage. The only reason to buy one is to flash something else on to it. It doesn't support casting and good luck finding something good to watch.
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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:05AM (#16509849)
Well I use it and have found we watch Netflix in preference to terrestrial UK TV to the point we watch so little BBC now we might go back to streaming only and forgo the license fee.

A chacun son gout.

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