RYF: FIRE! FIRE! ($19, two days only with Prime)

[onthedownlow]

Yep, Miracast.

HBOGO should be available by the end of the year, they say.

The main draw (for $20 - besides Miracast, remote, and mod-capability) is it is a stick and portable. Just grab and go to take wherever you'd like.

[Sam3]

onthedownlow wrote:
Yep, Miracast.

HBOGO should be available by the end of the year, they say.

The main draw (for $20 - besides Miracast, remote, and mod-capability) is it is a stick and portable. Just grab and go to take wherever you'd like.

Along with its power supply.

I'm in for one. (add to my collection)

[dmann]

Peer pressure. I caved. In for 1. Had a $5 GC that I forgot about so for $14, what the heck...

DM

[tronnei]

Estimated Delivery Date: December 17.

:X

[onthedownlow]

Sam3 wrote:
[quote=onthedownlow]
Yep, Miracast.

HBOGO should be available by the end of the year, they say.

The main draw (for $20 - besides Miracast, remote, and mod-capability) is it is a stick and portable. Just grab and go to take wherever you'd like.

Along with its power supply.

I'm in for one. (add to my collection)
Yep, and just the general specs (for a stick device) are really impressive. The interface as-is will be nicely polished.

I had some GC's to, so my came to about $8. Would had been free if I hadn't ordered some things earlier already. Dang you, Amazon.

[silvarios]

I'm in. This seems pretty neat to me.

[silvarios]

I'm out.

Even though nearly every page of the site asked me to try Prime for 30 days, even after logging into my account. I was immediately charged for the full $99. Had to cancel. Too bad. Fire is pretty much not on my buying list at this point. Going to pick up a ChromeCast for just a bit more. Not Miracast, but maybe close enough for now. Or maybe a Roku 3 if I could get one for $60. I see one for just under $70, but I'm trying o shave just a wee bit more off. A refurb is fine.

[RAMd®d]

Thanks, p!

[eustacetilley]

RAMd®d wrote:
Thanks, p!

Um, there was no rude "I'm trying to figure this thing out..." change in the Subject: title space to begin with, so how can there be a "Re: I'm trying to figure this thing out..." response?
Please stop being so... obnoxious. You are pretty much ruining browsing this Forum in "Recent Messages" mode, single-handedly.

¬Eustace

[silvarios]

RAM,
It is like a Roku, Apple TV or Fire TV shrunk down into a simple HDMI stick. It apparently does casting (like the ChromeCast or AppleTV with AirPlay or Roku 3/stick with Miracast), but it also can run apps and games directly on the device. Comes with a remote to support direct control. Where the Chromecast is purely an adjunct to other devices, the Fire Stick can exist as a stand alone device.

Pretty neat and super cheap. Too bad I no longer have Prime. I'd have to pay the full freight, not that the price is bad. The Fire Stick is still cheaper than the Roku HDMI stick and not much more than a ChromeCast (on sale for $28.30 at the moment).