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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan
I almost never buy hardware for the future capabilities. First, because there's no guarantee that those future capabilities will ever be realized. Though that's not a real issue with Amazon, they'll produce it. But second, because there's a premium to pay for the technology today.
I buy what works now (which is generally cheaper) and THEN when the higher end hardware can be used to it's capabilities, I'll buy the hardware (which will be cheaper than it is today).
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That's totally reasonable, of course. In the case of Fire TV vs. Roku 3, we aren't faced with that decision. We just have two $99 devices with bare-bones processing hardware and limited functionality. There's nothing premium, here. The Fire TV barely even has enough power to do what it does.
Prediction time: Based on how the FTV is received, next gen's model will either have streamlined hardware limited to its video streaming features, or we'll see multiple models with more expensive, beefed up versions toting even more multimedia capability.