Right, the hardware value parted out isn't' really relevant.. Thin clients aren't the same as e.g. commodity laptops, it's mostly about the services they connec

Right, the hardware value parted out isn't' really relevant.. Thin clients aren't the same as e.g. commodity laptops, it's mostly about the services they connect to and how easily. Nobody actually cares about the spec of a thin client if it is behaving well (no idea if the fire TV boxes are up for it or not, if they are, their BOM cost doesn't matter).