Editor’s note, December 2022: The new release in the $ 30 HD streaming category, such as Chromecast with Google TV HD, has beaten fire TV stick lights in terms of both features and value. We have adjusted the rating of this product from 8.1 to 6 to 6 to reflect the changing landscape.

Roku
Streaming is the biggest name in hardware, with Many different streaming devices are still availableEven more Tvs And SoundbarAmazon Gun for slices of pie of pie Ever since
Fire tv
appeared. $ 30 Amazon Fire TV Light is the company’s cheapest streammer, $ 30 reply Ruku Express And as you are the biggest benefit of its biggest benefit on Roku.

Amazon is also $ 40 Fire Stick But I will argue that fire stick TV light is a better deal. The main difference is that more expensive rod has a separate remote with power, volume and muted buttons to control your TV. If you are using this streamer only on a cheap TV, it is worth saving money, until you really want to control TV.

So is $ 30 fire TV light better than $ 30 Roku Express? They have the same selection of most apps, Now there is peacock in fire TVHence the significant differences are in menu system and voice support. If you discover shows and launch apps, the underlying access to light is a major advantage if you prefer to speak instead of typing. Finally, I felt the fire TV light a little better, although the Roku Express is still an excellent option. If your TV is
Hdmi
Port, Fire TV Stick Lite is a great way to equip it with streaming money for more money.

What is this?

Fire TV Light is a USB stick-shaped device plugs on your TV to a spare HDMI port. It provides a lot of facilities for Rs 30, which includes the dedicated voice remote that allows integration. Alexa voice assistantDozens are also supported
Streaming services
Among thousands of available apps.

Remote has not changed too much since the first fire TV and I did not like that Roku Remote or New Google TV away. Amazon’s clicker also lacks shortcuts
Netflix
Or other frequently used services, but it includes a new live TV button.

Pressing that new bottom button brings a grid-style live TV guide that is popularly populated with “channels” Pluto TV And stars. Strangely Amazon does not have its own IMDB TV Live TV grid, even if it has its own program grid after opening the app. If you are to subscribe YouTube tvYou will also watch shows and channels from that service in the guide, although it did not work Sling TV (Customers have to use the sling app as usual).

The stick itself comes with a power adapter that Amazon strongly recommends using you. while you Be able to To power it to use the USB port on my device, I found that this unit could behave strangely. For example, Dolby atomos Despite declaring the “Dolby Atmos”, the content would not work at all when the TV is plugged into the USB port – the sound came out as 5.1.

A feature in the feature list of the light is out of a little space: HDR compatibilityThis is the first tool we have seen to offer HDR but not 4K resolutionAnd the question raises the question of what kind of TV it is designed. There are hundreds of 4K HDR TVs, but, only the best buy site, depending on the search, there are only Four 1080p TVs that can HDRFor most people with 4K HDR TVs, we would recommend getting a streammer that can actually do 4k instead of 1080p streammer like a light.

Many streaming apps

Like other streaming devices, the number of services supporting Amazon Fire TV is improving at all times. It can reach almost all major streaming apps, including
Amazon Prime Video
,

What do you like to use

Healthy supplements of features, tightly integrated voice commands and its relative speed form for a winning combination. Normally early apps were rapid, and only navigating the home page tiles can cause very timely slow down, but nothing that spoils the experience.

Fire TV stick light remote is easy to use, and Alexa was more responsive and relevant than using Eco as a Go-Bitch. At a time only once I wished a muted button, and it was usually during the autoplay video that was accompanied by tiles on the home page.

I appreciated to be able to use a remote or Alexa speaker for the voice command, but did not work with every app tried by me using an Eco speaker. Asking for “Ambrela Academy” on Netflix failed, for example, and I just got the message “check your skill” (there is (there is there (there is No official Netflix Skills In Alexa App).

It was more successful to use remote rather than a speaker, but it was not even infallible. Given that YouTube TV is now tightly integrated, I hope that the discovery of the voice will work better than this. For example, I asked for “Battle Bots on YouTube TV” and whatever I found were YouTube and Amazon “Buy” links. However, Amazon Prime Video did a good job with Alexa Voice.

Conversely, Roku may not have the same strong voice ability, but the search and voice discovery through Roku remote is generally more targeted towards free/involved programs than to point to “Now buy” link.

The picture and sound quality were also very good, but the lack of an audio format control beyond “best available” can cause some strange problems. For example, Korra’s legend on Netflix using Light gave me only Stereo Sound (although it should be capable of 5.1), while the new fire stick gave me the expected 5.1. Other events including Jack Ryan on Amazon were played in Atmos on Light, so it was not a hardware ability issue. More likely, a Netflix is ​​one, and when I reached Amazon for clarification, a spokesperson confirmed that the device supports both 5.1 and 7.1.

There are two separate schools of idea when it comes to how streaming devices organize their content. App-centered menu like Roku and Apple TV only show you a grid of apps, so you cannot really browse to see something without clicking each app. Amazon Fire TV and Google TV take a more content-focused approach, which watch a lot of titles on the home page itself.

If you prefer to graze for materials, fire TVs can be more attractive, although “live tiles” can have shocks in autoplay videos. If you know what you already want, or at least which app you want to see, then stop is perhaps a better option, in the part because the search results of Amazon are too oblique towards your content (often at extra cost).

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Should you buy it?

If you want an ultrach, competent streammer and embedded with Alexa and Amazon Universe, this product matters a lot. You can or not to miss TV control functions, but the live TV guide button is especially a real bonus for cord-core. At $ 30 it is a worthy streammer and a great stocking filler.

If, on the other hand, you have the 2019 fire stick, there is no reason to buy any of the 2020 versions. Dolby Atmos and/or Dolby Vision are funny ad-ons for 1080p devices, and if you have a decent 4K TV then you should get a real 4K streamer-this is just one and $ 20.

The first published on 8 October 2020, updated on June 2021 in addition to peacock.