OT - Fire TV Cube and Fire TV Recast

[fishwater99]

Anyone bought either of these yet?

Amazon is shooting for you cord cutters.


https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Recast-Over-air-hours/dp/B01J6A6H74

https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Free-Alexa-Ultra-Streaming-Player/dp/B01NBTFNVA

 

[Dawgzilla]

Don't have one, and I'm interested in getting one. My only concern is that you have to view the OTA content via a FireTV player instead of a direct HDMI output. I have a FireTV player, so that's not a problem, but the best video in my system still comes from my OTA tuners (either my TV's internal tuner, or my Tivo connected by HDMI). I'm afraid sending the signal to the FireTV player via my home network will degrade the video quality slightly.

OTOH, if one already has a 4K TV so that all of the signals are being upscaled, then there is probably no discernible difference between the video sources.

 

[dawgman42]

Get the new 4K Fire TV stick. It also has a faster processor in it that any of the other Fire devices (pendant, Cube, or past sticks).

 

[Seinfeld]

I’m interested in that one as well, but more so for the allegedly improved WiFi antenna than anything else. I love my fire stick, but it has the worst wifi reception of any device I have. Hopefully, this new one will resolve that issue

 

[dawgman42]

I just hate the lag on mine, especially the 1st generation one. Drives me as nuts as a JoMo offense.

 

[fishwater99]

I just hate the lag on mine, especially the 1st generation one. Drives me as nuts as a JoMo offense.

It's always a lag on any streaming device from my experience.

 

[Seinfeld]

Yeah, I noticed the same thing, and while it’s hard to complain when I got it for $20, it is still frustrating. I just don’t have that issue with Roku or AppleTV

I really hope the upgraded hardware will fix it

 

[jb1020]

The Recast looks like a real game changer

But for cord cutters that still leaves you without Espn.

I've been a Hulu live guy for over a year now and have enjoyed it. I just moved and spent a few hours a couple of weeks ago setting up my attic antenna. Had to get CBS ready for SEC football right? After 3 hours spent in my 110 degree attic I came down and found local CBS had been added to Hulu that damn morning.

With the way Hulu is right now I don't think Recast will help me at all.

$40 a month for Hulu has it all now. I doubt it will be $40 much longer though.

 

[Seinfeld]

I am 100% off the streaming bandwagon once again, and I just signed back up for Direct today.

Maybe it’s just where I live, my internet, or something else, but ever since football season started, I have had nothing but problems on the weekends. Mon-Fri, everything works perfectly, but starting around noon on Sat morning, it’s constants freezing, lag, and sometimes complete stoppage.

I’ll gladly spend the extra $25/mo to go back to being able to watch what I want to watch