Amazon Fire Stick vs. Roku

[Tmass1011]

Which one is better? Getting ready to cut the cord and wanted to get some other opinions.

 

[DEACisGO]

both have cords I think, at least to plug into for power.

 

[Deacfreak07]

FireTV (not stick) is the way to go between those two. Fire Stick doesn't have a very strong wifi connection

 

[RubbinsRacin]

I have the roku stick and dig it. Never tried the other tho

 

[DEACisGO]

One cool thing about the fire stick (not sure about Roku), is that you can jailbreak it and install third party android stuff on it like Kodi. I am not a programmer by any means and I just followed a step by step guide that I googled and figured it out.

 

[dot com]

I like the Roku better, can interact with it using my phone too, which has come in handy the few times the remote has decided to unsync with the stick. My Roku has an Amazon button, so quick access to Prime catalog not really a differentiator.
Fire stick is okay, but I feel like the apps are buggier or updated less frequently. Using Sling on Fire usually takes like a half minute longer to get running, and it will drop the feed the first couple of tries sometimes.

 

[DeacsATS]

Love my Roku stick. We use it in my daughters' playroom. Easy and it works.

Can't speak to how well the Amazon stick works, but I remember doing an in-depth comparison between the two before buying and chose the Roku. I forget the specific reason(s).

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

I've had a Fire Stick since Christmas and it's been great. What are the knocks on it?

 

[Biff Tannen]

I've had a Fire Stick since Christmas and it's been great. What are the knocks on it?

Looks like a stick.

 

[deaconson]

i've had a fire stick for over a year now. we use it on the tv the kids watch cartoons on. i have traveled with it and used it in hotel rooms or vacation rentals. it's mostly worked well.

however, i am not a big fan of the interface. it can be confusing. my major gripe is that netflix sometimes goes out. we won't be able to access it until we reboot the fire stick. a couple times i've actually had to roll back to factory settings and reinstall to get it to work.

 

[CantStandYa]

FireTV (not stick) is the way to go between those two. Fire Stick doesn't have a very strong wifi connection

I've never had a Wifi problem with my Fire Stick...

 

[Deacfreak07]

I will say that I have both, and my summer house has spotty wifi. I can stream much more consistently with the FireTV than my FireTV Stick. In normal applications, I'm sure it will be fine.

 

[WFU71]

I've never had a Wifi problem with my Fire Stick...

The original Fire Stick reportedly has some wifi problems. The new one with Alexa Voice Remote has stronger wifi performance

 

[dot com]

I think mine (shitty connection) may be original model.

 

[Milhouse]

I will say that I have both, and my summer house has spotty wifi. I can stream much more consistently with the FireTV than my FireTV Stick. In normal applications, I'm sure it will be fine.

 

[DEACisGO]

I bet he has more than one fire stick too

 

[forensicdeac]

One cool thing about the fire stick (not sure about Roku), is that you can jailbreak it and install third party android stuff on it like Kodi. I am not a programmer by any means and I just followed a step by step guide that I googled and figured it out.

This is very true and it makes the Firestick a very hot commodity. People will buy 5 or six at a time in a retail store in order to jailbreak them and resell. Unfortunately, it is illegal and I am waiting for someone to get the Napster treatment and get hammered with thousands of dollars in fines.

 

[forensicdeac]

We have both Roku (stick and box) and a Firestick at my residence. We seem to like the interface better on the Roku that the Amazon product. However, it really isn't that big of a deal, just personal preference.

 

[JamesSokolove]

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