2015-09-18, 17:19
That seems to be the big thing for Fire TVs or Apple TVs, etc. In theory, they are all fine machines, but it might just depend on what services or what devices you need in your house, and there's really not a "better".
(2015-09-17, 18:45)Ned Scott Wrote: Google Nexus Player is running at about $70 USD and was as low as $50 USD at one point recently, and that has 1080 Netflix with a nice remote-friendly interface.
(2015-09-18, 17:34)GoodCode Wrote:(2015-09-17, 18:45)Ned Scott Wrote: Google Nexus Player is running at about $70 USD and was as low as $50 USD at one point recently, and that has 1080 Netflix with a nice remote-friendly interface.
And no wired connection. I was really excited about the Nexus player, and yes I realize 802.11ac should be "fast enough", but with 4 smartphones and 5 tablets running in my house, I don't want a wireless device where it makes absolutely no sense.
(2015-09-18, 19:05)Dhorlo Wrote:(2015-09-18, 17:34)GoodCode Wrote:(2015-09-17, 18:45)Ned Scott Wrote: Google Nexus Player is running at about $70 USD and was as low as $50 USD at one point recently, and that has 1080 Netflix with a nice remote-friendly interface.
And no wired connection. I was really excited about the Nexus player, and yes I realize 802.11ac should be "fast enough", but with 4 smartphones and 5 tablets running in my house, I don't want a wireless device where it makes absolutely no sense.
I'm with you. I tried to make my FTVs work wirelessly but never got the throughput I needed to stream 1080p from my NAS. I didn't have ethernet throughout my house, but I had coax to all the TVs. So switched to using DTV DECAs to hard-wire my FTVs and HTPC. Plus I think there's a lot of wifi overlap in my dense suburban neighborhood, (I see 10-12 SSIDs on my phone), which may be part of my throughput problem. Now, only truly "mobile" devices, (phones, tablets) are on my wireless.
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(2015-09-18, 19:44)Topken Wrote: If you have an android phone pickup wifi analyzer and check what channels are being used by those 10-12 networks and see if you can get your router on a less crowded channel. It should help your netrwork problems and this goes for anyone else around here.
(2015-09-17, 23:36)Lunatixz Wrote: big deal is you are buying last years hardware repackaged as this year's tech, hdmi 1.4 is so old why would anyone buy it now!
btw roku 4 supports 4k@60Hz ... they got the idea... no point in doing 4k if you are only going to only support 30Hz or 4:2:0
(2015-09-19, 08:52)couto27 Wrote: Hdmi 1.4 its not old, i recently bought some TV LG OLED (1080p) that wipes the floor of any 4K LED with or without streaming 4K
(2015-09-20, 14:55)subatomics Wrote: Would the faster processor and GPU possibly confer any advantage for playing Hi10p content? I'm finding I get slightly stuttery playback for some higher-res 10-bit videos with the current Fire TV.
(2015-09-20, 16:19)Lunatixz Wrote:(2015-09-19, 08:52)couto27 Wrote: Hdmi 1.4 its not old, i recently bought some TV LG OLED (1080p) that wipes the floor of any 4K LED with or without streaming 4K
Not sure what you consider old for tech hardware... but it's a fact that 1.4 is old.
Any device engineered after 2015 that still includes 1.4 should be considered last year tech...
All your points about streaming, are true... 4k blu ray is already in production, only a matter of time before it's mainstream.