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Has anyone tried other devices but decided on AppleTV?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1643103"><p>Roku is, IMO, a perfectly worthy competitor to the Apple TV. It has some advantages and it has some disadvantages, but I would call it more or less equal.</p><p></p><p>Fire TV = meh. I don't feel like being Bezo's, uh, 50 shades of grey girlfriend, so I'd rate it as lesser than the Roku. It hasn't sold well.</p><p></p><p>I think the bottom line is this: if you're in the Apple ecosystem elsewhere (iPhone, etc), the Apple TV is going to be your best option and a strong long-term bet to learn new tricks. If you need a streaming box that will play virtually any of the pirate video formats, you probably don't want an Apple TV. If you don't like being spied on by Amazon, you probably don't want the Fire TV (because that's really the only reason it exists).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1643103"] Roku is, IMO, a perfectly worthy competitor to the Apple TV. It has some advantages and it has some disadvantages, but I would call it more or less equal. Fire TV = meh. I don't feel like being Bezo's, uh, 50 shades of grey girlfriend, so I'd rate it as lesser than the Roku. It hasn't sold well. I think the bottom line is this: if you're in the Apple ecosystem elsewhere (iPhone, etc), the Apple TV is going to be your best option and a strong long-term bet to learn new tricks. If you need a streaming box that will play virtually any of the pirate video formats, you probably don't want an Apple TV. If you don't like being spied on by Amazon, you probably don't want the Fire TV (because that's really the only reason it exists). [/QUOTE]
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