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      Jason Banned @coliver
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      @coliver said:

      Have you looked at Kodi (XBMC)? http://kodi.tv/about/

      It doesn't support Hulu anymore.

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      • Minion QueenM
        Minion Queen
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        I have a Amazon Fire TV Stick, works great for hulu, Amazon Prime TV and a bunch of other things I just don't use on it. I also have an Apple TV for ITunes stuff. Between the 2 they do everything I want.

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        • coliverC
          coliver @Jason
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          @Jason said:

          @coliver said:

          Have you looked at Kodi (XBMC)? http://kodi.tv/about/

          It doesn't support Hulu anymore.

          Oh, That's unfortunate it did the last time I looked sorry. It also used to support Netflix looks like that is gone as well.

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            Jason Banned @dafyre
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            @dafyre said:

            I have a Roku 3 and it works fine with Youtube, Hulu, Netflix, and a whole bunch of other channels / apps... I'm using SlingTV for keeping the Disney channel up for the kid. 🙂

            But we use Hulu almost nightly during the week.

            I'll go ahead and pick on up off amazon incase I hate it, I can return it.

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              Jason Banned @coliver
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              @coliver said:

              @Jason said:

              @coliver said:

              Have you looked at Kodi (XBMC)? http://kodi.tv/about/

              It doesn't support Hulu anymore.

              Oh, That's unfortunate it did the last time I looked sorry. It also used to support Netflix looks like that is gone as well.

              Yeah for some reason companies like stopping XBMC from supporting it, I guess they get kickbacks from Roku and such.

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              • s.hacklemanS
                s.hackleman
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                I have been supper happy with the a $65 apple TV for this kind of thing. That or a Amazon Fire TV or Fire stick, Chromecast, etc. A whole computer for this kind of thing is overkill.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
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                  @Minion-Queen said:

                  I have a Amazon Fire TV Stick, works great for hulu, Amazon Prime TV and a bunch of other things I just don't use on it. I also have an Apple TV for ITunes stuff. Between the 2 they do everything I want.

                  We have an AppleTV (1st gen and 3rd gen) and love it. The big issue, though, is that (for us) it doesn't support Amazon as well. And we use that heavily (almost as much as Netflix, way more than Hulu.) So we are considering the Amazon FireTV. Not the stick, although that would be very portable, but the larger box version with the additional video game controller for playing Android games. Because both kids love to game we thought that that version might be worth the upgrade from the stick.

                  Although for travel, the stick is certainly ideal.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @s.hackleman
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                    @s.hackleman said:

                    I have been supper happy with the a $65 apple TV for this kind of thing. That or a Amazon Fire TV or Fire stick, Chromecast, etc. A whole computer for this kind of thing is overkill.

                    Not only that, but the interface and low power consumption features of the tiny "dedicated" boxes is so nice. And many have games now (Amazon, latest Apple TV, etc.) which are different from the available PC games that it makes for an interesting addition to the household technology set as well.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      I have a Chromecast v1 - $20 and it's yours. I personally can't stand the need to have another device sending data to it, controlling it, etc.

                      I've been using my 5+ year old Blue Ray player for most of my online services, Netflix, Plex, Vudu, but the interface is getting long in the tooth. I'm considering an amazon Fire TB.

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        I have a Chromecast v1 - $20 and it's yours. I personally can't stand the need to have another device sending data to it, controlling it, etc.

                        That's probably the biggest complaint I have. The need to have another device.... that and not having access to Amazon.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          Yeah, needing an extra device makes that essentially useless for most users, I would imagine.

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                            Carnival Boy
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                            I've loved my Chromecasts, but they're a bit flaky and the kids found using an iPod to control them a bit hard to understand. On Saturday I bought a NOW TV box, which is a locked down Roku LT sold by Sky and the kids (and me) find it much easier and faster to control with a remote than using the iPod to control the Chromecast. Only downside is it doesn't support Netflix.

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                              Jason Banned @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender said:

                              I have a Chromecast v1 - $20 and it's yours. I personally can't stand the need to have another device sending data to it, controlling it, etc.

                              I've been using my 5+ year old Blue Ray player for most of my online services, Netflix, Plex, Vudu, but the interface is getting long in the tooth. I'm considering an amazon Fire TB.

                              I thought about that as I don't have a blueray player and will likely get one. However most unlike the Roku or Amazon TV isn't there primary purpose so it's not as polished and when hulu, amazon or netflix updates they have no incentive to update to make their devices to keep working.

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                              • s.hacklemanS
                                s.hackleman @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @s.hackleman said:

                                I have been supper happy with the a $65 apple TV for this kind of thing. That or a Amazon Fire TV or Fire stick, Chromecast, etc. A whole computer for this kind of thing is overkill.

                                Not only that, but the interface and low power consumption features of the tiny "dedicated" boxes is so nice. And many have games now (Amazon, latest Apple TV, etc.) which are different from the available PC games that it makes for an interesting addition to the household technology set as well.

                                I tried the Android TV, and it was awful and I just ended up taking it back to Best Buy. I would for sure suggest the Fire Line. I would have but, having Airplay to the Laptop was needed for our setup.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @s.hackleman
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                                  @s.hackleman said:

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @s.hackleman said:

                                  I have been supper happy with the a $65 apple TV for this kind of thing. That or a Amazon Fire TV or Fire stick, Chromecast, etc. A whole computer for this kind of thing is overkill.

                                  Not only that, but the interface and low power consumption features of the tiny "dedicated" boxes is so nice. And many have games now (Amazon, latest Apple TV, etc.) which are different from the available PC games that it makes for an interesting addition to the household technology set as well.

                                  I tried the Android TV, and it was awful and I just ended up taking it back to Best Buy. I would for sure suggest the Fire Line. I would have but, having Airplay to the Laptop was needed for our setup.

                                  There isn't an "Android TV" product, is there? There is just a large family of products built on top of Android? Or is there an Android TV now too? The Fire line are Android devices, for example. As is the Chromecast and, I would guess, the Roku.

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver @s.hackleman
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                                    @s.hackleman said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @s.hackleman said:

                                    I have been supper happy with the a $65 apple TV for this kind of thing. That or a Amazon Fire TV or Fire stick, Chromecast, etc. A whole computer for this kind of thing is overkill.

                                    Not only that, but the interface and low power consumption features of the tiny "dedicated" boxes is so nice. And many have games now (Amazon, latest Apple TV, etc.) which are different from the available PC games that it makes for an interesting addition to the household technology set as well.

                                    I tried the Android TV, and it was awful and I just ended up taking it back to Best Buy. I would for sure suggest the Fire Line. I would have but, having Airplay to the Laptop was needed for our setup.

                                    Was it this one?

                                    https://store.google.com/product/_nexus_player

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                      @coliver said:

                                      @s.hackleman said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @s.hackleman said:

                                      I have been supper happy with the a $65 apple TV for this kind of thing. That or a Amazon Fire TV or Fire stick, Chromecast, etc. A whole computer for this kind of thing is overkill.

                                      Not only that, but the interface and low power consumption features of the tiny "dedicated" boxes is so nice. And many have games now (Amazon, latest Apple TV, etc.) which are different from the available PC games that it makes for an interesting addition to the household technology set as well.

                                      I tried the Android TV, and it was awful and I just ended up taking it back to Best Buy. I would for sure suggest the Fire Line. I would have but, having Airplay to the Laptop was needed for our setup.

                                      Was it this one?

                                      https://store.google.com/product/_nexus_player

                                      What a weird landing page. It says that the store is not available where you are, but click here to go to the store. So, um... there it is, just like I wanted. What did they mean by not available, then?

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver
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                                        Maybe it was the extra underscore that is in the URL? Not sure. It worked perfectly for me.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                          @coliver said:

                                          Maybe it was the extra underscore that is in the URL? Not sure. It worked perfectly for me.

                                          Here they are clearly blocking something because it is Nica, but they aren't blocking the store. Just the landing page or something, but providing the link to the store anyway. A bit odd.

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                                          • Minion QueenM
                                            Minion Queen
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                                            Yeah I can get to it just fine

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