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Amazon Fire Stick $19 for Prime (Alt. to Chromecast/Roku) (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter cstu
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cstu
Footballguy
Wheezer34
Footballguy
Drifter
Footballguy
That's your promise, not necessarily your delivery date. Likely the inventory is coming in hot from Asia and will be turned quickly when it arrives but the date isn't firm enough to make a promise other than that you will get it by Christmas.
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
I don't get it? I can stream online already with my laptop, or using an XBOX one, or PS4. What am I missing?
RUSF18
Footballguy
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
HellToupee
Footballguy
Not yet shipped
Delivery estimate: Thursday, December 18, 2014 by 8pm
I'll have my Echo before the fire stick
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Hawks64
Footballguy
The only issue with this is that most hotels I am at don't have decent enough bandwidth to stream much of anything.
Ted Mullins
Footballguy
I ordered mine pretty close to the end of the sale and originally had a December ship date that was just changed to next Tuesday in the last few hours. I would think they are moving everyone up and the original date was a really conservative estimate.
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
For some, but I think for most it is a supplement for now with hopes that there are unquestionably legal live sports in a cord cutting future.
Wooderson
Fight The Power
Just hooked it up. Been messing with it for the last half hour. Tried amazon video amazon music Netflix amazon cloud photos and games.
This thing is awesome. So much more then ATV and so much quicker. This is coming from an Apple Fanboy I have Apple everything else. This stick kicks ###. Glad I got 2.
This thing is awesome. So much more then ATV and so much quicker. This is coming from an Apple Fanboy I have Apple everything else. This stick kicks ###. Glad I got 2.
RUSF18
Footballguy
I can see that. I've had pretty good luck streaming when I'm traveling for work, but either way...I'll take some poorer quality and some possible buffering over having to watch commercials during whatever ####ty re-run I've found which seems to be all I watch besides sports in hotels.Hawks64 said:
cstu
Footballguy
On sale at Best Buy for $24.99.
Just ordered another one and it's in stock for pickup tomorrow.
But the one I ordered from Amazon a month ago won't be here until Dec. 9.
Just ordered another one and it's in stock for pickup tomorrow.
But the one I ordered from Amazon a month ago won't be here until Dec. 9.
Insein
Footballguy
Just bought from Best Buy. Picking it up this week.
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Grahamburn
Footballguy
If you already have Amazon Prime and a Roku what are the additional benefits of this device?
FUBAR
Footballguy
cstu
Footballguy
Mine was here when I came back yesterday. Very happy with it - nice features of showing all the cloud photos I uploaded and free music through Prime.
Unless you have iOS devices or need HBO Go through it the Fire looks like the best of the streaming sticks.
Unless you have iOS devices or need HBO Go through it the Fire looks like the best of the streaming sticks.
cstu
Footballguy
I don't have a Roku but they are very similar in what they do. Amazon is the Prime's main interface so you have immediate access to all of your Amazon products. The music and photo layouts are nice if you can pick it up for $19 again.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
They bumped up my delivery date to Monday thru Wednesday of next week (as opposed to around Christmas time). 
boots11234
Footballguy
My date was dec 24th. Getting it today. Excited. I'm a prime member. Don't even mind the increase in prime price. Figure between time and gas saved on a few trips to the mall it pays for itself
MattFancy
Footballguy
A couple week ago mine was like mid-Jan. Now it's saying Dec 24th. Hoping it gets here sooner. I preordered on the 2nd day.
Insein
Footballguy
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
Highly recommend. I've been happily using Chromecast for the last year and a half and Fire Stick feels like a pretty big step forward.
Phipps Afficianado
Footballguy
I just hooked mine up. This will be much easier for my wife to use with the onscreen menu.
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ILUVBEER99
Footballguy
never used any of the other sticks/tv stuff but am liking this a lot. Tons of good stuff to watch with Prime subscription.
if they could get deals with the major sports there would be no more need for cable.
if they could get deals with the major sports there would be no more need for cable.
MattFancy
Footballguy
So ours came in over the weekend.
I like the UI and it's nice having a remote. But hole hell is the video quality poor. We had a Chromecast hooked up to the same TV and never had any issues with video quality or buffering issues. But the Fire Stick looks terrible and takes for ever to buffer. Anyone else having similar issues?
I like the UI and it's nice having a remote. But hole hell is the video quality poor. We had a Chromecast hooked up to the same TV and never had any issues with video quality or buffering issues. But the Fire Stick looks terrible and takes for ever to buffer. Anyone else having similar issues?
E Street Brat
Footballguy
I have the Amazon app on my tv.
what is the benefit of having the stick?
what is the benefit of having the stick?
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
Easier to navigate, better performance. My Samsung TV has Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu, etc. I've also used Chromecast on the same TV to access Netflix and Hulu. I notice a clear difference in performance with the Fire TV stick.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
That's not good, considering the main reason I ordered this (haven't gotten it yet) was the hope that it would have a stronger wifi signal than my Roku, which constantly buffers when streaming through Plex.
MattFancy
Footballguy
I had problems with buffering when I was trying to watch something from Prime Video and image quality issues when watching a YouTube video. Had a Chromecast connected in the same spot and never had any issues.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Bought one, have tried it out for multiple nights watching Netflix. Much better than the minicomputer I was using for the same thing - no buffering issues whatsoever.
MattFancy
Footballguy
Weird. I don't know what is causing it. I mean I had my Chromecast plugged into the same TV in the same spot and never had an issue with buffering or video quality, so I don't think it's my router. I may try moving it to a different TV and see what happens.Have not had any of these issues.
boots11234
Footballguy
I haven't had this problem and the TV is in the farthest room from wifi. I have problems sometimes with my ipad in this room.MattFancy said:Weird. I don't know what is causing it. I mean I had my Chromecast plugged into the same TV in the same spot and never had an issue with buffering or video quality, so I don't think it's my router. I may try moving it to a different TV and see what happens.WhatDoIKnow said:Have not had any of these issues.MattFancy said:
I love the fire stick. As others have said it's ui is great and the controller is awsome. Totally worth 39 and a steal if you got it for 19.
I did read a review saying it was mostly geared towards Amazon content. I completely disagree, Netflix is quick and easy to access. I great product.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
And am I the only one that had to use a friggin pocket knife to get the battery door open on the remote?
ETA: I guess not. LOL, how does stuff get shipped out like this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/forums/ref=cs_hc_g_tv?ie=UTF8&forumID=Fx1SKFFP8U1B6N5&cdThread=Tx2K38CYR2NOH58
ETA: I guess not. LOL, how does stuff get shipped out like this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/forums/ref=cs_hc_g_tv?ie=UTF8&forumID=Fx1SKFFP8U1B6N5&cdThread=Tx2K38CYR2NOH58
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