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Got my Fire TV a few days ago, just had time to play with it last night (was out of town). Took four tries to update it... kept failing to download. Finally got it up, asked for my LONG wifi password AGAIN... but half way through it crashed, then was able to connect w/o entering it.
Nothing plays without stuttering... not even music. This is on the same WiFi network as my Roku 3, which works flawlessly, and is hooked to the same TV. The interface is OK, and navigates fast enough, but takes forever to load thumbnails. The video descriptions are surprisingly brief, even when you open the expanded view. Sadly I learned that my TV cannot forward Dolby Digital Plus via TOSLINK, so I still don't get surround sound, which is something I was hoping for over the Roku.
I did like to see that it can play music in the background while browsing other content/playing games (which my Roku cannot do) and I did like that it can play games (which my Roku does, but not as much selection). I may try to find a used XBox controller for ~$15 and consider it a $35 game machine as I don't see any value in the other features, other than Prime Music.
Overall I'm wondering how often I'll use this.
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