Amazon Fire TV
Expert Review
It’s clear in designing the Fire TV system, Amazon looked at competing devices and made every effort to match or exceed them. The set-top box features a clean design with HDMI and optical audio connections. It can connect wirelessly or through an Ethernet cable, and has access to thousands of different streaming services and channels. This is an especially strong option if you already have Amazon Prime, as you can easily stream media in your library through this system.
The included remote has voice activation and lets you issue spoken search commands which isn’t strictly necessary but does make the system easier to use. The latest release of the Amazon Fire TV box has included 4K Ultra HD support which means you can use this to stream incredibly high resolution media to a 4K HDTV. While such media is offered in limited quantities at present, this just means your new device is future proofed as 4K HDTV becomes more widely available in the future.