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Originally Posted by mlewis78
I have that Fire TV Cube (bought in March). It's been good, although sometimes I have to restart it by unplugging (when the remote won't do anything and I can't get to the settings).
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I received the Fire TV Cube 2nd gen on this past Monday, so I’m only a few days in with it. But I too have started having the occasional freeze with black screen. This mostly occurs when pausing the streaming while in the Netflix app. If I pause a Netflix stream and keep it paused long enough for the screensaver to activate, then try to restart the stream, I sometimes get a blank screen with the Cube totally frozen. The only other freeze I’ve encountered with the Cube was when attempting to view an OTA recording from my Fire TV Recast.
Pushing buttons on the remote have no effect. I have my Cube connected to one of three HDMI input ports on my soundbase, and my soundbase is connected via its HDMI output port to my TV which is basically being used only as a monitor. The TV is 12 years old and doesn't have WiFi or apps. My Roku and TV or connected to the other two HDMI input ports on my soundbase. So the soundbase is the actual hub through which I control what gets streamed to the TV. My remotes can all turn on/off the TV and whichever streaming device they are connected to using the power button. So far I’ve been able to use the power button on my Cube's remote to toggle off the TV/soundbase/Cube, then I toggle them back on and the freeze is corrected.
I’ve only encountered three freezes so far, two with Netflix and one with the Recast. The Netflix app on the Cube seems to be a bit wonky at times. The Netflix app on my TV works better. So the Netflix app might be causing the freezes, but I’m not sure. I never had it freeze on my older Fire TV which used Fire TV OS 6. Since the Cube uses Fire TV OS 7, there might be some issue with 7, or perhaps Netflix hasn't made the proper updates for 7. No clue. I think the issue is likely FW or app software related though, and I doubt it has to do with the Cube's hardware. As for the Recast, it periodically acts up and doesn't want to stream/delete/open OTA recordings. I've had those issues, though rarely, on my other Fire TVs from the past, so those issues are likely Recast issues rather than Cube issues.
On a good note, I use Philo to stream cable-like TV channels. Philo is pretty flaky at times on the TV and the older Fire TV pendant. I haven't used the Roku in months, so no clue how it is on the Roku. But on the Cube 2nd gen Philo is working flawlessly.
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Originally Posted by mlewis78
I returned the Fitbit last week. I used it for at least two weeks and it stopped giving me sleep data after the first three nights. It doesn't give me my steps walked when I am just walking in the apartment and I wasn't thrilled with the data of the walks or indoor biking that I set start and stop for.
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I never had a Fitbit, but I have a Garmin Vivosmart HR which is similar. It never even gets close to an accurate step count. I think that is because arm swings count as a step. I swing my arm around quite a bit, even when sitting at my desk and doing computer related stuff, so I get highly exaggerated step counts. Fortunately I don’t even care to track steps, so no big deal, but it would be for someone who wanted to track them. The sleep data is fairly accurate though, and the pulse rates and breathing rates are accurate, and those are what I’m mostly interested in.