OT: Best streaming device

[notoriousD_O_G]

I currently have a smart TV in one room and a Xbox One in another. We are adding a third TV to our house and I got a really good deal (free) on an older TV. Since it is not a smart TV and it would be pretty wasteful to buy another Xbox, what are the best options for adding streaming to this new TV? We use Netflix, Prime, Hulu, HBO, and ESPN. Thanks

 

[jeremyrbrown]

Love my fire stick. You can do all of that on one.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

I've got all of them. Two Rokus, Apple TV, and a fire stick. The apple TV is the slickest... But I would recommend the Roku (box... Not the stick). It's easy... Functional.... And easy (it's that easy)

 

[dickiedawg]

For me it’s an Apple TV. I find the interface better, it seems zippier (and well it should, as it’s the most expensive of any I’ve tried other than XB1). Honestly Roku and Fire TV/Stick are both fine too. I’m eager to try the new Amazon cube. But the apps that you mentioned should be on pretty much anything.

ETA: Forgot to mention, chrome stick is the one thing I’ve had that I would not purchase again.

 

[Xenomorph]

We’ve got a 4K Apple TV and 2 Roku extremes. The Apple is probably the best overall but the Roku is so good I don’t think you can justify the price difference.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Apple TV now that you can stream Amazon Prime content.

It just works.

 

[AssEndDawg]

Easy... if you are bought into the Apple eco-system (i.e. you have iPhones and have paid for content like music or movies) then AppleTV. The ease of screen sharing and device to device streaming along with the ability to use you phone as a remote control (great for when you are playing music, you can just skim through the library on your phone) make this a no brainer.

If you use some other phone and you haven't purchasing any Apple tied content then the Roku will give you almost everything AppleTV can for half the price.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

If you have all Apple products the Appletv is nice and the new ones are really nice. We have a Roku as well and it’s a good all around inexpensive one.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

Apple TV now that you can stream Amazon Prime content.

It just works.

this. I have a fire stick on one of my TVs and the main one has an Apple TV 4K. The firestick freezes while flipping through the menu. All.. the... time. The Apple TV has never froze up on me. Plus it pulls content from your other apps like Netflix and Prime and consolidates it on one screen.

Also, if you have an IPhone, you can mirror your screen to the TV instantly. Watching a YouTube video and want to show it to someone else? Just a swipe and you are showing it on TV. Someone send you a video on text of the baby nephew/niece and want to show it to the wife? Swipe and it’s on the tv.

Just put a bell or something on the remote. That thing is easy to slip in all kinds of spaces.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

I'll agree with this... Like I said.. I have an apple TV and integrates seamlessly with my iMac and MacBook along with our phones. Am that being said... I'd still recommend the Roku. It's really versatile. Like for exam... If you have a thumb drive with any video format file, you plug it in and the Roku will play it. Apple TV can't do that.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Just put a bell or something on the remote. That thing is easy to slip in all kinds of spaces.

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[GTAdawg]

For $35 bucks, you can’t beat the Google Chromecast.

 

[RocketDawg]

I'll agree with this... Like I said.. I have an apple TV and integrates seamlessly with my iMac and MacBook along with our phones. Am that being said... I'd still recommend the Roku. It's really versatile. Like for exam... If you have a thumb drive with any video format file, you plug it in and the Roku will play it. Apple TV can't do that.

I have one of the cheap Rokus. It's serviceable but doesn't do 4K, and it's a bit slow. I've been using Macintosh computers at work since they first came out, I guess in the early 80s, and have owned several at home. I currently have an iMac and and a MacBook Pro, so I'm going to get an Apple TV 4K fairly soon. I briefly looked at the Apple site a few days ago and I think a new one is coming out so I'll wait on it.

 

[The Peeper]

I'm an Apple atheist so I won't go there, but out of all of the others its hands down the Roku and I don't think its close.

 

[aTotal360]

4th generation AppleTV. You can do a universal login for all the channels you have access to.

 

[vhdawg]

I have two Roku streaming sticks and love them. They do everything I could want them to do.

 

[Seinfeld]

The ability to quickly cast something from your phone/tablet to the tv is really undervalued by a lot of people, and that’s one of the reasons that I love the Vizio TVs with built in smart cast. It makes it to where you can throw something over to your tv by clicking a couple buttons, and it’s incredibly handy at times.

The only thing that bugs me a little about the Apple ecosystem is that Apple seems to be way behind Google/Amazon when it comes to voice commands and controlling the house, but I keep hearing that Siri will be catching up soon. They’ve gotta do something because that market is booming

 

[turkish]

You can cast from iPhone to Roku.