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Originally Posted by silverraven
Nothing to entice me yet. I have a Roku..........
Unless they are going to cut their channel from the Roku?
Now if it were free with Prime?? YES!!!
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As an OTA first cord cutter with PS3/Xbox/WII plus gaming PCs, this is not particularly exciting for me. I own six Rokus and have stopped buying them in anticipation of this and the Mohu Channels box.
The fact is that, while this device will have limited appeal to OTA types, it kills Roku, ATV, CC, and Ouya. Check this out...
With the Amazon Fire TV, you get the best hardware, the broadest selection of apps (media and games) and excellent tablet support for less than $100. I think Apple will bow out due to the slim margins required to compete with Amazon, I think Roku will fold since they are not making a profit selling their Roku 3 for the same price, and I think the Ouya was going down already.
The only real question is whether Google is interested in competing with Amazon. If the answer to that is yes, we are in for some amazing innovation and that is all any of us could really ask for.