Amazon has just made another appearance on the field of TV, because in addition to his TV Fire, the e-commerce giant has unveiled its HDMI key, which turns out to be a real competitor to Google Chromecast and Roku . Appointed, rather originally, the Fire TV Stick , this small HDMI key is available for pre-order today. Best of all, if you're an Amazon Prime member it costs only $ 19 . But you have only two days to order one in this ultra special price.
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It is important to note that you do not actually need to be a current member in the Premium to receive the discount. In fact, you can register for a trial period of 30 days to dispose of this promotional price. Make sure you cancel your subscription if you do not plan to keep it, under penalty of being charged each month.
It connects in the same way that the Chromecast by plugging into the HDMI port on your TV , and is powered by a dual-core processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. Amazon said that his own device to be 50% faster than the Chromecast and offers twice the internal storage that the model of Google. A total of 8 GB of internal storage exceed 4GB Chromecast. It is able to broadcast a live video stream 1 080p with Dolby Digital Plus audio system, and uses the dual-band Wi-Fi (MIMO) - another advantage over Chromecast.
Fire the key TV Stick supports definitions up to 1920 x 1080 pixels at 60 fps, and video side it will provide a standard H.264 video coding. For audio formats AAC-LC, AC3, EAC3, FLAC, MP3, Vorbis and PCM are the game. Finally, the photo part JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP formats are mentioned.
Like the Fire TV, the TV Stick Fire is controlled using a TV Remote app Fire, which is compatible for the moment only with Android devices and Amazon's own Fire Phone smartphone, even if a version iOS is apparently in the works. As the Fire TV, it includes a voice search feature. In addition, the package of Fire TV Stick also includes a remote control, more traditional, for those who are not fans of using the smartphone as a remote control. But it does not have a voice search feature.
But what can you look through the Fire TV Stick? Amazon says the Fire TV Stick also supports over 200 games, and you can pair a Fire TV Game Controller joystick or other Bluetooth third game. Anyway, all that is available through Amazon's own store of content, or third-party services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Showtime and Twitch, and music services are accessible by key. The Fire TV Stick will also be able to make the mirroring of the content displayed on your Android device, including video and games.
Overall, the Fire TV Stick could be a device streaming more versatile than the Chromecast, and at the same price, even if it is designed to appeal to a different audience.
Amazon's HDMI key is already available for pre-order on the other side of the Atlantic for 39 dollars, and will be in homes from 19 November . Of course, as always with the newly launched by the giant online commerce devices, there is no information on international expansion, particularly in France .
See also : Android 5.0 Lollipop: A list of devices receiving the update
It is important to note that you do not actually need to be a current member in the Premium to receive the discount. In fact, you can register for a trial period of 30 days to dispose of this promotional price. Make sure you cancel your subscription if you do not plan to keep it, under penalty of being charged each month.
It connects in the same way that the Chromecast by plugging into the HDMI port on your TV , and is powered by a dual-core processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. Amazon said that his own device to be 50% faster than the Chromecast and offers twice the internal storage that the model of Google. A total of 8 GB of internal storage exceed 4GB Chromecast. It is able to broadcast a live video stream 1 080p with Dolby Digital Plus audio system, and uses the dual-band Wi-Fi (MIMO) - another advantage over Chromecast.
Like the Fire TV, the TV Stick Fire is controlled using a TV Remote app Fire, which is compatible for the moment only with Android devices and Amazon's own Fire Phone smartphone, even if a version iOS is apparently in the works. As the Fire TV, it includes a voice search feature. In addition, the package of Fire TV Stick also includes a remote control, more traditional, for those who are not fans of using the smartphone as a remote control. But it does not have a voice search feature.
But what can you look through the Fire TV Stick? Amazon says the Fire TV Stick also supports over 200 games, and you can pair a Fire TV Game Controller joystick or other Bluetooth third game. Anyway, all that is available through Amazon's own store of content, or third-party services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Showtime and Twitch, and music services are accessible by key. The Fire TV Stick will also be able to make the mirroring of the content displayed on your Android device, including video and games.
Overall, the Fire TV Stick could be a device streaming more versatile than the Chromecast, and at the same price, even if it is designed to appeal to a different audience.
Amazon's HDMI key is already available for pre-order on the other side of the Atlantic for 39 dollars, and will be in homes from 19 November . Of course, as always with the newly launched by the giant online commerce devices, there is no information on international expansion, particularly in France .