Amazon Launches New Fire TV

Amazon launches new Fire TV, the company’s 4K UHD-capable follow up to its successful streaming media box, beefs up specs but cuts a few small niches in the procedure. The Fire TV is a simple black box with glazed sides, a matt cover and an embossed Amazon logo. It’s non intrusive, can be obscured behind other devices and doesn’t possess a rooter, which makes it silent.

 Amazon’s New Fire TV Features

1) Setting it up

2) Easy to use

3) App support

4) Streaming video

5) Lowest Price

The remote doesn’t require line-of-stack to the box and is mere to apply, with play control buttons, a home button, back button, menu button and a directional pad with a select button.

The tip of the remote has a mike button for voice search and a small hole for speaking into. The remote is mostly solid, but it’s made of a cheaper feeling plastic than the previous Fire, TV and its directional buttons creak slightly. It simply doesn’t feel quite as well made as the previous generation.

Along the rear of the device is an HDMI port for plugging into your TV, a power port for the included power adaptor – no powering via USB here – an ethernet port, a USB port and a MicroSD card slot for adding more memory.

Those that don’t deliver a spare ethernet cable for their router can connect via Wi-Fi by tapping in their password using the outside. If the Fire TV was purchased straight off from Amazon it will arrive pre-configured with your Amazon account, which is a decent feeling.

It won’t run without an Amazon account, and I’m not quite sure why you would purchase it if you were not an Amazon Prime or Amazon Instant video subscriber.