I see him once every now and then with the Fire TV box.
On April 15, the time had come. The stick was there. As big as a thumb with a HDMI port and a connection for a micro-USB port to which you connect it to a power supply. The Fire TV box has for another LAN input and a USB port which can be used as a mass data storage expansion recently. It is similar to the Box FireTV kept as simple. The same concerns the remote control, which is just as well in the hand and immediately appears logical. The installation is kept as something of simple. You put him in the TV, select the language, confirm who the user is, is the wireless key, done. That it had been. And that it had been already. The stick works just fine for what felt like 60 seconds.
Who wants to know detailed information should stick to my very detailed review of my Fire TV box, as they are equal to almost 1 1.
In terms of hardware can be found then inevitably only WLAN what supjektiv but weaker appears as the WLAN of FireTV. The start of a streaming takes a little longer than, as in the expensive pendants from the same pendants. The thing but the most striking is - The stick is really sluggish. You can tell the processor compared to the Fire TV mini chip. It always takes a second to a reaction by the stick kommt.Und that is for me, the biggest criticism of the stick. But he is then also 60 euros cheaper. Somewhere you have to make taps. I know. I know. Is also pleasant that even 5.57 GB of memory for other apps are free, which can be packed by good own pleasure.
Ok, can be found on the first page exactly the same structure. Links is a menu bar in which one between Search, the Prime programs, music, apps and so on can bounce back and forth. To the right are the lists for the respective films, series, music and so on, which you can then select to select afterwards. Here too the principle applies - in the first instance, there is a little chaos, but after a short time means the system blindly. It moves with the four-way compass blindly through the menus and one wants to even pushes back either the arrow back button or even the Homebotton. On the remote control I miss (or not) the voice search button. It's a funny gimmick that works great. But in reality, I'm looking for anyway only on the classic search with the keyboard which indeed the Firestick can. My Fire TV I do not need the function, in this case also. Inclined I can only find the option for 30 euros this feature on another remote control to be able to buy it.
After the first time you get an eye-opener. All apps that you have already installed on your FireTV are in the cloud already downloaded. Once clicked, and after a short time they are then also on the stick are available. Similarly, concerns then with the purchased music from Amazon and the Amazon hochgeladeten images. They are now available for listening or watching. So here also a high on the cloud. After you have installed the Youtube app can also play back videos here that are streamed from a Tablet, which are equipped with the Chrome Cast extension. Whether a sideload (ie installing apps that are not suitable for Fire TV stick) is possible I need to explore.
The Fire TV Stick to Amazon probably has assembled something nice. If I take a Chromecast for comparison I miss a common interface for all installed apps. This has the Fire TV Stick. This seems the WLAN somewhat weaker and the drive does not have the computing power is limited and not really relevant. I had not had the Fire TV box as a reference - I had not noticed it then eh. But for the box costs indeed 60 Euro more which is also a powerful argument in favor of Fire TV Stick .The interface is clear at second glance and you as an Amazon Prime customer nor the luxury of a thousand free Movies- And then there is again the power cinema App ,
My Conclusion:
If one wants to pick up a network player and you stand between the choice Chromecast or Fire TV stick is now clear choice. The Fire TV Stick is the better unit of two. It marries the benefits of Chromecast with better surface and a much wider range of apps.
Free Lookup on 18 April 2015:
Today we arrived at the pleasure of streaming performance via the AirReceicer App. With this app you flutters the Fire TV Stick before that he was an Apple TV. This app runs with me on the Fire TV Bos without delay with no problems. But I start the screen screening on the Amazon Fire TV stick one notices a partial significant delay in entering the signals. Partially typing lagging behind 3 to 5 seconds until the information from the Apple (Say iPad) have been synchronized to the stick.
