Fire TV advice, please.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Fire TV users, tell me about it, please.

[Silver]

Never heard of it.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Amazon's streaming service.

[Angrboda]

I've never tried Amazon's device, but I went with a Roku instead because they are more popular, comparable in price, and for the device I chose featured an ethernet port. Which Fire device are you considering?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I've never tried Amazon's device, but I went with a Roku instead because they are more popular, comparable in price, and for the device I chose featured an ethernet port.

I guess I need a reliable site for side-by-side comparisons?

[Angrboda]

You must have missed my edit. I asked which Fire TV device are you considering? Looking at a comparison between the Fire TV stick and the Roku stick, a site gives a slight advantage to the Amazon device, but it's close. Some things you might consider: Fire TV uses Alexa for its hands-free navigation, which is superior to the voice search supported by Roku; the Roku will search for content across multiple services, I don't know about the Fire TV; IMHO, the remote for the Roku is better than that for Fire TV, but YMMV.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Thanks. I appreciate help.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Roku sounds gooder.

[Tiberius]

I have three Fire TV devices, two of the original square devices, and my new Fire TV 4K stick.

I'll talk about the Fire TV 4K stick because it's probably the one you'll end up looking at. You just plug it into an HDMI port on the TV and power it on. If you have an Amazon Prime account, it will automatically provide you with Prime TV content. You can also download apps like Netflix, Hulu, etc. if you have those subscriptions. There are thousands of apps, and also subscription channels that you can add to your account which gives you access to more content.

If you go with the 4K stick over the regular Fire TV, you'll also get the new remote, which is Alexa enabled and allows you to search via voice better than the older model. It also has power and volume control buttons which the old remote doesn't have.

If you already have an Alexa device (like an Echo Dot) you can pair that with the TV stick and use the Echo Dot to control the TV just by using your voice, no remote needed.

What else did you want to know about it?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Any gotchas that need money to fix?