Amazon Fire TV Cube announced

[TheMightyTen]

Well the Fire TV Cube has finally been announced and is available for order in the States (no eta yet for the UK) and as I expected, in terms of hardware it is massively disappointing, it's basically a gen3 Fire TV with a microphone and speaker, there's not even a fast Ethernet port let alone a gigabit one.

This will mean it'll be as poor a one box media streamer as the Fire TV gen3. Vary disappointing and an opportunity missed.

Full Spec:

• Processor: 1.5GHz quad-core ARM 4xCA53
• GPU: Mali450 MP3
• RAM: 2GB
• Storage: 16GB
• Wi-Fi: Dual-band (802.11a/b/g/n/ac)
• Bluetooth: Yes
• Voice: Far-field and near-field voice support
• Ports: HDMI 2.0a, power, Micro UDB
• Speaker: Built-in
• Audio formats: Dolby Atmos, 7.1 surround sound, 2ch stereo, HDMI passthrough up to 5.1
• Up to 2160p (4K Ultra HD) 60fps, HDR10 support

http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-anno...ands-free-alexa-and-ir-home-theater-controls/

http://www.aftvnews.com/10-things-the-amazon-fire-tv-cube-cant-do/

 

[TheMightyTen]

The Roku streaming stick+ is quite a powerful piece of kit. 4K and Native framerate in apps, HDR10 in youtube & netflix (The Amazon app is still awaiting an update to the same version as the US one to have HDR re-enabled). The Plex app works well. It's biggest downsides are no Kodi and the Amzon App interface is very very dated.