2014-05-05, 21:25
(2014-05-05, 21:21)LRa Wrote:(2014-05-05, 20:50)jocala Wrote:(2014-05-05, 20:23)MrCrispy Wrote: Amazon is making this device as an entry point into their ecosystem to consume Prime content. Anything else they will see as competition, so it is very much against their business interests to enable local storage, external hdd etc.
Remember, they likely lose money on each box sold, its subsidized so you buy their content.
More storage = more games you can buy
Anyway, we'll see, I hope you're wrong. The lack of storage on this device is a real weak point. Meanwhile, for those looking to connect USB storage, consider connecting it to your router as a network drive.
If my router supports usb storage, I can stream from it without the use of a pc? (I wanna buy this for my granda's house. There's a router but no pc whatsoever)
Yes. You can add any shared network shares as media sources in XBMC, including Network Attached Storage (NAS) which is what you're talking about. Just go into your router's configuration page to set up file sharing, and XBMC on the Fire TV will be able to see it when you add a source.
