[mythtv-users] fire tv stick for 19.99

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:01 AM, jacek burghardt
> <jaceksburghardt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It seems much more capable than chromecast and maybe mythtv front end will
>> be ported to it or at least xbmc.
>
> I don't know whether the fire tv stick is different to the fire tv STB
> (which is $100). However the STB has proved a capable XBMC machine, if
> you take into account the limitations of Android (no HD audio, no auto
> frame rate switching, no decent deinterlacing). You have to root or
> sideload, and recent shipping versions have defeated the root method.
> However sideloading still works. You can also use android apps like
> NetFlix etc. Of course once you have XBMC you have a mythtv frontend
> of sorts, although see above re deinterlacing. There are mixed reports
> of mpeg2 abilities.
>
> Its not for me, but many people love them.
>
> If the stick can be used the same way, $20 is a very significant price
> point, although does the stick have a wired ethernet port?

LOL it does crack me up that we are now getting media devices's like
this stick where the remote control is bigger than the computer!