As for the gaming it also is serious about that as well with Minecraft Pocket Edition, The Walking Dead, RipTide 2, Sev Zero, Asphalt Airbourne 8, and NBA 2K.Ĭoming in at $99 Amazon makes a compelling case with the Fire TV when compared to the Roku 3 and Apple TV. It offers the majority of the majors including Netflix, HuluPlus, ESPN, Vevo, Crackle, Flixster, and of course the Amazon Instant Video app. The game controller connects to the system using Bluetooth and is said to offer 55 hours of battery life.Īs for streaming content, Amazon isn’t playing around. If you want to play games, you will need the controller. The game controller is an additional $39.99 and is separate as an optional add-on from the main Fire TV unit. A remote for navigation (can also be used with some games) with a microphone for built-in voice search and game controller. It also has Dolby Digital Plus surround sound, dual-band WiFi a/b/g/n, 8GB of internal flash memory for storage, Bluetooth 4.0, 10/100 wired Ethernet, USB 2.0 port, and optical Toslink Audio output. The box which is a thinner, but bigger square box powered by a quad core processor (Qualcomm Krait 300, quad-core to 1.7 Ghz) with 2GB (LPDDR2 533 MHZ) and a dedicated GPU (Qualcomm Adreno 320) similar to what you would find in a higher end cell phone that outputs HD 1080p over a HDMI connection to your TV. The specs on the Fire TV are pretty much what we would expect these days. Actually it is not really that surprising with all of the rumors we have heard prior to its release. Fire TV is here! Amazon announced their new $99 streaming and video game device.
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