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Elevation to Cialilerin
21 Nov 164#8
So for most people: not the same price on Amazon then...
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t4r
21 Nov 16#1
Is the main difference between the Roku and Amazon Prime the ability to Cast (independently) from a mobile device? By independent I mean casting through another app such All cast so you can still use your phone as opposed to casting the actual phone screen?
argosextra to t4r
21 Nov 16#2
Yes
dralanhart to t4r
21 Nov 16#3
No. both FireTV and Roku have limited casting support compared to Chromecast. the main difference is that Roku supports just about all UK streaming services while FireTV is missing NowTV/Sky and Google Play. Amazon services have a better user interface on the Amazon equipment. Netflix playback on a Fire stick was ropey in my experience, sometimes unusable. I have a suspicion that sometimes on some services you don't get the full quality stream with Roku, or the picture is slightly soft compared to FireTV or Chromecast, but I have not been able to prove this and indeed the quality seemed identical on YouTube when I tested it.
eslick
21 Nov 161#4
well that's the argos one going back then
dwl99
21 Nov 161#5
amazon have inevitably price matched
vassy4u
21 Nov 16#6
Thanks Ashok. Heat added :smiley:
Cialilerin
21 Nov 16#7
now same price on Amazon with prime
Elevation to Cialilerin
21 Nov 164#8
So for most people: not the same price on Amazon then...
Destard
21 Nov 16#9
I guess you can't put Kodi on this?
Jomumma2white to Destard
7 Dec 16#52
you can put the kodi app on your phone/tablet etc and use the kodi set up wizard app to add the repo's and builds etc then stream to your TV right?
Heat777
21 Nov 16#10
What's the difference between this and kodi? Excuse m'gnorance.
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