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Re:Fire TV Stick by mikestew on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:36PM (#8516522)
Even at $19 pre-order for Prime members, of which I am one, I can't even make this an impulse buy. I have an Xbox One and an Apple TV already, and all I see with this thing is "one more remote". (It doesn't help that my ancient Panny plasma only has one HDMI port, but I have a switch box.) Now it's possible I'm just not the target market, that being "I don't have a streaming box already".

I skimmed the list, though, and...nah. Music? Gawd, I've got more music options these days than I'll ever listen to. Video content, I've got video content. Hate to be the cranky old man here, but most TV content is crap (as it has always been), and of the non-crap stuff I just get it from iTunes or I can watch on Amazon Prime via the Xbox. Games? Did I mention I have an Xbox?

I'm not saying this is the next Fire Phone, but I do wonder who will be buying this. Not me, and I was looking for an excuse to spend $19 on a new gadget.

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