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Campfire 'Bwana
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On my third devise as of today.....previous two have been Sony Blue Ray players
They both starting freezing up.....have to shut down & re boot.....about $90 a pop
So I decided to try Amazon's Firestick4K with voice remote.....so far ..wow....10 minute set up
Punch in your WiFi password and its ready to go.......Amazon registers the unit when you buy it
So all of your Amazon Prime videos/movies/shows are all there....other pay services such as Netflix...HBO etc
are there....I'll give a better update after a few days once I get aquainted with it....
Install was super simple....even with my Yamaha A/V receiver....the remote even controls volume
So if you're looking for a WiFi TV device..look here......$25 was what I paid...Considered the Roku also....
U Tube..........not me...........................................
VIDEO
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Campfire Savant
Campfire Savant
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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I have ROKU on all three TVs. I like old movies and westerns, TV detective shows, etc. Tons of free channels, but they have commercials.
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Campfire 'Bwana
Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire Tracker
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10 or 11 Roku’s here. YouTubeTV for us now. Firing DirectTV was a great day and saved me a couple hundred a month
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Campfire Member
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Can you still get local news on any of these devices?
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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if you have an amazon firestick, spend a few hours on Troypoint.com
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Campfire Tracker
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jailbreak it... you will be amazed
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Can you still get local news on any of these devices?
Yes, but it's a bit limited. They have a news channel that gives you news from all over the country from various local stations.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Local HD channels & Sling. More TV than anyone really needs.
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Campfire Member
Campfire Member
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Pluto TV has a bunch of free channels.
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Campfire Regular
Campfire Regular
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Don't miss cable. More choices for less money.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Roku. Lots of choices, less $$
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
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Campfire Kahuna
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We have a couple of fire sticks.....they are terrible.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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We have a couple of fire sticks.....they are terrible.
I really enjoy ours - we use them constantly.
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Campfire Regular
Campfire Regular
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We have a couple of fire sticks.....they are terrible.
I really enjoy ours - we use them constantly.
We have the aps on our phones and my pad to us them as remotes since we lost our regular remotes.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I have an almost 2 year old fire stick. The new 4k is the shizzle, from what my friends tell me. Plus you can buy additional storage for it, which makes watching the larger streams easy.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
Rehabilitation is way overrated.
Orwell wasn't wrong.
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Campfire Tracker
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Have two Rokus and a “smart” tv. For some reason we haven’t canceled DTV yet as we watch more stuff by streaming.
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Well, I sorta got it: 14 channels of “over the air” TV and a Google Chromecast to send stuff from my phone (on WiFi) to the TV screen.
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