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November 2015
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The editors liked
Amazon wins on picture and sound
Apple has better voice search
Amazon has more apps and UHD video
Amazon features USB and MicroSD
The Amazon Fire TV offers a healthy -- if not quite complete -- selection of UK streaming apps
Via a responsive interface. Parental controls and support are top-notch. Voice search from the remote works very well. It's the least expensive external device
4K UHD playback
Responsive
The biggest choice of paid
For 4K content
Powerful hardware
Gorgeous design
Voice search
Plex adds local streaming
Superfast menu system thanks to quad-core processor
4K Ultra HD video playback
Dual-band dual-antenna Wi-Fi
MicroSD card slot for storage expansion
Thousands of shows and movies available
Easy to use
Good AV performance
4K
Power and speed
Great price
Very snappy in menus
Loads of apps
4K Netflix & Amazon in one place
Can sideload Android apps
The editors didn't like
Apple TV more expensive
Typing is a chore on Apple
Popular apps such as Netflix
IPlayer and others take a back seat to Amazon's own TV shows and movies. The Alexa digital assistant doesn't work in the UK. Search results prioritise Amazon
And often hide results from other providers even if you've install
Amazon Prime is effectively a must
Some codec limitations
Non
Universal search
UI favours Amazon apps
Unrefined game controller
Not that much 4K content is on the platform yet
Ultra HD movies are very expensive
If you haven't got an Amazon Prime or Prime Instant Video membership you won't get the most from it
Amazon platform could be more open
No 24p mode easily accessible
4K limited to 30 frames per second and no HDR support
The Fire TV is an excellent set-top box which is powerful and well designed. The voice search works well too, and Alexa is coming, which will make it far better. The interface is slick and easy to use, even if it can be confusing working out what you can...
With the second-generation Fire TV, Amazon has made a very good product even better, adding 4K support, a faster processor, and more robust search capabilities without increasing the price. My general verdict about the Fire TV remains the same as it did i...
4K and 802.11ac Wi-Fi for the same price as the old Fire TV, Prime-centric home screen brings you video without much effort, Fast navigation and accurate voice control
Third-party app integration pales in comparison to Prime, 4K content is limited to Amazon and Netflix, No Netflix content in search results
The latest Fire TV makes some welcome improvements, but owners of the original needn't upgrade...
Abstract: It's been about a year since Amazon released the first Fire TV Stick (give or take a couple of months), which was probably the best streaming stick at the time—arguably better than both Chromecast and Roku Streaming Stick. Naturally, the company didn't wa...
If you have a 4K TV and are an Amazon Prime subscriber, the 2015 edition of the Fire TV is worth the $100 you'll spend. If, however, you're looking for an OK video streaming device for as cheap as possible, you might want to hunt down last year's model.If...
Published: 2015-11-05, Author: Samuel , review by: booredatwork.com
Abstract: The new Amazon Fire TV 4K Gaming edition retails for $140, comes with a Game controller, 32GB microSd card two free games and the ability to watch streaming content in 4K. Enjoy console-style gaming with an up to 2 GHz quad-core processor, dedicated GPU...
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Published: 2015-11-03, Author: Jennifer , review by: hothardware.com
4K streaming capabilities, Voice search, Additional Alexa features, Games and other apps, Very responsive
Lacks full Dolby Digital support until an update is released, Non-Amazon content and apps can get buried in the menu, Music category only integrates with Prime music
Although it may look similar to the original, the new Fire TV for 2015 is a true second-generation device. Amazon has improved the hardware inside the Fire TV by offering a quad-core, 64-bit MediaTek SoC, a more powerful graphics engine, and better Wi-Fi...
Published: 2015-10-15, Author: Sam , review by: arstechnica.com
Loading times for non-live streaming content are the fastest yet on a streaming box—even surpassing the more expensive Xbox One, No, seriously. Even rewinding and fast-forwarding benefit from some very smart pre-fetching tech, Fire TV voice search now rec
Fire OS 5.0 interface still suffers from too much pecking through menus; it would be nice if you could pin favorite apps and content, Alexa functionality is impaired by incomplete rollout of its personal-assistant features, A lack of universal voice searc
Super speedy, 4K support (if you have a 4K display), Alexa
Favors Prime content, Busy interface, Loses audio output
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
Abstract: When it comes to streaming devices, you do have quite a wide choice to take advantage of now. Certainly more than you did last year and when the first generation Fire TV device was released. Since then, Android TV had arrived with its many guises and as a...
