Katsmeow
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We will soon be moving into our new house. We are going to cut the cord and go with either Directv Now or Hulu Live. Haven't decided on that yet, will trial both of them. Maybe Playstation Vue for that matter. I've narrowed devices down to Roku or Amazon Fire. Can't decide between them or whether to go with a mix. I expect to have 5 TVs - we will need 3 devices most likely. What we have - the first two need nothing:
Roku TV -- This is the exercise room TV and it is TCL Roku 4k TV. It has worked just fine and won't need anything.
Maybe a second Roku TV - We may put a TV in the living room. We don't currently have that TV yet. We are leaning to just getting another 4k TCL Roku TV (probably from Costco.
Samsung 4k Smart TV - Master bedroom
LG Smart TV - My Mom's room
Sony Smart TV (TV is 6 years old so not the most intuitive on the Smart TV aspect) - Den (could switch den and living room TVs actually)
Most used locations will be our bedroom and the den
Reasons to get Amazon Fire TV - Integration with Alexa commands. We have 4 Echo Shows and will get a few more Echo devices in the new house. So the Amazon Fire TV would work good. If we did that we would get the actual Fire TV for the 4k Smart TV in the master bedroom for sure.
Not sure if we should get Fire Sticks for the non-4k TVs. I've read that Fire Sticks can have buffering problems which I don't want. Might be better just to get the FIre TVs for all 3.
Big negative of Amazon Fire TV - no You tube. This is a big issue for me as I watch a lot of You Tube. OTOH, I usually do that in the exercise room and I will have a Roku TV there so that may not be a big issue.
Reasons to get Roku - I am used to the Roku interface and it would be nice to have everything the same.
The Roku Ultra allows you to use headphones with it so would want that for the master bedroom for sure (Fire TV and Stick will allow use of Bluetooth headphones).
For the other two rooms could probably use Roku sticks.
And, of course, would have You Tube. But I wouldn't have the integration with Alexa.
Also - particularly with DTVN some users have said the Roku devices work better than the Fire TVs even if you get the full Fire TV and not just the stick.
So from those with experience:
Roku or Fire TV?
Full device or stick?
Roku TV -- This is the exercise room TV and it is TCL Roku 4k TV. It has worked just fine and won't need anything.
Maybe a second Roku TV - We may put a TV in the living room. We don't currently have that TV yet. We are leaning to just getting another 4k TCL Roku TV (probably from Costco.
Samsung 4k Smart TV - Master bedroom
LG Smart TV - My Mom's room
Sony Smart TV (TV is 6 years old so not the most intuitive on the Smart TV aspect) - Den (could switch den and living room TVs actually)
Most used locations will be our bedroom and the den
Reasons to get Amazon Fire TV - Integration with Alexa commands. We have 4 Echo Shows and will get a few more Echo devices in the new house. So the Amazon Fire TV would work good. If we did that we would get the actual Fire TV for the 4k Smart TV in the master bedroom for sure.
Not sure if we should get Fire Sticks for the non-4k TVs. I've read that Fire Sticks can have buffering problems which I don't want. Might be better just to get the FIre TVs for all 3.
Big negative of Amazon Fire TV - no You tube. This is a big issue for me as I watch a lot of You Tube. OTOH, I usually do that in the exercise room and I will have a Roku TV there so that may not be a big issue.
Reasons to get Roku - I am used to the Roku interface and it would be nice to have everything the same.
The Roku Ultra allows you to use headphones with it so would want that for the master bedroom for sure (Fire TV and Stick will allow use of Bluetooth headphones).
For the other two rooms could probably use Roku sticks.
And, of course, would have You Tube. But I wouldn't have the integration with Alexa.
Also - particularly with DTVN some users have said the Roku devices work better than the Fire TVs even if you get the full Fire TV and not just the stick.
So from those with experience:
Roku or Fire TV?
Full device or stick?