[Electronics-Talk] Electronics-Talk] Amazon fire sticks

[Star Gazer]

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> On Apr 15, 2019, at 9:48 AM, Ben Fulton via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> That's really useful to know. We have an older t.v. it's HDTV, but has no smart features. The picture quality is fine, but we've been considering how we want to upgrade.
> 
> So, I'm wondering, is the fire tv the same thing as using the firestick? In terms of the smart technology part of it? It's especially good to know about the voice thing happening twice a week, that would annoy us, so the firestick may be the better option, I'm just trying to figure out if there's a difference in the functionality of the two options, or if it really works the same, and you're just paying for the actual t.v. - which would be a better picture, but we are happy with what we currently have.
> 
> Ben,
> 
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> I bought the 24 inch Insignia fire tv with Alexa built in. The problem was
> about 2 times a week in the middle of the night it would say voice view
> ready! This was with the tv shut off! This is a soft wear problem. No one
> could figure out how to stop this. My tv was in the bedroom & I was not
> going to be woke up by the tv 2 times a week. The ecko show does the same
> thing, but you can tell it to go home & that stopes the behavior for the
> most part but not 100%. I sent it back & got the fire stick with Alexa
> remote & really like it.
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Star Gazer via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 5:43 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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> Cc: Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Amazon fire sticks
> 
> Thank you. We are trying to decide, and you may know, if the firestick will
> work with our tv, we got it in 2012. We are trying to decide if we want a
> firestick or spring for the tv with the firestick built in, husband isn't
> sure he wants involuntary adds. 
> Are you sure there isn't a youtube app for the firestick? Sounds like an odd
> oversight. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Melissa Kane via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 4:58 PM
> To: Star Gazer via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Melissa Kane <mdsmith32811 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Amazon fire sticks
> 
> The Fire Stick is very accessible, in my experience. We have used our with
> Sling TV, CBS All Access, PBS, Amazon Prime, and probably a couple other
> apps as well. I just which there was a youtube TV app for the Fire Stick.
> 
> 
> Melissa Kane
> 
>> On 4/14/2019 1:30 PM, Star Gazer via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone how accessible are these? We want to try them.
> 
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> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org/pickrellrebecca%40gmail.comwe are in the same boat as Ben. We must have YouTube. My dream configuration is to tell Alexa what I want and have her set up the tv.