Re:Amazon Fire TV
by matt_heimer on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @12:47PM
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Roku is close once you use Plex. You get local network playback + Netflix, Prime, Crackle, Hulu, Pandora which is what I want. The video quality, performance, bugs, and gaming support of the Roku suck though. I keep swapping my Roku for a Chromecast and back again.
I'd like a box that supports Prime, local network playback, and casual gaming/emulation. If Amazon would have released a Prime Video app I'd switch to some of those cheap Android PCs on an HDMI stick by now but they've been holding out probably to use as a carrot to get people locked into their app store.
I hate having to side-load apps but if I can on the FireTV and get local network playback working I very well might buy one.
Edit: Looks like it will have Plex and Miracast support.
I used to use Plex for network playback with my earlier roku's but with my Roku 3 I can play videos, mp3s, photos etc. natively directly from my NAS.
Re:Amazon Fire TV
by theseanstewart on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @12:27PM
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I've been holding off on the WDTV because of the UI and a few other issues I came across while researching it.
It supports many online services as well, but unfortunately no Prime Instant Video. I have yet to see a box that offers everything I want: Local and network media playback, Netflix, Prime.
However, I wish the WDTV had better specs and UI - it can be a little clunky.