Amazon Fire TV Stick

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http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/27/7077481/fire-tv-stick-amazon-announces-streaming-stick
 
Ditto. Not sure how we will like it, but I've made worse $20 decisions before. Besides, it helps with the fact that two of our TV's aren't smart TV's and can sure use this to help buy us more time before replacing them.
 
I picked one up as well. Delivery date is now 12/3 for me, but I'm cool with that. I'm sure I could do dumber things in life with $20.
 
I'll probably bite. For $20, it's worth a shot. Especially with a remote.

I've got numerous chromecasts and use them almost daily. The one thing they have over something like this is the ability to mirror what's in a tab on my Mac.
 
I'd really like to get it for $20, but I'm afraid my modest Samsung flatscreen -- bafflingly, really annoyingly -- does not have its own audio-out ports. So I always need to connect devices directly to my separate sound bar.

I don't suppose this stick could have a bluetooth audio-out option? Or any other way I could connect it to my sound bar without having a weird hdmi splitter or something?
 
NameUndecided said:
I'd really like to get it for $20, but I'm afraid my modest Samsung flatscreen -- bafflingly, really annoyingly -- does not have its own audio-out ports. So I always need to connect devices directly to my separate sound bar.

I don't suppose this stick could have a bluetooth audio-out option? Or any other way I could connect it to my sound bar without having a weird hdmi splitter or something?
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Yea unfortunately I believe you need an hdmi splitter w/ audio out, just like you would for chromecasts

One of my TV's is a sumsung with no audio out like yours.

bluetooth audio out would be nice, but I see nothing about fire tv stick having it :)
 
32" led I got on sale, they have a few models out with no audio out, was for a bedroom, didnt care, but yea I hear you
 
Ordered. Would like to find a solution to stream NFL Network from my laptop/iMac to it. Would also be nice if the FiOS TV app would work on it at some point.
 
gotluck said:
Yea unfortunately I believe you need an hdmi splitter w/ audio out, just like you would for chromecasts

One of my TV's is a sumsung with no audio out like yours.

bluetooth audio out would be nice, but I see nothing about fire tv stick having it :)
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Thanks for confirming. I got this tv for such a great price (CL barely used 32inch for like 130), the picture settings are nicely optimized and I otherwise have the hookups all handled. So I cant complain too much.
Except that yeah it still seems an entirely selfish move on Samsung's part. :p
 
For that price I got 2 with 1 for me and the other for a buddy :D. I already have an atv3 on one tv but none on my second tv. For this price it should be fine until atv4 comes out ;)
 
I ordered 1 but Amazon won't let me order a second one at this price it seems. Thanks for the heads up on these. I didn't really need one but I bought it anyway. Will make a nice gift if I don't keep it.
 
Ladybug said:
I ordered 1 but Amazon won't let me order a second one at this price it seems. Thanks for the heads up on these. I didn't really need one but I bought it anyway. Will make a nice gift if I don't keep it.
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I just attempted to order a second one, and they actually have stopped taking preorders at this point :)
 
mattopotamus said:
I just attempted to order a second one, and they actually have stopped taking preorders at this point :)
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Really? Just checked again and I could still preorder. It appears it's just limited to one per account. Logged into my wife's account and could preorder it.
 
tbayrgs said:
Really? Just checked again and I could still preorder. It appears it's just limited to one per account. Logged into my wife's account and could preorder it.
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ahh that could have been it. I was using an account where I already got one. What is the ship date at now?
 
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