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    Roku, Chromecast, FireStick or something else

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Nic
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      @Nic said:

      Get a mac mini. All the dedicated devices have drawbacks that will end up annoying you, like limitations in playback formats, lack of an app you need, or just being too slow and clunky.

      We actually switched from a Mac Mini to the AppleTV originally. That's what we used 2003 - 2006 before the AppleTV came out.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @Nic
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        @Nic said:

        Get a mac mini. All the dedicated devices have drawbacks that will end up annoying you, like limitations in playback formats, lack of an app you need, or just being too slow and clunky.

        LOL, the only Apple products that have ever been in my house were dead ipods that I managed to resurrect and then gave to my wife.

        I'd rather install a NUC windows machine.

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        • NicN
          Nic
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          Yeah, PC media device works too. You just have to get a separate device for an IR remote, unless it has one built in.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @Nic
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            @Nic said:

            Yeah, PC media device works too. You just have to get a separate device for an IR remote, unless it has one built in.

            What? wait.. huh? .. ug.. oh yeah.. sigh!...

            Now to find software that will work for that too. lol

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            • NicN
              Nic
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              I didn't have too much trouble - just install the windows drivers and then program the Harmony One for the PC commands.

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              • IRJI
                IRJ
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                I have a Chromecast, Roku, and FireStick. The FireStick is by far my favorite. Sure it can't do everything a Apple TV can do or a Mac Mini, but its like comparing Apples and Oranges since they arent near the same price range.

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                • IRJI
                  IRJ
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                  My FireStick is rooted. I have a SNES, PS1, and N64 emulators on them. I use a Nyko game pad and it works great.

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                  • s.hacklemanS
                    s.hackleman @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said:

                    @s.hackleman said:

                    I got too far out on the edge. I got the new Android TV Nexus Player. I love the interface and the device. However HBO Now and Amazon Prime isn't available on it yet, and Amazon may never be. Also, just had to RMA mine due to Audio sync issues. Once the bugs are worked out, it is great.

                    Isn't there an Amazon Prime player for Android? or is that only for Amazon Fire stuff?

                    You can pull up Amazon Prime on a Android phone and cast it to the Android TV, but there isn't a specific Android TV App that you can install from the Play Store with out side loading and using a mouse.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      How do you pull up Amazon prime on an Android phone? is there an app? or are you talking about in a browser on the phone?

                      or is this a lack of the Amazon or Google Play store being on the device?

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                      • AmbarishrhA
                        Ambarishrh
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                        Had a Roku3, used it for almost a year and dead. No power, couldn't do much.

                        Then got a chromecast, pretty happy with it. Works well with chrome on all machines, ipad youtube etc.

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                        • MattSpellerM
                          MattSpeller
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                          CC's work a treat until you take them behind a real business router. They phone home to the google mothership like you would not believe.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @MattSpeller
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                            @MattSpeller said:

                            CC's work a treat until you take them behind a real business router. They phone home to the google mothership like you would not believe.

                            LOL I'll disagree with you there, Sure I do believe.

                            And what kind of real business router are you talking about? An Edge Router Lite wouldn't prevent them from phoning home unless you block outbound traffic.

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender heheheh

                              We have them running on super restricted public wifi and it's a nightmare. I'm not the one who had to fix it but our network guru was ranting, raving and might have frothed at the mouth a bit.

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                              • s.hacklemanS
                                s.hackleman @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said:

                                How do you pull up Amazon prime on an Android phone? is there an app? or are you talking about in a browser on the phone?

                                or is this a lack of the Amazon or Google Play store being on the device?

                                http://chromecasthelp.net/chromecast-amazon-prime-instant-video-android/ Like this.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  Just stumbled on another article that I wrote in 2011 talking about the Apple iOS Roadmap and one of the things that I mentioned was AppleTV being a video game console.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @s.hackleman
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                                    @s.hackleman said:

                                    I got too far out on the edge. I got the new Android TV Nexus Player. I love the interface and the device. However HBO Now and Amazon Prime isn't available on it yet, and Amazon may never be. Also, just had to RMA mine due to Audio sync issues. Once the bugs are worked out, it is great.

                                    Considering your own quote listed above, do I assume correctly that the device won't allow you to side load your own apps onto it?

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                                    • s.hacklemanS
                                      s.hackleman @Dashrender
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                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @s.hackleman said:

                                      I got too far out on the edge. I got the new Android TV Nexus Player. I love the interface and the device. However HBO Now and Amazon Prime isn't available on it yet, and Amazon may never be. Also, just had to RMA mine due to Audio sync issues. Once the bugs are worked out, it is great.

                                      Considering your own quote listed above, do I assume correctly that the device won't allow you to side load your own apps onto it?

                                      I haven't tried, but I have read online that you can do it. Haven't been that brave yet.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @s.hackleman
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                                        @s.hackleman said:

                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        @s.hackleman said:

                                        I got too far out on the edge. I got the new Android TV Nexus Player. I love the interface and the device. However HBO Now and Amazon Prime isn't available on it yet, and Amazon may never be. Also, just had to RMA mine due to Audio sync issues. Once the bugs are worked out, it is great.

                                        Considering your own quote listed above, do I assume correctly that the device won't allow you to side load your own apps onto it?

                                        I haven't tried, but I have read online that you can do it. Haven't been that brave yet.

                                        Aww, OK I was just trying to figure out how you couldn't get Amazon stuff on an Android considering their Fire based products are all Android, and they've released the Android install files on their website.

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                                        • s.hacklemanS
                                          s.hackleman @Dashrender
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                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @s.hackleman said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @s.hackleman said:

                                          I got too far out on the edge. I got the new Android TV Nexus Player. I love the interface and the device. However HBO Now and Amazon Prime isn't available on it yet, and Amazon may never be. Also, just had to RMA mine due to Audio sync issues. Once the bugs are worked out, it is great.

                                          Considering your own quote listed above, do I assume correctly that the device won't allow you to side load your own apps onto it?

                                          I haven't tried, but I have read online that you can do it. Haven't been that brave yet.

                                          Aww, OK I was just trying to figure out how you couldn't get Amazon stuff on an Android considering their Fire based products are all Android, and they've released the Android install files on their website.

                                          The Issue is the Nexus Defaults everything to Google Play, and Fire directs all searches to Prime.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender
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                                            awww - you're stuck in the interface of the Nexus Player. Assuming you can use other Android apps once you get the Amazon app installed (there's an HBO app too, though I'm guess you're blocked from getting it?) you just launch that app and pick your movies.

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