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Roku v Apple TV v Chromecast v Fire TV
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:33 am
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:33 am
Going to cut the cord and wondering if the board has thoughts/insights into the plusses and minuses of each option.
They seem to all be roughly the same to me (give or take the ecosystem and some apps/features). Any experience, good or bad would be most welcome. TIA
Edit. Have MacBooks, but Android phones.
They seem to all be roughly the same to me (give or take the ecosystem and some apps/features). Any experience, good or bad would be most welcome. TIA
Edit. Have MacBooks, but Android phones.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 10:34 am
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:37 am to corndeaux
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:38 am to corndeaux
quote:Roku then. Plenty of content. Well established.
Have MacBooks, but Android phones.
If you had iPhones, I'd say appleTV which is what I have. It's great for mirroring my phone or macbook and has all the necessary apps.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:40 am to ell_13
I love Chromecast...only issue for me is no Amazon Prime support yet. If you need that, Roku is also really good. No experience with Apple.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:46 am to h0bnail
i have roku 3 and apple tv, both are great, roku 3 is a little bit better. only go for apple tv if you need the apple ecosystem. no experience with chrome cast or fire tv, chrome cast doesn't appeal to me at all but i wouldn't mind trying out a fire tv.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:47 am to h0bnail
Have a few Roku's and Apple TVs, and sold off a Chromecast. Don't have a Fire, so can't comment on that one.
Out of my 3, no matter if you are an Android or iPhone person, Roku wins easily. Apple is a middle of the road if you have everything Apple already. Some AppleTV content can be blocked by providers that isn't on Roku. For example, if you have Charter cable, you can use HBOGo on Roku, but it is unavailable on AppleTV unless you play through another device like an iPad or iPhone. Didn't enjoy the chromecast as much as the other two.
Out of my 3, no matter if you are an Android or iPhone person, Roku wins easily. Apple is a middle of the road if you have everything Apple already. Some AppleTV content can be blocked by providers that isn't on Roku. For example, if you have Charter cable, you can use HBOGo on Roku, but it is unavailable on AppleTV unless you play through another device like an iPad or iPhone. Didn't enjoy the chromecast as much as the other two.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 9/22/14 at 11:22 am to corndeaux
Yeah.... don't bother Google where they have actual comparisons. Come here for your in-depth analysis! 
Posted on 9/22/14 at 11:37 am to corndeaux
I had a chromecast and replaced it with a fire TV. I like the fire a lot.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 12:12 pm to corndeaux
Fire TV plus XBMC sideloaded
Posted on 9/22/14 at 12:23 pm to ell_13
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If you had iPhones, I'd say appleTV which is what I have. It's great for mirroring my phone or macbook and has all the necessary apps.
ell, is this like Allcast for android? I have and HTC one and when I look at pictures or anything on my phone, I can click the allcast icon and it come up on my Samsung TV instantly.
Not trying to make this an apple/android thing. I have always been curious. I have owned iPhones before, just never owned any MAC equipment
Posted on 9/22/14 at 12:37 pm to CarterWilson717
That's exactly what it is. It's called "Airplay" and there's an icon on your macbook or iphone where you can put up photos, youtube videos, movies, watchespn, etc. Before the watchespn app came to the appletv, I used it a ton.
ETA: You can even "mirror" your device so that you see the whole screen up on your TV.
ETA: You can even "mirror" your device so that you see the whole screen up on your TV.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 9/22/14 at 1:53 pm to ell_13
Have all except appletv. Use chromecast to stream content from phone to TV. Use firetv to stream Netflix and Amazon prime. Use roku in bedroom for sling player and watchespn. Chromecast is getting more and more support but you still need a device to stream to it. Firetv or roku is great for stand alone streaming.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 2:22 pm to CrackMonkey
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Firetv or roku is great for stand alone streaming.
I have three Rokus but would buy the Firetv just for the voice search feature. In all other respects it and the newer Rokus are comparable.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 3:35 pm to CrackMonkey
Thanks for all the replies.
How is the mirroring on Chromecast? What do you stream on your phone?
quote:
Use chromecast to stream content from phone to TV
How is the mirroring on Chromecast? What do you stream on your phone?
Posted on 9/22/14 at 3:56 pm to Layabout
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I have three Rokus but would buy the Firetv just for the voice search feature.
If you use your phone for the rokus or a chromecast you can just use the speech-to-text on your android.
My youngest son can't spell too many words yet but he knows how to get Weird Al videos to play on the tv.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 3:58 pm to corndeaux
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How is the mirroring on Chromecast? What do you stream on your phone?
It's great for native apps and getting better for non-native.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 6:51 pm to ell_13
I do that sometimes with YouTube. My tv has the watchespn, Netflix, and hbogo apps preloaded so I won't need to mirror for baseball. It will show the whole screen as well. Pretty cool.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:40 pm to corndeaux
I love my apple tv. All the apps are on the device. (and i use all apple products)
Bought my parents a chromecast, set it up for them and all. I didn't like how everything is really on your phone rather than the actual chromecast. I didn't know exactly how the thing worked before I got it.
Bought my parents a chromecast, set it up for them and all. I didn't like how everything is really on your phone rather than the actual chromecast. I didn't know exactly how the thing worked before I got it.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 9/23/14 at 10:51 am to corndeaux
I have a Chromecast and Apple TV and use Chromecast exclusively. I have an android phone, macbook pro, ipad, wife has a moto x. Chromecast for $35 has plenty of apps that work with it and it's easy to cast anything to it. I can mirror my phone and laptop to it also. Apple TV cost too much $. I've also heard very good things about the Roku and Fire TV
Posted on 9/23/14 at 3:40 pm to corndeaux
I have chromecast and roku and prefer the roku. The streaming stick is only 50.
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