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That’s just my opinion but I don’t like the Fire TV. For instance, it’s impossible to stream content from recent Amazon tablets to Fire TV’s unless you hack so
by srge 8y ago
That’s just my opinion but I don’t like the Fire TV.
For instance, it’s impossible to stream content from recent Amazon tablets to Fire TV’s unless you hack some sort of DYI solution.
Returned mine pretty quickly. By comparison my 5 years old Apple TV works like a charm.
- RIMR 8y agoAmazon knows they have an inferior product. Why do you think they removed all competing products from their website when they launched it?
- kuschku 8y agoWhen Google allows Amazon (or open source developers) to receive Chromecast streams, then that argument may hold some truth. For now, Google v Amazon a fight between two anticompetitive proprietary systems, neither of which should be supported by any consumer.
- scarface74 8y agoGoogle allows Roku to receive Chromecast streams and they support AirPlay for iOS devices.
- kuschku 8y agoYou are saying you can stream with any Chromecast-supporting app to a Roku? I’m not talking about the open cast standard, which Amazon spearheaded (and Roku and many apps support), I’m talking about the actual Chromecast protocol, which according to Google, you are not allowed to reverse or implement receivers for.
- lsaferite 8y agoI can stream from official google apps to my Roku devices. From what I understand it's using DIAL which was developed by Netflix and YouTube. Chromecast devices have changed to using mDNS now, but the clients still seem to support both.
- scarface74 8y agoAfter reading, it's more complicated... https://www.howtogeek.com/214943/how-to-use-your-roku-like-a-chromecast/ https://www.howtogeek.com/214943/how-to-use-your-roku-like-a... - DIAL - Chromecast use to support DIAL and it's still supported by the YouTube app and Netflix. Chrome also supports DIAL from computers. -Miracast - both Android and Windows support it for screen mirroring. So all of this time I thought it was the "Chromecast" protocol it's actually two other protocols that do the same thing(?)
- kuschku 8y agoAnd that's where the complexity comes in. Because it's 3 protocols, one of which is backwards to the other, and Google disallows other manufacturers from using one of these 3 protocols. Once upon a time, you could use the Netflix app on a Kindle to stream to a FireTV or a Chromecast, or the Netflix app from Android to stream to Chromecast or FireTV. Google has been fucking with the protocols to prevent that for a while, and it caused lots of trouble for open source devs (and Amazon).
- scarface74 8y agoSo if you are in the Apple ecosystem. You get an AppleTV and you get the best support for all of the popular services. Either using the native apps or Airplay. If you are in the Android ecosystem, you get a device like the Nvidia Shield that does support Chromecast and Amazon Prime and native apps. On top of that, you get a stand-alone Plex Server that supports transcoding. If you don’t care about Chromecast support and you own an Android device and you want something cheap, get something on the Roku platform and you get most of the same benefits of a Chromecast and every streaming platform supports the Roku. So why fool with either the Amazon Fire Stick or Chromecast? When the 9 year old computer that I’m using as a Plex server gives out on me, I’m thinking about just getting a Shield to replace it.
- kuschku 8y ago> So why fool with either the Amazon Fire Stick or Chromecast? Because I want to receive streams with my own software, and I want to stream from all kinds of devices. Having many competing standards sucks.