This is awful, between my sweet computer rig and now tons of high-def digital content to stream from the cloud, I may never leave my office again. Not good, I need to work to pay for all these toys.
The Amazon Fire TV has integrated well with my over-the-air antenna and the amount of programming available is stunning for someone who is off the grid. The picture quality is amazing and everything happens really fast due to the quad-core processor in the Amazon box (left).
Another thing I like is that it goes to screensaver mode for a bit and then powers itself down automatically. I used to have to unplug my Roku’s because they got too hot.
There are a few videos embedded in the players help section and one of them is pretty cute. I’m sure Amazon will release it to the wild shortly but until they do here’s a screen capture I grabbed of it this morning:
Update: Steph just asked me if we could watch the new Hunger Games film Catching Fire. I grabbed the remote, spoke the request, clicked yes to the $4.99 charge to my net worth and we are now hunkering down to a great movie from the comfort of my warm office with no driving and no obnoxious people. I love technology!
You’re getting pretty fancy with all your toys. You’re going to be your own tv station soon.
I’m just a guy that doesn’t want to pay a cable or satellite company an ever increasing outrageous monthly fee for sub-quality content!
Wish I had the know how to do that.