Monday, December 22, 2014

The 2014 Battle Between Streamers

The 2014 Battle Between Streamers
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If you have a big TV in your house, maybe you want to see on it the latest TV shows or movies, or anything that is streamed online. To make this happen, you need a media streamer, and here are the most popular boxes that are selling like hot pancakes.
Advantages: It’s available in four variants of players, the Streaming Stick, which costs 50 dollars, the Roku 1 with the same price, the Roku 2 which is 20 dollars more expensive and the Roku 3 which costs 100 dollars. It supports over 1700 applications, streaming content from Netflix, HBO Go, Pandora, Hulu Plus, Amazon Cloud Player, YouTube etc., and everytime a new channel is launched, Roku receives it first. When the Nexus Player was launched, Roku added Google Play Movies to its list. Roku 3 comes with a faster chip and allows you to plug your headphones into the remote, just like the Roku 2, to listen to what you’re streaming on the TV. Automatically, the TV is “muted”, so you won’t bother anyone in the room.
Disadvantages: It has a weak mirroring and gaming capability and doesn’t support AirPlay / Google Cast mirroring equivalent.
Advantages: It’s very cheap at 35 dollars, so everyone can afford to buy it. Its shape doesn’t look like a “box” and hides behind the TV, but it requires power from the USB port or from the power adapter with like Apple A1021 AC Adapter, Apple A1222 AC Adapter, Apple M8942 AC Adapter, Apple a1036 AC Adapter, Apple Magsafe AC Adapter, Apple M8942 AC Adapter, Apple A1021 AC Adapter, Apple A1184 AC Adapter, Apple A1172 AC Adapter, Apple A1222 AC Adapter, Apple A1330 AC Adapter, Apple M8482 AC Adapter. It covers many applications and the catalog is growing, being released with Netflix and YouTube, and now it’s very rich in variety.
Disadvantages: It doesn’t come with a remote, so you’ll have to use your smartphone or tablet and unlock your device whenever you want to pause or rewind. And if somebody calls you on your phone, the streaming will be stopped. Also, the device doesn’t have an onscreen user interface and the application selection could have been better. There are minor problems with the screen mirroring, because it can be spotty.
Advantages: It teams up perfectly with any iOS device, streaming movies, music or anything you can find on iTunes and all you need is a TV and a good sound system. You can also stream cloud-stored music through iTunes Match or you can listen to the iTunes Radio. With the AirPlay mirroring, you can stream music, photos or videos from any iPhone or iPad, to your Apple TV. If you have an iOS device, you can have access to Pandora, Vudu, Plex and SlingPlayer, which normally aren’t supported by Apple TV.
Disadvantages: Apple TV seems to show its “age”, having fewer application and features than its rival, the Roku and it doesn’t have games. Apple TV forces you, somehow, to stream content from iTunes, which is ok for those who are used to the Apple ecosystem, but it’s not the best chose for those who want to see content from Amazon or Vudu.
There are some rumors according to which Apple is planning to release a new Apple TV in 2015.
Advantages: The Fire TV Stick costs only 39 dollars and acts like a 99 dollars box, having almost the same functionality. It’s perfect for streaming Amazon content, being very speedy, so every movie or TV show hosted by Amazon Instant and Prime videos are loaded instantly. It has a voice search option, and it allows you to find pretty much every movie if you speak directly to the remote, which recognizes the title and gives you the result. The voice search is enabled across apps such as Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Showtime Anytime. The Fire TV allows you to play all kinds of games from the store, but for a better experience, you’d want to buy the 40 dollars optional controller.
Disadvantages: It focuses more on Amazon Instant video and leaves other shops in the shadow. There are many movies, TV shows or songs available only through Amazon, and on the home screen you’ll see the latest content that was added to Amazon Prime Instant, making you curious and ready to take a look. Also, it has fewer apps than Roku and Apple Fire TV.

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