Also best thing about it (imo) is you can run XBMC (Kodi) on it as well so this should make my Raspberry PI OpenElec redundant. Though I would like to see how the performance difference is when using high quality skins and playing HD content.
grudge: Also best thing about it (imo) is you can run XBMC (Kodi) on it as well so this should make my Raspberry PI OpenElec redundant. Though I would like to see how the performance difference is when using high quality skins and playing HD content.
I run the skin aeon nox on the FTV stick and have no problems with it, HD content plays fine but i have mine set to buffer 200mbs before playing.
The fire tv stick as a whole is slightly not as crisp as the FTV box (just lags a little compared to the box) but fine for bedroom tv
I'm also interested in this. On the current exchange rate, with Youshop shipping, it works out at about $75NZD, which is comparable to the cost of landing a new Raspberry Pi 2 (with case and SD card). However, if it does Kodi "natively" and easily, and also handles Miracast, then it might be worth a look.
Nathan - in terms of Miracast, does it play nicely with the Surface Pro 3? I'd looked at something like the Netgear Push2TV but was put off by the fact it didn't reconnect automatically. If the FireTV Stick lets you easily mirror a display from the SP3, then this might be the deciding factor.
Never had any other stick.. but i do feel its definitely a good investment. added settings.apk, kodi and youtube.. you dont need a smart tv, if you own this. ftp to my router, i can watch anything thats on my external drive.
sumitonly: Never had any other stick.. but i do feel its definitely a good investment. added settings.apk, kodi and youtube.. you dont need a smart tv, if you own this. ftp to my router, i can watch anything thats on my external drive.
You can do the same thing with a chromecast and Plex.
sumitonly: Never had any other stick.. but i do feel its definitely a good investment. added settings.apk, kodi and youtube.. you dont need a smart tv, if you own this. ftp to my router, i can watch anything thats on my external drive.
Did you sideload the android Youtube.apk app? I am not a fan of the Fire TV youtube apps and can't understand why there isn't a native app.
I read somewhere, that roku 2 is better than fire stick. Any opinions on this? I'm looking for something that would be able to play from my NAS also. It looks like mirroring or plex server on a computer is the only option?
Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly
to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.
Trusted
Microsoft
