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expired Posted by johnny_miller | Staff • Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024 5:43 AM
Amazon Fire TV Device Sale: Fire TV Stick 4K Max $33, Fire TV Stick 4K
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Also I just checked and I had a code (FTVGAME4K) that dropped the MAX to $30. May have been a targeted code since I could redeem it right under the price.
Also I just checked and I had a code (FTVGAME4K) that dropped the MAX to $30. May have been a targeted code since I could redeem it right under the price.
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If you are using the 4K on a secondary TV, and are happy with it, it may not be necessary, but would be a nice discretionary purchase.
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If the stick (I presume the Cube is the same but I don't own one so I can't confirm) sits unused without getting updates it basically breaks the device until it's fully updated. You can't launch apps because the device firmware isn't updated. It's not even the apps that need updated, it's the FireTV firmware. It boots fine, let's you navigate fine, let's you try and launch apps, and then it just sits there. So the takeaway here is that if you're going to use one of these, make sure they stay connected at all times. It's what I should do with mine, but that leads me to the next complaint which is just the user interface.
It has gotten better over time, but its interface is so incredibly inferior to every other streaming platform. I'm personally in the Roku camp, but if I could afford to switch out all of my Roku Ultras with Apple TV 4K devices I probably would as those eliminate ads. My Roku Ultras are all from 2018 but all feel significantly snappier than the 4K Max streaming stick. Additionally, a 2018 43" TCL 4-Series 4K TV (bottom of the barrel) that I use as a computer monitor has a Roku interface which also feels markedly snappier than the FireTV interface. The FireTV interface just feels full of bloat and ads and is just visually unpleasing and often laggy/unresponsive. It's the same issue I had with Fire Tablets, but that's another rant for another time. I know this is because it's Amazon, but it's off-putting to me, and worse than Google TV. Consequently if you can get the original Onn. 4K for $20 I'd recommend that over these.
All this having been said, these 'work', and this isn't a bad price, but I don't know that I'd want to use them as a daily streaming device for the user interface issues I've mentioned above. If you keep them connected you'll circumvent my biggest annoyance with the platform, but that's a me problem for not just keeping the thing connected to the internet all the time. I only bring it up so others don't run into the same frustrations as me with only using it every couple months and then waiting 30 minutes to be able to actually use it while it updates.