Tag: Fire TV
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5 FREE Fire TV Apps Every Cord Cutters Should Have
There are a Ton of Apps coming out for the Fire TV right now but what should you as a cord cutter get? Well here is our short list of 5 apps you really should have. Pluto TV Watch free TV on your favorite Amazon device. Download now to enjoy news, sports, movies, music, TV…
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Al Jazeera America is Now Available on The Fire TV
From Amazon.com: Al Jazeera America brings its domestic and international video coverage to Amazon Top News: the most recent, important stories of the day Navigable by major and trending topics Fully searchable Includes news clips and full-length show episodes Stay up-to-date on the latest news with Al Jazeera America’s new video app. Watch compelling, insightful…
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Amazon Just Made a Serious Mistake with the New Fire TV
One of the main selling points of the new Fire TV is that it has 4K, but not many apps beyond the big names like Netflix have come out for the Fire TV with 4K support. Now AFTVnews has confirmed that third-party developers are not being given access to the h.265 codec that allows the…
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Choosing the Right Streaming Box For You
Welcome to part 1 of our holiday cord cutting buyers guide! Choosing the right streaming device is one of the most important parts of being a cord cutter. There is no one right device for everyone, so it is important to research and pick what is best for you. Here is our short roundup of…
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Back Friday Deal: Fire TV Stick Only $24.99
The Black Friday deals are already starting to pop up online and we have one more today. The Fire TV Stick will be $24.99 at Best Buy and you can probably assume it will also be $24.99 at Amazon.com on Black Friday. (This will be the older remote will out voice search.) The Fire TV…
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Over 44.6 Million US Households Own a Streaming-Media Box
The Parks Associates released their annual connected CE research results ranking the devices consumers watch online video with. Their research shows that Roku continues to increase its market share. “Streaming media players continue to stake out a growing portion of the connected home,” said Barbara Kraus, director of research, Parks Associates. “Roku devices are now the…
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Fire TV 2 vs Apple TV 4 – Hardware
In this head to head video we wanted to take a look at how the hardware of the Fire TV 2 compares to the Apple TV 4. Fire TV: The Hardware 2 GB Memory 8 GB Internal Storage Quad-core Processor 802.11ac Wi-Fi (3x the speed of the old Fire TV) Apple TV: The Device: HDMI…
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The Cord Cutting Show Episode 30 – Apple TV, Fire TV, Amazon Instant, & More!
Episode #30 of The Cord Cutting Show is now online! AFTVnews and Cord Cutters News have teamed up to bring you a weekly podcast about cord cutting. You can find us on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cordcutterss-podcast/id986117164 Or you can subscribe with our RSS feed here: http://cordcutters.libsyn.com/rss You can download the MP3 of the podcast here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/cordcutters/CCSEpisode30.mp3…
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Apple TV 4 vs Fire TV 2 – User Experience
Fire TV: The Hardware You will find it hard to tell the new Fire TV apart from the old box just by looking at them. If it was not for the missing Optical Audio Out and the new Micro SD card slot on the back of the new Fire TV they look the same. The…
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Fire TV 1 vs Fire TV 2 – Speed Test
**Correction: We said the fire TV 2 had more RAM in the video but it has the same as the Fire TV 1 8GB. The Fire TV 2 has a faster processes. Fire TV 2 Specs: Size 4.5″ x 4.5″ x 0.7″ (115 mm x 115 mm x 17.8 mm) Weight 9.5 oz. (270 g)…