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Does anyone use Amazon Fire stick in lieu of cutting cable? Thoughts/reviews? -- (edited)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jul 12 '16, 17:03

We've finally hit the point where we want to cut the cord.

we're just trying to figure out what the replacement will be.

Responses:

I buried it in the IM, but what do you want to be able to watch? Are you close enough to pull content OTA? How geeky do you want to get? -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 17:51
I'm going back to Hulu Plus here in a short while. I don't like their new Watchlist vs Queue, but it's fine, it'll work like before. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 17:43
Going a step further, my suggestion is to sign up for three months of Sling. - David Jul 12, 17:10 5
- Can you record using Sling? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:20 3
  - The answer is probably no. There are exceptions, but I wouldn't bank on it. - David Jul 12, 17:23
  - No. They have a small on demand but most cable companies block it. I's for live TV only basically. -- nm* - spamlet Jul 12, 17:22 1
    - It gets a bit worse than that. Lose your place and you have to stream the entire episode again. Limited fast forwarding on the on demand. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 17:36
- Are they still doing that? For once, I'm going to tell you to listen to David. -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 17:13
Get Roku instead. It's largely content agnostic. - iSpam Jul 12, 17:08
Gary Busey -- nm - gerald Jul 12, 17:07
I tried and sent it back for lack of Ultraviolet support. The new Roku Stick for 40 bucks is amazing and better imo -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 17:04 10
- Roku supports the most platforms and plays nice with everybody the others don't -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 17:05 9
  - and Roku even supports Amazon Prime TV -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 17:06 8
    - I've read a couple of reviews... consistently stating that Roku freezes and Amazon Fire is a much smoother interface? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:15 7
      - I have a stick and I have to reboot it every once in a while, especially on Vudu. You just pull it out and stick it back in. - spamlet Jul 12, 17:18 4
        
        That is the purple stick right? The new black one does not seem to do that -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 17:28 2
        
        Yes. Glad they improved it because it's a pain in the ass. -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 17:50 1
        
        Being behind the television I can imagine! Our TV has shelves on both sides and would be a big pain in the ass -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 18:03
        
        Huhuhuhuhuh..."You said pull it out and stick it back in" -- nm - Beavis Jul 12, 17:22
      - The new Roku Stick has a 4 core processor, we have 2 and zero lag zero freezing to date -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 17:16 1
        
        they might be reviewing the one the older one -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 17:18

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