“In my in-depth review of Amazon.com’s new Fire TV set-top media streaming box, I concluded that I preferred my good-old Apple TV, mostly because of usability issues with both Amazon’s and Netflix’s instant video-viewing experiences,” Michael Comeau reports for Minyanville.
“But what does the larger population of Fire TV buyers think?” Comeau reports. “This morning, I went to Amazon.com and crunched the numbers on reviews of Fire TV and its three main competitors: Apple TV, Roku 3, and Google Chromecast.”
“Fire TV has received a fair number of reviews — 1,214 in total, with an average score of 3.5 stars,” Comeau reports. “So how does that compare to the competition? Not so well. As of 9:26 a.m. ET today, Fire TV was the lowest rated of the four, while Apple TV was the highest. Roku was a close second, with the $29.99 Chromecast in third.”
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