>The updated Fire TV Stick is a major improvement in almost every way. The CPU has seen a major upgrade from the first generation's dual-core ARM Cortex A9. It is now powered by the quad-core Mediatek 8127D, the same chipset found in the $50 Amazon Fire tablet. It has the same 8GB internal storage and 1GB of RAM as the original, but makes the jump from Bluetooth 3.0 to 4.1. The device can also decode H.265 video, no doubt future-proofing for future streaming and media support. Finally, 802.11ac WiFi support has been added.
I have a WD Mycloud that I put all my shows and movies on then just stream it from my Xbox because it's already hooked up to the TV.
Jaxon Collins
I just have a random HP desktop from 2012 hooked up to my tv. Has kodi connected to my server along with exodus and internet so theres plenty to watch. Me and my room mate don't have cable.
Dylan Thompson
I have kodi installed on my fire tv stick one of the cheapest solutions out there and you have a remote ;)
Xavier Garcia
>no 10-bit hevc decoding into the trash it goes
Eli Morris
seems awfully annoying to keep having to put movies on that drive. ever consider networking from a media server?
John Ross
i used chromecast until i see that my internet speed wasn't enough. I just use kodi+addons with raspberry pi for now, it's easier, comfier.
Michael Clark
I have a pi 3 connected via ethernet on a dedicated vlan that only allows read access to my video store. Using osmc or whatever it's called and it is fucking painful to navigate, but it plays my 30 gig movie files with surround sound without an issue
David Ross
Most houses have a PS4 or XBONE with these exact capabilities.
Is there something unique about it besides the lower price tag?
Noah Taylor
>PS4 or XBONE
complete waste of money. even just for gaming.
Asher Morris
>Expecting the average ameritard to have an ounce of intellect Nigga we're surrounded by literal idiots. I can't wait for the tech singularity to give birth to super AIs who will wipe us all out with prions/viruses and replace us with robots.
David Cooper
>amlogic S812 quad core 2ghz cpu >mali-450 MP eight core gpu >2 gb of ram >8 gb of storage Costed me 47€ one year ago.
Easton Walker
>can't wait for the tech singularity to give birth to super AIs who will wipe us all out Should be giving birth to waifus instead.
Nathaniel Jackson
Alienware Alpha.
Doubles as a LAN party box.
Fuck you too.
Logan Foster
The transfer speeds are really good so it's really not that big of a hassle. I originally didn't even get it for this purpose. It's also really simple to figure out so it was nice to teach my parents and brothers how to do it so they just ask me to download a movie they watch and its up in about 30min.
To tangent a bit, the device is so simple, cheap and just straight up awesome I really recommend it to anyone.
Brandon Ross
>geeking about hardware in a stream box
Chill.
Adrian Wright
What's the cheapest decent netflix device?
Caleb Diaz
i use this thing with kodi installed
Justin Cox
I use my phone to a windows dongle.
Justin Rogers
xiaomi mi box
Levi Hill
Roku 2 just werks.
Kayden Brown
>paying for netflix >not using kodi + addons its like you enjoy wasting money.
Nathaniel Cox
Netflix is convenient, for plex/kodi wouldn't I need to have a home server with all the shit I'd want to watch on it?
Joshua Gray
no, you get some addons and you can stream whatever you want. like netflix but free and more options.
Gavin Bailey
Pretty sure my ISP would be all over me for it
I can even do any P2P without them bitching
John Hall
they can't see what you're doing on a media box like they can when you torrent. it's safe.
Jose Perez
>Fire Stick Still doesn't support MKV, still isn't worth shit.
Parker Martin
kek, animefags still falling on 10-bit meme.
Evan Turner
Yes it does you dumb nigger. Any app like Kodi will play mkv
The Fire Stick, just like every other Fireshit product Amazon makes, is second-class. It's a Roku with a slightly nicer interface and somehow even shittier support.
Jaxon Diaz
boomers can't navigate their UI especially with a gaming controller. shit like this is aimed at old fucks. younger people just watch shit on their tabs, phone or laptop.
Elijah Gomez
Have fun spending way too much on your power bill.
i don't game. i have a life.....of shitposting on Cred Forums.
Nicholas Scott
I didn't ask if you gamed, I was responding to the assertion that there's no reason for a set top box when you have a gaming console that supports the same applications. This is only true if you own the electric company.
Luis Morris
I have a job and the power bill is the least of my worries you pathetic nigger.
Chase Wright
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Josiah Nguyen
You're a big guy.
Brayden Sullivan
>2016 >still having 1gb of ram.
Ryan Wright
>I have a job, therefore wasting money is of no concern to me Cool story bro, for those of us not raking in six figure incomes and swimming in pools of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck, spending extra money every month to watch TV for no reason is silly.
But you're obviously just a contrarian shit-stirrer. If you were really rich and didn't care about wasting piles of money every month, you'd just have a cable subscription and TiVo.
Cooper Nelson
chromecast, you can get the 1st gen for like $10, or $20-30 for the 2nd gen.
Christopher Robinson
you fucking virgins and your goddamn generals fucking die already
Owen Bell
>pending extra money every month to watch TV for no reason is silly.
it's literally pennies. you're counting pennies you pathetic jew.
Jason Lopez
I have the OG FTV stick
it is a dank device
Brayden Sanders
>10-bit >webm >caring about memes
Jacob Rivera
it's not pennies if you have BSKYB, the cheapest package which has fuck all worth watching is £50 a month, and then decent free to air STBs are £200, but you can get around most of it with a £50 chink android TV box, and use channel catch up applications.
Anthony James
see
Luke Foster
>he thinks a gaming console costs pennies per month to run It's actually dollars. A set-top box will pay for itself in a year in power savings if you watch enough television and you're currently doing it on a modern gaming console.
James Williams
xbox one and PS4 use around 70-80w which is the same as a 50 inch TV, and even where it's 15.6p/KWh it's not much, and standby is usually around 5w or less.
Cooper Diaz
Laptop with Kodibuntu, bluray drive, and mounted all of the channels from my bedroom fios stb. Why the fuck would I ever want to pay for an extra stb, and $15/month for DVR when the current stb FiOS uses is network accessible with each channel as a dir?
I enjoy every streaming service, every cable channel, and I have a 5TB NAS mounted for storing all of the shit I torrent in the unlikely event I can't find what I want on a streaming option.
Joshua Allen
>Open the pdf. >Look a the first graph. >10bit->8bit->10bit Vs 10bit->10bit Yes you are retarded.
Gabriel Butler
>1GB of RAM
Joshua Long
Your figures are generous. The PS4 uses 93W watching Netflix, standby is 10W, idle is 90W.
Henry Rogers
damn, may as well use an old sandy/ivy bridge laptop, as they are barely 50W full chat.
Jaxson Ross
A Roku 2 currently but the remote is pretty shit desu
Would like to upgrade maybe, mainly use Plex
Elijah Gutierrez
no
Alexander Roberts
I use a fireTV for the most part.
Looking at getting a mi box when they get released for the 4k
Joshua Perry
I have a Windows tablet connected to my TV, streaming from my server using Kodi. Generally pretty good.
Samuel Harris
/r/pcmasterrace
Luke Johnson
LibreELEC on a Zotac ZBOX is best. With a wired connection.
And unlimited amazon cloud drive with bluray remuxes as the media source.
Anything else is pleb tier.
Ayden Clark
All you have to understand is 10-bit video encoders > 8-bit ones even when displaying video on an 8-bit monitor you massive simpleton.
Xavier White
>The device can also decode H.265 video 4k 10bit?
Colton Cruz
Every 4k-source using HEVC ***IS*** using and ***WILL*** use Main10 profile.
Not supporting Main10 HEVC is absolute idiotic nowadays.
Jack Carter
Who mibox 4k here?
Levi Diaz
Yeah yeah, i bet that if i compare 2 still screenshot i can get some different pixel. Worth it, especially on colour filled shape anime. Fucking stupid people. You literally hare the equivalent of audiophile.
Ryder Martin
why must people have to constantly fuck with STBs i just want a stock nexus player that now one has fucked with, as i don't fucking use kodi, and it's shite. and i don't want any of those "free movies and TV shows" as fuck people being cunts with this shite.
Thomas Ross
what do you think of it ?
William Roberts
Getting one soon as they are officially for sale
William Martin
Plex
Ethan Parker
you think a firestick which runs on power using usb uses alot of power?
Oliver Diaz
i like it, it's pretty convinient and the controller is good.
Julian Roberts
>having cable/ sat tv euro cucks don't realize cordcutting is happening big in the US. I know no on eunder the age of 30 who has cable or sat tv.
Julian King
The Xiaomi TV thing is way better and cheaper This, not supporting the entire h265 main profile is akin to the shitty first devices that could barely decode baseline h264
Jayden King
It's not about banding, you can get rid of banding on pretty much any bit depth with enough dithering It's about saving bandwidth, which is essential for ISP's and streaming services like Netflix
Joshua Sanchez
i'm cord cutting in a few weeks when a contract is up, but not sure if i should stick with my chromecast or get a dedicated box for IPTV like catch up services, and now TV.
Isaac Sullivan
Amazon FIre TV with Plex server on my PC
Julian Harris
ive been streaming any type of video to my 40in LED for 10 years using this