Are you kidding? Amazon will have an app out asap. They want people buying Prime.
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Amazon Debuts New Fire TV with 4K Video & Alexa Voice Assistant
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Are you kidding? Amazon will have an app out asap. They want people buying Prime.
Amazon is interested in selling Prime subscriptions. The entire Kindle and Fire lines for them are pretty much loss leaders to get people into the ecosystem and into a renewing prime subscription. They don't make money off the hardware, they make money off the subscription and the stuff you buy using that subscription. Since releasing an app on tvOS helps them sell more Prime subscriptions, they will do that.
I own an Amazon Fire TV and it is NOT the "future of tv." Making it 4K won't change anything either. Not saying Apple TV will rule the pack but it's already getting software support (MLB, Disney Infiinity for example) that the other set top boxes lack.
Could be because they don't offer 4K content on iTunes? Sharp just announced an 8K TV on Monday - does that mean all the 4K TVs are out of date?
They're always awful for video when I've tried. I have a Fire Stick, and the Airplay apps are crummy as hell (The last I tried was AirReceiver and the audio falls out of sync and the video gets choppy/laggy). If you have a recommendation I'll try it.
Overall in my testing, AirPlay for video works much better on an Apple TV - flawless in fact. Audio seems to be ok on Android receiver apps but not great (I've also tried sending audio to Kodi on a Raspberry Pi, but it's flaky at best).
All the contenders Streaming Boxes compared to other devices, phones, tablets, etc, are great bargains. We buy (x?) $600 phones every two years or sooner, then complain loudly about a device that provides lots of entertainment for $200 or less. We are unique thinkers are we not. I have both Fire TV and Apple TV for the benefits each provides.
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An Apple TV that can play Amazon Video and Plex will replace my Roku. I think many are underestimating how opening it up to iOS-based apps is going to transform the market. I can't imagine wanting to interact much with my TV, but I know there are some smart iOS devs out there who will come up with something great.
I really wish the landscape of MfI controllers wasn't so dire... Amazon's controller bundle is a good move. I fear the controller situation of the Apple TV will cripple it on this measure.
Here's hoping Apple are investing in some serious controller tech, with the ergonomics worthy of a serious gamers attention.
Here's hoping Apple are investing in some serious controller tech, with the ergonomics worthy of a serious gamers attention.
You'll also have to buy a new Fire TV when it supports 4K video - this one doesn't.
But you were fooled. I guess that's what Amazon marketing does, put in half-baked things, but tricks people into thinking they're the real deal.
The Hori and Steelseries mfi gamepads look worthy enough.
Someone will make a boy-band app which shows all the latest news videos, tv appearances, youtube videos, etc. about their favorite boy band. Thousands of teenage girls will buy an Apple TV just for that.
I sold all my ATV's for Fire devices and never looked back. There is not a single thing you can do on ATV that can't be done faster and better with Fire TV.
I also have several Amazon Echo units that use Alexa. Even though I am using this USA only device in the UK it's still brilliant.
Apple are playing second fiddle at the moment.
I also have several Amazon Echo units that use Alexa. Even though I am using this USA only device in the UK it's still brilliant.
Apple are playing second fiddle at the moment.
I have a fire tv and the new Apple TV can't come out soon enough for me. The only upside is I can install Kodi on the fire tv but it is so buggy. I have to reboot it every other day because wifi can't keep up so video files need to buffer every 2 minutes. Also, the audio will get very tinny and high pitched so need to reboot to fix that issue as well. Maybe that is what it's like running android. I just want my Apple TV to be stable. My ATV 3 can play videos through Plex Connect and it never needs rebooted.
Airplay and home sharing, Only way to view local content on Amazon as far as i know is PLex and that just does not work for me
They added Dolby Atmos to the new FireTV box so that's something. I'm still waiting for *someone* to support DTS on a streamer. Been adding that as an additional audio track (standard DTS, not DTS-MA) on BluRay encodes for awhile now for movies/shows that have DTS tracks. This may not be that important for the living room, but will be more important later when we finish the basement and have a more dedicated A/V room (hopefully within a few years).
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Never had a Kodi issue with mine. No buffering issues.
All Eggs in one basket? No thanks. I have a good quantity of Apple devices but I certainly wouldn’t do that.
OK I had to respond to this garbage because this is like the 4th time this nonsense has been uttered by this person. 1) IT IS infact 4K. FPS has absolutely nothing to do with resolution. 2) If you were streaming FILMS, which is what 99% of people with steamers do, then it wouldnt matter a whit with 60 fps, because almost every film ever made for the past 100 years is 24 FPS. And you absolutely WOULD NOT want a player that upconverts that to 60 hz because it would look like garbage. So to summarize, YES its 4K and yes if youre watching movies youd get no better experience with 60 fps