​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?

I can confirm there is no Kodi for this and most likely never will be.

​Kodi is massively overrated software even if you use refined builds such as Paradox. I'd always favour a direct app solution over Kodi (mobdro, cartoon hd, cinemabox hd, showbox, movie hd etc) and if I was doing IPTV I'd choose Plex over Kodi. Kodi is always a last resort backup in my opinion. All android apks can be obtained from rawapk for the above and all are free software.

I have Plex on mine, the web store is unavailable in the UK.

I would concur on this thought, I guess Netflix and the like needs a lot of time to download all the pics and info, etc. Takes a while to load up to start with, but seems to get faster as I guess it sort of keeps things in the background.

It is slower than my Fire TV box as expected, but not noticeably slower than my FireTV stick, either way the advantage of having Amazon, Netflix and Now all in one device is enough of a plus that I'm not concerned about the slight slowness in loading the apps.

The stuff all seems to be streaming fine!

You can use either or both on the Roku but you must still have active subscriptions to use them.

I found mine very slow to start with, but once it has warmed up it goes very well, it seems to need time to sort its self out for a minute or two, then mine performs very well - so far :smiley:

Debating wherther to the same?? £2.....

​Firestick or an Android box. A few quid more but far more content.

Roku has Amazon Video; Chromecast has BT Sport; Now TV runs on both; Amazon fire I don't know about.
One thing I have noticed with these devices is how primitive their initial setup User Interfaces are. You'd think we'd have progressed beyond having to type passwords using a virtual keyboard (and accessing/remembering the password in the first place is another story...)
Looking forward to the day we just use finger-print/retinal/voice for accessing services.

The TechRadar one is probably the newer model not available in the UK. I recommend against importing as well as it seems importing means you cannot get BBC iPlayer and some other UK services.

In regards to suggestions, ignoring price for a second, I think the boxes better suit living areas as they are really small and faster (assuming you get a current model not the old v1 boxes). However for say a kitchen I think the stick suits better, it can be plugged into the HDMI and USB of the TV and completely hidden and the Roku stick remote is not IR so works without pointing at the TV too.

However if the price jump from stick to box is large, the stick does perform reasonably well, it isn't too sluggish as to be annoying.

From previous comments It does not appear you can

It runs fine, admittedly the version on the ps3/ps4 is quicker to load, The menu is still identical in look and function to the console version, but you do notice it's a bit slower to get up to speed with the menu initially. I haven't found it frustrating or anything, part of the reason I bought it though was to avoid having to switch a console on just to use Netflix.

Yeah you're right, Chromecast requires a phone or laptop to cast stuff from webpages/apps.

I've not used a fire stick before but we got a Roku stick at the weekend and I'm pretty pleased with it, it has a netflix shortcut button on the remote that launches the app so it's pretty straightforward to use for that. Plus as the thing isn't tied so closely to a company like the fire stick I feel it's probably a bit less restrictive in the range of apps from Amazon competitors.

So for most people: not the same price on Amazon then...

Yes

​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.