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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/15/20 2:32 PM, Scott Sumrall
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The Fire Cube is much faster than the other generations of Fire
TV/Stick. I have a Cube and a Shield Pro which I tried both on a
65” 4k. I much prefer the Shield to the Cube as the shield is
much faster than the Cube. I do not use lean front, rather the
MythTV plugin within Kodi. Some complaints about the Kodi plugin
itself, but it works on both the Cube & Shield.</blockquote>
<p>Good to hear that the Cube is much faster. I noticed that
Mythtv-frontend loads in about 20 sec on the FireTV 4K and 10
seconds on Shield TV. But other than load time the playback
quality is good on both.</p>
<p>I also figure that with the market share that Amazon has it's
Fire TV products will get the most attention by the app writers.
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<p>Have you noticed the minor jumpy issue that Netflix or Prime
Video has on the Shield TV?</p>
<p>At this point I'm dealing with the problems by having a 5x1 HDMI
2.0 switch with Roku, Shield TV, Xubuntu PC, and Bluray player.
I'm trying to simplify the remote difference between the platforms
by using a very flexible programmable remote. But it would be a
lot easier if the Shield TV was better supported by Hulu, Netflix,
and Prime Video.</p>
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<div class="">On Sep 15, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Jim Abernathy
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<p class="">I've been fighting multiple video problems
this week and they are not really Mythtv related.</p>
<p class="">I've been trying to standardize on one
platform to watch TV. The TV is a Smart TV, 4K UHD
from Samsung and it has the usual app, but not Mythtv
apps support.</p>
<p class="">I have a 2017 Nvidia Shield TV console
connected to the Samsung. Since the Shield runs the
MythTV Frontend and Leanfront very well it's the best
platform until you start streaming from other sources
like Netflix, Prime Video, or Hulu.</p>
<p class="">Roku Ultra works for everything except
MythTV apps.<br class="">
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<p class="">Both Netflix and Prime apps on the Shield
have an annoying jump every 3-4 seconds, subtle but
annoying. The forums say to change TV settings, but I
find those change behavior but do not fix it. The
Shield TV Hulu app is complete broken.<br class="">
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<p class="">My wife uses the FireTV 4K stick on an HD
1080P Sony and all the apps work great for her but I
notice a subtle jitter on mythfrontend but leanfront
is perfect.</p>
<p class="">So now to my question, has anyone tested the
FireTV Cube? And does it have a faster processor or
better graphic hardware than the FireTV 4K stick?</p>
<p class="">I'm just trying to find one device that runs
all my video apps well:</p>
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<li class="">MythTV Frontend</li>
<li class="">MythTV Leanfront</li>
<li class="">Hulu+</li>
<li class="">Prime Video</li>
<li class="">Netflix</li>
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<p class="">I'm thinking if the FireTV Cube is just a
faster more powerful FireTV 4K, it might be a
solution.<br class="">
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<p class="">Jim A</p>
<p class="">P.S. when you add trying to standardize
audio and Bluetooth audio, the matrix of options gets
worse.<br class="">
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