Amazon Prime Day

[falafel]

Is today!

To be honest, I usually don't find much I like on Amazon Prime Day. But I did notice that the latest Amazon Fire TV box is going for $69.99 (normally $99.99). I've been meaning to pick one up and upgrade my Amazon Fire Stick. Plus I can throw Kodi on it, which is nice.

[old_gregg]

i find the volume of stuff overwhelming and the discounts on stuff i would consider buying underwhelming

[falafel]

i find the volume of stuff overwhelming and the discounts on stuff i would consider buying underwhelming

You don't want to save $3 on Velcro cable management straps?

[Moliere]

i find the volume of stuff overwhelming and the discounts on stuff i would consider buying underwhelming

Same. It's a clearance sale of crappy stuff that I don't need...although I still check to see if anything does pop up. I'd get Fire tablets for the kids but MJ would kill me if I did.


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[LiveCoug]

We love our amazon echo. 50 bucks off today.

[falafel]

We love our amazon echo. 50 bucks off today.

What do you do with it? Have it read you the news?

[LiveCoug]

What do you do with it? Have it read you the news?

Mostly play music. Ask it to play a song/album/playlist, and the Echo starts playing right away. Super fast and convenient.

It will play games with the kids too (20 guess, tells jokes, etc.).

It's really a cool gadget.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Mostly play music. Ask it to play a song/album/playlist, and the Echo starts playing right away. Super fast and convenient.

It will play games with the kids too (20 guess, tells jokes, etc.).

It's really a cool gadget.

We got one a couple months ago as a gift, sounds like we should set it up.

[Uncle Ted]

Is today!

To be honest, I usually don't find much I like on Amazon Prime Day. But I did notice that the latest Amazon Fire TV box is going for $69.99 (normally $99.99). I've been meaning to pick one up and upgrade my Amazon Fire Stick. Plus I can throw Kodi on it, which is nice.

I picked up another Amazon FireTV box for a second TV. Apparently they are back ordered on these given it is not going to ship until August 10th.

There are some things I like about the FireTV box:

- Runs the SlingBox player app "natively". The AppleTV or Roku requires an iPad or Android device.

- Kodi runs without "jailbreaking" or "rooting".

- Alexia works pretty well. I still like Siri better. I am not sure why folks buy an Echo if you have "Hey Siri" around. With the new version of iOS Apple has opened up Siri to 3rd party developers so things should get really interesting.

- Runs the Playstation Vue app. I understand the Playstation Vue app is available for the Roku now. I have been tempted to cut the cable and go to something like Vue but haven't done it yet.

- Streams 4K content. The Roku 4/4K box streams it as well but the FireTV is less money (especially today).

[falafel]

I picked up another Amazon FireTV box for a second TV. Apparently they are back ordered on these given it is not going to ship until August 10th.

Mine is going to ship July 26!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I don't understand Fire TV or Chromecast or Apple TV, why not just have a smart TV?

[Commando]

Sometimes smart TVs aren't as smart as you'd like them to be. for example, very few support HBOGo or Starz' streaming service.

[old_gregg]

Sometimes smart TVs aren't as smart as you'd like them to be. for example, very few support HBOGo or Starz' streaming service.

bro non poor people just get hbo through their cable subscription

[Commando]

bro non poor people just get hbo through their cable subscription

lol. Not that I'm ashamed of being poor, (in fact I'm probably a little too proud of it) but I do have it on cable. I just don't watch it.

[Donuthole]

I don't understand Fire TV or Chromecast or Apple TV, why not just have a smart TV?

Interface. The one on my smartTV is just awful. Painful to use.