Amazon Fire TV

TheMightyTen · 21 Dec 2016 at 11:42

Yep after a week of the new ui I can definitely confirm it's more pants than a Victorias Secret's manufacturing plant :mad:

kefkef · 21 Dec 2016 at 14:38

SexyGreyFox said:
No so you either

1) Delete the account and carry on
2) Take it back
3) Spend spend spend

I'll take option 3 then! :eek:

Haha, i'll probably wipe it and put the wifes account on it instead.

Danthus · 22 Dec 2016 at 22:50

Just picked up two of these, should I be installing Kodi?

TheMightyTen · 23 Dec 2016 at 08:44

OldCoals said:
Just picked up two of these, should I be installing Kodi?

I'd recommend SPMC over Kodi, it's geared more towards Android and the Fire TV itself than Kodi is, it's a Kodi fork developed by the former Kodi Android developer Koying.

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 10:42

I just bought a Roku 3 with some vouchers from tesco cost me £30

I CBA with Kodiand configuring stuff anymore I just want a thing that works.

Lack of DTS was niggling me on the Fire TV

So now I have one box for Plex,Now TV, netflix and Prime and google Video along with Iplayer etc...

I collect it this afternoon and will report back with my comparison...

NeilF · 23 Dec 2016 at 10:53

easyrider said:
I just bought a Roku 3 with some vouchers from tesco cost me £30

I CBA with Kodiand configuring stuff anymore I just want a thing that works.

Lack of DTS was niggling me on the Fire TV

So now I have one box for Plex,Now TV, netflix and Prime and google Video along with Iplayer etc...

I collect it this afternoon and will report back with my comparison...

Shame the Roku 4 hasn't made it to the UK still after a year!

Please do let us know what you think of the Roku 3 vs the Amazon Fire... Guess lack of 4K is one issue straight away though?

TheMightyTen · 23 Dec 2016 at 11:00

NeilFawcett said:
Shame the Roku 4 hasn't made it to the UK still after a year!

Good job, it's an overheating piece of junk that they now try to pretend never existed

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 11:01

NeilFawcett said:
Shame the Roku 4 hasn't made it to the UK still after a year!

Please do let us know what you think of the Roku 3 vs the Amazon Fire... Guess lack of 4K is one issue straight away though?

I don't have a 4K TV (Pannasonic GT50 Plasma) and after the KS7000 debacle installing it at my parents I won't be going 4K anytime soon.

I have no urge to upgrade my Plasma yet...The IQ on it is still up there for deep blacks and colour.

There just isn't the content yet fo 4K and I don't buy blurays

wellibob · 23 Dec 2016 at 13:58

I use my Roku exactly how Easy appears too. I do a Fire TV 4k as well because I can.

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 17:47

Just setting the Roku up now.

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 19:02

Chnged the audio setting on the Roku to DD/DTS over HDMI

Initial testing is not looking good.

For example :

I stream Jessica Jones on the Fire TV my amp changes to Dolby Digital

I stream Jessica Jones on the Roku my amp the amp switches to Stereo

I stream The Grand Tour on the Fire TV and fast forward to the middle of the show with no loss of quality Audio dolby Digital

I stream The Grand Tour on the Roku 3 and fast forward to the middle of the show with huge loss of quality. And it takes ages to change to full quality again.

I have 76mb internet) Audio Stereo

Plex on the Roku streaming local MKV is working well with DTS

So now

I have a roku that wont stream Netflix or Amazon in DD but can do DTS for plex

And I have an amazon Fire that will stream Netflix or Amazon in DD but cannot do DTS for plex

So far I'm not impressed with the Roku 3...The IQ in Now TV is better on the Apple TV

NeilF · 23 Dec 2016 at 19:34

easyrider said:
Chnged the audio setting on the Roku to DD/DTS over HDMI

Initial testing is not looking good.

For example :

I stream Jessica Jones on the Fire TV my amp changes to Dolby Digital

I stream Jessica Jones on the Roku my amp the amp switches to Stereo

I stream The Grand Tour on the Fire TV and fast forward to the middle of the show with no loss of quality Audio dolby Digital

I stream The Grand Tour on the Roku 3 and fast forward to the middle of the show with huge loss of quality. And it takes ages to change to full quality again. I have 76mb internet) Audio Stereo

Plex on the Roku streaming local MKV is working well with DTS

So now

I have a roku that wont stream Netflix or Amazon in DD but can do DTS for plex

And I have an amazon Fire that will stream Netflix or Amazon in DD but cannot do DTS for plex

So far I'm not impressed with the Roku 3...The IQ in Now TV is better on the Apple TV

If you're suggesting Amazon Prime is pumping out stereo sound on the Roku this rings a bell, and was one reason I went with the Fire TV box...

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 19:51

NeilFawcett said:
If you're suggesting Amazon Prime is pumping out stereo sound on the Roku this rings a bell, and was one reason I went with the Fire TV box...

I can't even get Dolby Digital from Netflix on the Roku

The only surround I'm getting is DTS audio in Plex on the Roku.

So basically this 69 quid box enables me to watch Plex with DTS...!

Its a ******* joke!

ON the fire TV i get DD in netflix and prime but no DTS in plex.

ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH1!

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 20:12

EDIT:

I now Have Dolby Digital + from Netflix and Prime from the Roku

NeilF · 23 Dec 2016 at 20:16

easyrider said:
EDIT:

I now Have Dolby Digital + from Netflix and Prime from the Roku

Dolby Digital from Prime too? So you're not compromising from the Amazon Fire then other than 4K?

And what about Plex? Surely that's OK?

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 20:49

NeilFawcett said:
Dolby Digital from Prime too? So you're not compromising from the Amazon Fire then other than 4K?

And what about Plex? Surely that's OK?

Yeah I'm getting Dolby Digital from Prime, Netflix and DTS from Plex

So not compromising anything...If you don't have a 4K TV then its an all in one solution.

As for the quality...I was downloading a file from Steam and forgot all about it...So might have been eating up my bandwidth.

NeilF · 23 Dec 2016 at 21:11

easyrider said:
Yeah I'm getting Dolby Digital from Prime, Netflix and DTS from Plex

So not compromising anything...If you don't have a 4K TV then its an all in one solution.

As for the quality...I was downloading a file from Steam and forgot all about it...So might have been eating up my bandwidth.

I've got a Roku 3 in the garage... Nice little unit! If it offers all the sound options of the Fire (even for Prime) that's great!

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 21:28

NeilFawcett said:
I've got a Roku 3 in the garage... Nice little unit! If it offers all the sound options of the Fire (even for Prime) that's great!

I'll run it through its paces over the holiday and see where I am with it.

NeilF · 23 Dec 2016 at 21:49

Another reason to go to the Roku!

Just gone to watch somne TV episodes on Plex on the FireTV, and they no longer play. Get a "Playback has stopped because the conenction to the plex mdia server has been lossed" error.

These episodes were playing just fine a couple of weeks ago and if I run MrMC instead of Plex (on the FireTV), they play fine!

Suspect the recent FireTV update has screwed something!

easyrider · 23 Dec 2016 at 23:02

Why is your rocky in the garage?