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

[Mike]

I like the firestick with Alexa better only because I am speaking right into
it. The tv with Alexa some times did not hear me because of the tv sound.
But that may just be my voice or room conditions. The down side to the Alexa
remote is you have to pick it up & push the button there is no wake word.
Otherwise I found they worked the same. 
Mike

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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,
> 
> 
> ----
> 
> 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
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> Star Gazer via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 5:43 PM
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> 
> 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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a%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. 

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