A dude I know is selling Amazon Fire Sticks. He claims that they are hacked so you can get all movies and TV shows? Any of yall use it? What are strengths/weaknesses and decent price range?
Amazon Fire Stick?
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A guy around my way is saying the same thing, and selling for $90 a pop. Im thinking about buying one for $50 and searching on XDA Dev
Anything more than retail price ($40) is a rip-off, don't do it.
I actually bought mine for $20 when it first came out and it's been as low as $24 since then.
All those sellers are doing is loading it up with Kodi (which is free) and various add-ons (also free).
Do a search on here and Google for Kodi and do it yourself.
It's not hard to do at all.
I actually bought mine for $20 when it first came out and it's been as low as $24 since then.
All those sellers are doing is loading it up with Kodi (which is free) and various add-ons (also free).
Do a search on here and Google for Kodi and do it yourself.
It's not hard to do at all.
All this. I recently copped one and added Kodi. Perfection.
I respectfully disagree with everything that follows the comma in your post.
I agree! I still use the apps on my phone and just stream through my chromecast. I barely use my firestick
You didn't have to "unlock" or root the Fire Stick to add XBMC/Kodi. Not sure if the new one is locked down.
Honestly, if you don't use any Amazon services, you might be better off just picking up a Nexus Player since it also functions as a Chromecast. At $50, it's $10 more than the old Fire Stick and same price as the new one
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-kodi-on-amazon-fire-tv
I had to return the one I bought recently. Do yourself a favor and spend the extra money to buy something more powerful..
I don't! I also own a Chrombox with Unbutu running Kodi. The performances are night and day....No freeze up, no buffering problems, no random reboots, quick response etc etc etc...
The Kodi Stick is fine if you can't afford anything else. But, if you can it's not worth it. At least it wasn't for me.
I have other devices running Kodi as well. I have the Matricom G-Box MX2 and the Matricom G-Box Q. While I'd have to give the edge to my G-Box Q, my Firestick holds its own. Different strokes for different folks though. I'm not knocking your experiences. I'm just saying that I don't seem to have those same experiences.
Tell me more about this nexus player, If you don't mind.
Nexus Player is an Android TV player with (limited) access to Play Store apps. Plus you get all of the functionality of a Chromecast. When I bought mine, it was $99 so most went with the Fire Stick for $39. With the price drop, it's a much better option than the stick
The shit sucks. It never works in my daughters room. Netflix can't connect ever. It's too far away from the modem to pick up a signal. I fucking hate it. I ended up just getting another cable box.
^^^^ these
I hated using workarounds to "hide" the Amazon stuff because all I wanted was Kodi. It's been touted as a cheap way to get Kodi on your TV but the device is too underpowered to run it
maaaan, I looked up how to install this shit... I dunno man I think ima buy one already juiced up, seems like alotta margin for error
It's easy bruh. If you're talking bout the fire stick hit me up I'll walk u through
I think this might be the major factor for those that have issues versus those that think it runs flawlessly. I don't think the Wi-Fi antenna in the Fire Stick is that strong, so I can see how one could have buffering issues if it isn't that close to a Wi-Fi access point.
i guess im not the only making a killing
all depends on the loadout u using to get 
best experience
Co-sign to the fullest. I never had any kind of issues with the FTV stick or the FTV box. Could it be a connection speed issue?
I have the highest speed available from Xfinity. If you're more than 20 feet from the modem it sucks. Yet my IPad is fine when I'm outside the house.
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I bought 2 as a part of my cord cutting process. I agree that in essence, if you can afford it and have the space by the TV, the Matrix box or any device with an actual hard drive is better; however, the Firestick just plops in the back of the TV. You dont see squat and no cords.
More importantly, the Fire Stick goes in my HDMI slot on my XBOX one.
So, I bought the TV Tuner for Xbox One, - it has an awesome guide. I bought Sling TV for $20 per month and installed that on all devices and now I have the firestick all running via XBOX One. The firestick does have KODI. I watched NFL Redzone last week with no problems. Cord Cutters Dream!!!!
More importantly, the Fire Stick goes in my HDMI slot on my XBOX one.
So, I bought the TV Tuner for Xbox One, - it has an awesome guide. I bought Sling TV for $20 per month and installed that on all devices and now I have the firestick all running via XBOX One. The firestick does have KODI. I watched NFL Redzone last week with no problems. Cord Cutters Dream!!!!
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I am returning Mine also.
Only thing that worked great was the adult sites. But i couldn't fast forward through the movies. My boy who put me on to it said he didn't have any probles until hetried to go to the same channels i was going to
Yep sounds like my prices. Shout out to you and slym 4 putting me up on kodi in the 1st place.
Shit is poppin so much here best buys can't keep them in
Hell yeah I've been to 3 different best buys here in Houston.
At one of the stores they know me when i walk in. They'll tell me 'none in Stock, spider.....' so i don't even waste my time.
But i got in a doctor's office! Bruh I'm KILLING em. The doctor bought one for the office and he been hitting me up weekly it seems with like 2 or 3 at a time.
I just think 'man, if they knew how easy this shit was to do.....' [emoji23]
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My barbershop got me boomin. Got the barber to get 1 now everybody comes in and sees it and wants 1. I left my wife at a wedding reception last Saturday cuz my barber called and had a guy in the shop that wanted 4
I agree with the others, it's definitely doable, you just have to put in the time to learn how to...
Now, some people are not interested in learning how to do it... So, they're paying for the service....
It's the same way consumers pay for vehicle repairs... They can learn how to do it, they rather just pay for the service and get it done. Meanwhile, the mechanic will charge by book hours and get it done in less than or a quarter of the time... depending on the work.
This is and always have been a cash cow since the apple tv 1 xbmc days.... you need your consumer base and proper marketing.... that's it....
Most of the transactions are hand to hand so no uncle sam... Online, different story.... But the market is open for EVERYBODY!!!
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Now, some people are not interested in learning how to do it... So, they're paying for the service....
It's the same way consumers pay for vehicle repairs... They can learn how to do it, they rather just pay for the service and get it done. Meanwhile, the mechanic will charge by book hours and get it done in less than or a quarter of the time... depending on the work.
This is and always have been a cash cow since the apple tv 1 xbmc days.... you need your consumer base and proper marketing.... that's it....
Most of the transactions are hand to hand so no uncle sam... Online, different story.... But the market is open for EVERYBODY!!!
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Here's the videos i used to learn how to install it. I'm sure it's tons of others too
how to install kodi on fire stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H7J08qHmHU
install super repo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115Gme5oaKg
kodi icon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6dXWxjcIcM
And if anybody has questions hit me up
how to install kodi on fire stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H7J08qHmHU
install super repo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115Gme5oaKg
kodi icon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6dXWxjcIcM
And if anybody has questions hit me up
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