Amazon Fire TV (2017) Streaming Media Player
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Humanoid_1
You know, holding back surround sound channels on a paid service, claiming they don't offer it as some browsers do not support it, is a pretty low way to try and sell more of these.
You do not even get surround sound on movies you buy lol
Especially when Netflix allow surround sound without having to buy some dongle...
I Really hope they soon support surround sound through the browser.
schmidtbag
CitizenZero
Wait. Does this thing have no USB ports I can attach an external device to it so I can play my favorite movies??
Also, does it support MKV, with AC3 and DTS soundtracks?
Which device compares better than this?
Thanks!
schmidtbag
sykozis
nhlkoho
Andrew LB
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Where are you getting that information? It supports just about everything in terms of audio.
"Dolby Audio, 5.1 surround sound, 2ch stereo, and HDMI audio pass through up to 7.1"
and this:
TimmyP
-the FireTV stick doesn't have an optical port, like this one it just sends it through HDMI so it still has DD and all that. Every TV has a digital out nowadays.
-it absolutely destroys the Roku as its a full android experience (you can sideload anything within reason).
-supports OTG cables which means you have to spend 1.00ish on a charging OTG cable and can hook a peripheral or a hub and several peripherals at once.
-plays x265 video\5ghz Wifi\usbhost
The only downside is this one seems to hang from the port, Fire stick 2 is just as capable as FireTV and is roughly the same size as the much inferior Chromecast.
PS: The only devices that compare are Android boxes. I use it with Kodi, Xfinity Stream (Comcast official TV app), Netflix and dozens of emulators. I never need to change inputs on my tv and ditched my comcast set top box.
PS2: If you are thinking of getting one get one now and disable updates. All of the cool stuff works out of the box but it seems Amazon might start limiting functionality of these soon.
Humanoid_1
vbetts
Moderator
Wow they dropped Snapdragon for an AMLogic based SOC? The cost could not have been that bad...
TimmyP
panoles
alanm
Might get one of these. Tired of my WD TV Live which is getting outdated pretty quick.
Redemption80
I was considering one of these for the bedroom for my wife as it would also be reasonably future proof, but ended up getting the new Fire Stick instead as I doubt we will have 4k in the bedroom anytime soon.
It does look like a nice bit of hardware though, will be interesting to see how well it supports 24hz though. The Fire Stick does, but when using Plex it's a stutter mess, and while Kodi seems better I've not done enough testing so far.
Unsure what the browser 5.1 is about.....i was unaware we could get 5.1 when using a browser for Netflix or Prime Video.