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  • 30-01-2019 10:29pm
    #1
    joebre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭


    My old setup was downloading movies to my NAS, located one room above my projector and using an RF remote to control an Apple TV, linked by a long HDMI to my projector.
    With a Network amplifier, Android box, Netflix & Fire Stick available, what is the best device for streaming Video.
    Would I be able to control the Fire Stick if it was one room away or could I use Alexa to control it ?
    All suggestions welcome.


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  • #2
    The Ritz
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, RicherSounds.ie Moderator Posts: 2,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Ritz


    Mod Comment
    With a Network amplifier, Android box, Netflix & Fire Stick available, what is the best device for streaming Video.

    Folks,

    Please bear in mind the notice at the top of the forum regarding movies and tv etc - my assumption is that the streaming mentioned in the OPs question is from legitimate sources.


    Thnks,

    Ritz.


  • #3
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    The Amazon fire is an ok budget device but the Nvidia Shield TV is hands down the best device available these days and has been for some time. It doesn't look like being knocked off it's perch anytime soon. There's a big thread in the Android forum. It runs Android TV which is not the same as touchscreen Android, it has it's own play store with only Android TV supported apps, but you can sideload lots of apps much like the Fire TV. It's deigned from the ground up for use on a large screen with a D-pad remote.
    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057823443/159/#post109291594

    Also check out the Logitech Harmony remote with a Harmony hub to allow you use Bluetooth controls that modern hardware uses. This allows you to hide away devices or keep them in another room as the remote itself uses wireless to the hub and the hub has Bluetooth, IR and WiFi

    Logitech Harmony Elite Advanced TV and Home Entertainment Remote Control, Hub and App, Works with Alexa, Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B014GXQOJ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qITuCb4W9T6W0


  • #4
    joebre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭joebre


    Want to confirm that I will be streaming from Amazon Prime or Netflix through the Fire Stick.
    I hope to use the Fire Stick as an Input into my amplifier. Don't know how I will be able to control it as haven't tried it yet.
    Had a Harmony Remote but had trouble with the RF Extender.


  • #5
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    joebre wrote: »
    Want to confirm that I will be streaming from Amazon Prime or Netflix through the Fire Stick.
    I hope to use the Fire Stick as an Input into my amplifier. Don't know how I will be able to control it as haven't tried it yet.
    Had a Harmony Remote but had trouble with the RF Extender.

    The fire stick doesn't have IR, it has Bluetooth therefore you need a harmony remote with a hub for Bluetooth. You have to pair the hub with the fire stick, it will then show as a Harmony keyboard


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