Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Review: Better than the Fire TV 3 and the Cube! |
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Buy it on Amazon - http://lon.tv/wvl37 (affiliate link) - Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4k is actually more powerful than their flagship Fire TV Cube and appears to have replaced the ill fated Fire TV 3. But it's still not as powerful as their now legendary second generation device. See more TV boxes: http://lon.tv/settopbox and subscribe! http://lon.tv/s
See more on the HDHomerun and Plex: http://lon.tv/dvr2017 VIDEO INDEX: 0:00 - Intro 00:44 - Hardware overview and price 00:55 - Connectivity considerations 01:26 - 4k Stick vs. 1080p Fire TV Stick 01:44 - New remote control 02:09 - System specs : processor, RAM, HDR modes 02:59 - General performance at 4k 03:43 - Set up process and TV detection 04:04 - HDR modes do not auto switch by default 05:34 - Dolby Vision and Atmos Works! 06:03 - Alexa voice command 06:27 - YouTube support still lacking 07:36 - HDHomerun and Plex Live TV properly deinterlaces 08:37 - No HDHomerun DRM support 09:05 - Not great for home theater 09:46 - Gaming 10:20 - 3DMark Icestorm 11:16 - Conclusion and final thoughts Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email See my second channel for supplementary content : http://lon.tv/extras Join the Facebook group to connect with me and other viewers! http://lon.tv/facebookgroup Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Read more about my transparency and disclaimers: http://lon.tv/disclosures Want to chat with other fans of the channel? Visit our forums! http://lon.tv/forums Want to help the channel? Start a Member subscription or give a one time tip! http://lon.tv/support or contribute via Venmo! lon@lon.tv Follow me on Facebook! http://facebook.com/lonreviewstech Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/lonseidman Catch my longer interviews in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. |