AVIs, MP4s, MKVs, whatever I throw at it works just fine. No stuttering to speak of. Slight degradation in quality since you're transcoding, but certainly worth the convenience to me.
I will be curious to see what happens to this thing on xda
That exactly sums it up. Sad, considering these are probably my two favorite companies (most of my shopping is on Amazon and I own Nexus devices).
The funny thing about it, is the main one losing revenue has to be Amazon. I doubt many people bought a Kindle Fire because it had Amazon Instant Video. Most people buy it because they shop on Amazon and saw a tablet cheaper than the iPad with good reviews.
This is basically part of the reason I wanted to get in early. I'm crossing my fingers that's it's the most hackable box ever.
Hook up a USB HDD and run SABNZBd/Sickbeard? I hope!
That's actually exactly the point. Prime Instant Video has never been a product that they're selling. It's simply there as a bonus of being a subscriber to Amazon Prime. They're not going to lose Prime revenue because of Prime Instant Video being available on which tablet. In the meantime, it can be used to lure Prime subscribers to buy a Kindle Fire if they wanted a non-Apple device, so they decided to hold it back from other Android tablets. It actually makes perfect sense. Annoying to us, but it's makes sense for them.
No Amazon Prime on Android is an annoyance (arguable loss of revenue with no video rental capabilities...even if it requires a mobile browser to purchase before you could view in the app).
No Amazon Instant on the Chromecast is a true loss of revenue. That is what I am saying makes no sense. People rent/buy digital movies all the time. Amazon is deliberately choosing to ignore the high market of Google products.
That is why I said the main one losing out on money is Amazon and they are annoying their Android user base. I doubt Google has lost anything. As a matter-of-fact they have probably gained revenue/users to their Google Play Movies due to lack of Amazon.
No Amazon Prime on Android is an annoyance (arguable loss of revenue with no video rental capabilities...even if it requires a mobile browser to purchase before you could view in the app).
No Amazon Instant on the Chromecast is a true loss of revenue. That is what I am saying makes no sense. People rent/buy digital movies all the time. Amazon is deliberately choosing to ignore the high market of Google products.
That is why I said the main one losing out on money is Amazon and they are annoying their Android user base. I doubt Google has lost anything. As a matter-of-fact they have probably gained revenue/users to their Google Play Movies due to lack of Amazon.
What's up with needing a pin to transfer files onto your iOS device?
Weird. I had the option for next day for $4. I didn't do it because I knew I wouldn't be able to even mess with it until Saturday anyways.Yesterday some people were saying they'd get theirs today. Yet when I ordered mine, and I am a Prime subscriber, there was no option for Next Day Delivery and forced me to use 2 Day or Ground. So I have to wait another day.
PS. And what's the deal with an unboxing video and he doesn't even take the plastic off. He's trying to show the ports in a dark room with the plastic still on. Haha.
Yesterday some people were saying they'd get theirs today. Yet when I ordered mine, and I am a Prime subscriber, there was no option for Next Day Delivery and forced me to use 2 Day or Ground. So I have to wait another day.
as they never intended Prime Video to be a product they want people to specifically pay for.
May I ask how you know this please?
May I ask how you know this please?
iFixit tear down.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Amazon+Fire+TV+Teardown/23856
Turns on a single system board in a plastic box with a big heatsink ontop only gets a 6 out of 10 in repairability score. If something happens on that system board, probably no sense in replacing it, but I guess if you wanted, that didn't look too hard to do.
I know, right? This is a 6/10 repairability? Seems like a 1/10 to me.
"Oh, you chipped a corner off your FireTV? Here's a new case!"
"Oh, it won't power on? Buy a new one!"
Sideloading apps on FireTV totally possible. Here's the XBMC thread:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=191109&pid=1671791#pid1671791
I understand that some of your advantages don't apply to me in particular, but know you're just playing devil's advocate.
The biggest disadvantage I have with Chromecast is that it requires another device to interact with it. So, essentially, your 1 - 4 advantages are worthless to me.
Sideloading apps on FireTV totally possible. Here's the XBMC thread:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=191109&pid=1671791#pid1671791