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Perfect Box for Every TV in the House -- A Cord Cutter's Dream Solution
By J P Leonard on Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2016
This certified refurbished Fire TV 2nd Gen operates like a new model. It provides a nice, beautiful user interface -- but it feels a little congested and overwhelming. However, the interface will be updated later in 2016 by an over-the-internet update. The new interface is supposed to be even better than the current interface -- and looks similar to that found on a 4th Gen Apple TV. I can't wait for the update. Google it. This unit is great, especially if you have Amazon Prime, which many people do to get free 2 day shipping), which gives you access to a ton of Amazon programming, tv shows and movies. I control this using the logitech harmony companion remote with hub. That allows me to control the Fire TV as well as all of my other devices (tv, receiver, apple tv, directv, etc..). As for responsiveness, this Fire TV is very fast in performing every function, given its updated processor. The Alexa voice control in the remote is very handy at checking sports scores, asking when the next game is on, weather, etc.. It also lets me control my philips hue lights using my voice, along with a hue app and bulbs. I am using the Tablo app with a Tablo tuner (to get free over the air HD network channels like NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox). The Tablo tuner will stream these stations to every Fire TV and Fire TV stick in the house via 802.11ac wi-fi. I also use it with Playstation Vue to get all the cable channels over the internet that I could want. This Fire TV has allowed me to cut the cord and cancel directv and save a ton. While, I am keeping my Apple TV, I find that we are using this Fire TV much more, especially for watching tv. This is essentially an all-in-one box that functions perfectly. I am putting this Fire TV and Fire TV sticks w/ Alexa on every TV in the house.
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DON'T DO IT!!! PLEASE FOR YOUR SANITY!
By Julian Keller on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017
Even though this was a refurb unit I decided to give it a try. I am glad I did. I had the Fire Stick and was not happy with the performance with it and wanted to have something that I could connect to my router for faster speed with less buffering. The new ones all want you to spend an extra $15 do get an adapter so you can hardwire. NO THANKS! After getting this, unboxing, and setting up the FireTV the way I want, I can say I am very happy for the most part. There is one problem though, The remote. It did not work even with new batteries. I didn't care enough to send it back but will see if I can get one sent to me so I can just use it for the firestick that is going in another room. It load super fast and can do 4k with out an issue. All in all I say this was a worth while buy for me. ***UPDATE** Well after a short 2 months, if even, I started having issues. I though i dodged the bullet on the refurb madness that I read in the comments. Go figure. Anyway, it quit. I went to turn it on and got the logo then black screen and a slow flashing white light on the box. Well i called AMZ and they said to send it back and they will repair or replace it. So I did. They sent it back and I saw what they did, reloaded the OS on it, that was all! Now with me being a tech guy I was doubting this would work and boy was I right. It wasn't 1 hour after i hooked it up it started doing the same thing. This I noticed was not long, maybe 30 minutes or so, after an update went through. The box went to Sleep mode and then would not come back up. So either the software update does not work with the hardware or the hardware is faulty, maybe both. I called them again, spoke to a rep. Told him what was going on and he wanted me to do some trouble shooting. I had already did then before I called and told him that. They are just reading from a little manual on the screen, I know this as fact! so instead of sending it back he say he is going to send it to someone else and they will get back with me. YEA RIGHT! I just want to return this and get a Roku Ultra instead.
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