Best budget streaming device?

[Ulven80]

For the price of it, the Firestick is really great value if you're just wanting to stream TV. I have one in the kitchen and it works great. Have to restart it every now and again, clear the cache maybe ever couple of weeks but otherwise it's been totally problem free. I have a shield too, they're great, but yeah, overkill for iptv and it's not a budget device either. My father has a chromecast 4K and that seems to be no problems either. Both are cheap.

Just out of curiosity, anyone using the new Google streamer and have thoughts on it?

 

[Alex456]

For the price of it, the FS is really great value if you're just wanting to stream TV. I have one in the kitchen and it works great. Have to restart it every now and again, clear the cache maybe ever couple of weeks but otherwise it's been totally problem free. I have a shield too, they're great, but yeah, overkill for iptv and it's not a budget device either. My father has a chromecast 4K and that seems to be no problems either. Both are cheap.

Just out of curiosity, anyone using the new Google streamer and have thoughts on it?

I had the Google streamer, I liked it, only sent it back as it didn't do Sky Sports via now tv in UHD, I now have the firecube, like you I have a firestick in the kitchen and one in the bedroom, they are great devices

Even better after turning off the autoplay ads and the other options in the preferences menu, firecube feels alot more nippy now

 

[Aristotle]

I had the Google streamer, I liked it, only sent it back as it didn't do Sky Sports via now tv in UHD, I now have the firecube, like you I have a firestick in the kitchen and one in the bedroom, they are great devices

Even better after turning off the autoplay ads and the other options in the preferences menu, firecube feels alot more nippy now

I am surprised a new device like the google streamer wouldn’t have UHD channels on Now tv.
Did see it mentioned on Reddit though.

 

[Alex456]

I am surprised a new device like the google streamer wouldn’t have UHD channels on Now tv.
Did see it mentioned on Reddit though.

No doubt it will be available eventually, I just didn't want to wait, I would still have it now if it did, it was a good device and the programmable button was very useful for switching between that and my Sky Q box on my AVR, although shame the grey version was only available in the USA

I've not read on if you can do it with the cube, but I followed a video on a custom launcher so it just showed the apps on boot up, really liked that feature, the advertising billboard which is what I liken the firecube/firestick home screen too is an eyesore.

 

[wheelo]

For the price of it, the FS is really great value if you're just wanting to stream TV

What's an FS? What's its price point?

 

[pabloescaban]

What's an FS? What's its price point?

It's a Firestick.

Amazon sell them

 

[mavs4life]

What's an FS? What's its price point?

Firestick is what I'm assuming they meant. There's the 4k Max, 4k and regular firesticks.

 

[wheelo]

F@ck sake ~ brain fart, but why not just type firestick? Is time really that valuable that an extra 7 letters would be detrimental.

 

[Ulven80]

F@ck sake ~ brain fart, but why not just type firestick? Is time really that valuable that an extra 7 letters would be detrimental.

haha sorry. just took it for granted that it was the accepted short hand ;)

 

[mavs4life]

haha sorry. just took it for granted that it was the accepted short hand ;)

I feel like it's pretty accepted shorthand.... but shorthand can come back to bite people in the a$$ too. ATV = Android TV, ATV = Apple TV. It can get confusing too lol. FS can also equal F@ck sake like @wheelo said haha

 

[wheelo]

haha sorry. just took it for granted that it was the accepted short hand ;)

I feel like it's pretty accepted shorthand.... but shorthand can come back to bite people in the a$$ too. ATV = Android TV, ATV = Apple TV. It can get confusing too lol. FS can also equal F@ck sake like @wheelo said haha

I guess my bugbear is ~ why use shorthand at all? There will be no misunderstanding in that cas
There is a rule on TK saying no shorthand, but I'm far too lazy to go find it now.
ATV is also an operating system for enigma 2 devices.

My mother invented her own shorthand at one stage ~ put LOL in a message commiserating with a friend over a death ~ she thought it was lots of love!!

 

[mavs4life]

I guess my bugbear is ~ why use shorthand at all? There will be no misunderstanding in that cas
There is a rule on TK saying no shorthand, but I'm far too lazy to go find it now.
ATV is also an operating system for enigma 2 devices.

My mother invented her own shorthand at one stage ~ put LOL in a message commiserating with a friend over a death ~ she thought it was lots of love!!

Well I definitely didn't know it was a rule.... that's good to know. And crap.... LOL.... my mom thought it meant lots of love too! Bad timing on someone passing though!!!

 

[wheelo]

Well I definitely didn't know it was a rule.... that's good to know. And crap.... LOL.... my mom thought it meant lots of love too! Bad timing on someone passing though!!!

It's not well enforced, as they have become more accepted, it's nowadays just something that gives me a pain in my backside. I think the English language is deteriorating at a rate of knots.

 

[mavs4life]

It's not well enforced, as they have become more accepted, it's nowadays just something that gives me a pain in my backside. I think the English language is deteriorating at a rate of knots.

Oh that I 100% agree with. People are becoming dumber by the minute. Truly the command of the english language and really all languages is something that is going away rapidly!