DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I have been wanting a Streaming device. Having Amazon Prime, the Amazon Fire seems like a pretty good choice. Anyone have it yet? Only thing I don't like is there isn't really the ability to stream from a PC to the player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 A TV.... on fire? Sign me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 A TV.... on fire? Sign me up! Speaking of something on fire: (the grammar nazis might not want to listen to this song though :D ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyhvCdJ_vM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Jeff and I both got it and it works great. The Fire is so small, its amazing. Simple to use and hook up. A real winner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 How does it work with external media (passports, thumb drives, NAS, etc)? Does it support a wide array of formats (.wmv, quicktime, .avi, .mkv, .m4v, etc)? I've used a Western Digital WD Live for several years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_bricks Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 How does it work with external media (passports, thumb drives, NAS, etc)? Does it support a wide array of formats (.wmv, quicktime, .avi, .mkv, .m4v, etc)? I've used a Western Digital WD Live for several years. I also would like to know the answer to this question. Most reviews I've read only talk about all the streaming option and I don't care about those outside of Prime and Netflix, maybe Rev3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickguay Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I built an HTPC so that I could play absolutely everything, including just going on the various TV stations' websites and just streaming straight from there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I built an HTPC so that I could play absolutely everything, including just going on the various TV stations' websites and just streaming straight from there I have several friends who love their Intel NUCs and media portals they've customized. http://www.amazon.com/Intel-D34010WYK-DisplayPort-i3-4010U-Consumer/dp/B00F3F381A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397843806&sr=8-2&keywords=nuc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_bricks Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I built an HTPC so that I could play absolutely everything, including just going on the various TV stations' websites and just streaming straight from there And I've considered that, but we're talking about $100 vs $3-400, plus I have to monkey with it and play tech support for it when it craps out on my wife. I have a WDTV and it does almost everything I want it to do, I just wish it was faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I did a couple quick searches and it appears the Kindle Fire does support some external media or thumb drives, but will only play video in .mp4 format. Everything would need to be converted. I do play all of my Amazon Prime stuff through the XBox or my Blu-Ray player. WDTV doesn't support Amazon Prime, or vice versa. I doubt Amazon will support WDTV, since they want to push their devices. I'm like one of the few people left on the planet who has never had a Netflix account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 I did a couple quick searches and it appears the Kindle Fire does support some external media or thumb drives, but will only play video in .mp4 format. Everything would need to be converted. From what I see there isn't support for non-kindle fire streaming yet or jump drives, etc. but that may be in the future. If it had that I would have already bought it. Honestly I still may anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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