Amazon is finally taking on the Chromecast. This morning, its introducing the Fire TV Stick, a streaming device that exists entirely in a small dongle that plugs into a TVs HDMI port. The Stick goes on sale for $39 beginning November 19th and is currently available for preorder. Prime subscribers can get it for $19 for the next two days. Amazon says that the Fire TV Stick offers the same experience as the full Fire TV, which was introduced back in April. It can play games and is able to stream from the major services that youd expect: Watch ESPN, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Pandora, and, of course, Prime Instant Video. With 8GB of internal storage and 1GB of RAM, the Stick has four times the internal storage and twice the memory of the Chromecast. It also has a dual-core processor and dual-band Wi-Fi, neither of which the Chromecast can claim either. Amazon also says that the Fire TV Stick is significantly more powerful than the Roku Streaming Stick, claiming six times as much processing power. The other big benefit to the Fire TV Stick is that it includes a remote (and an interface).
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:21:42 +0000
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