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Amazon Firestick
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19/09/2016 02:43
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After reading a thread about Amazon Prime being decent and with the Grand Tour series due, I'm tempted to sign up to Amazon Prime. While looking into it, I've read about Firesticks, etc. Seems they are around £35, but people on Ebay and Facebook, etc., are selling them for around £45, with 'Kodi', etc, installed. What is Kodi? Are these Firesticks as good as they seem? Ebay sellers say you can get the latest films, etc., but is this done legally or not? Also, if I did sign up to Prime, would a Firestick be easier to watch stuff from than trying to connect a tablet to a tv with a Prime account etc? My brother bought me a Chromecast for Christmas a couple of years ago and I've hardly used it as it doesn't seem to do much and am wondering if the Firestick is the same or better? I don't watch much tv, but when I do, I just want things to work without too much hassle (hence why I'm still with Sky as recording, etc is easy)
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Re: Amazon Firestick
[Re: Theresa]
#1584878
19/09/2016 03:01
19/09/2016 03:01
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Forget running Kodi on a firestick - the performance is crap. Kodi is basically a piece of software that enables you to install third party applications on the Firestick - in a nut shell it lets you watch and stream movies etc for free. However its not the easiest thing to set up and not very reliable.
Moving on: Firestick would be much easier than using your tablet. It also has things on it like BBC iPlayer and other apps. You just need a HDMI port on your TV.
If your TV is a smart TV with apps installed on it, its worth seeing if Amazon Prime is available as an app on your TV (which means you dont need the fire stick).
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