Amazon on Monday introduced the Fire TV Stick, a new streaming-media device that can connect to an HDTV’s HDMI port and deliver video content from Amazon Prime Instant Video, as well as Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN, YouTube, Spotify, Vevo, Pandora and A&E. It also can be used to play games. New and existing Amazon Prime customers can pre-order the Fire TV Stick for $19 through Tuesday. The device officially will be released on Nov. 19 for $39, and it will ship with a remote control.
The Chromecast device streams directly from the internet; the stream is only initiated and controlled from the Android app. i.e., if you start NetFlix from the Android app to the Chromecast device you can then remove the device from the... picture, the NetFlix video will continue to play.
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Amazon Sticks It to Google Chromecast
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 27, 2014 12:45 PMAmazon on Monday introduced the Fire TV Stick, a new streaming-media device that can connect to an HDTV’s HDMI port and deliver video content from Amazon Prime Instant Video, as well as Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN, YouTube, Spotify, Vevo, Pandora and A&E. It also can be used to play games. New and existing Amazon Prime customers can pre-order the Fire TV Stick for $19 through Tuesday. The device officially will be released on Nov. 19 for $39, and it will ship with a remote control.