If you have a digital antenna you might want to check out the Amazon Fire Recast. It is designed to work with he Fire Stick. There is no charge for the TV guide either. You might also want to check into Philo. It's guide also integrates into the Recast TV guide.Just got my Amazon Fire Stick 4K (my first Amazon stick) about 30 minutes ago and I already love it WAY better than the TiVo Stream 4K. Advantages versus Stream 4K I've seen already:
1. Dedicated Remote buttons for rew, play/pause, ff that actually work in the video apps I care about (Netflix, Prime Video and HBO NOW).
2. Much more responsive for pause/play, ff, rew remote presses, especially in Prime Video
3. For Prime Video it has both ff/rew and 10 sec skip back and forwards and they work very fast. This is HUGE improvement over the TS4K app.
4. Reelgood app launching for Amazon Prime Video actually works! Not only does it take you to the right episode, but it also starts playing the episode automatically. In contrast Reelgood on TS4K just takes you to the launch point of Amazon.
5. Has a "Recent" section of videos I've been playing so that I can easily find to re-launch to what I was watching.
Very, very happy so far compared to TS4K. I'm sure there are probably other advantages I haven't discovered yet and no doubt some disadvantages, but I'm loving the Fire Stick 4K so far.
I'm already wishing I hadn't bothered with TS4K and instead spent the $50 on another Amazon Fire Stick 4K.
Well, you're still within the TiVo 30-day-satisfaction-guaranteed return period.I'm already wishing I hadn't bothered with TS4K and instead spent the $50 on another Amazon Fire Stick 4K.
Wow! That app is so new to Fire TV devices that it doesn't even have any reviews on Amazon.com (at this writing). I assume you knew about it from using it on another device (??). I'm wondering if setup and some of the advanced features don't require a smart phone, tablet or web interface, i.e., can't be done purely with the AFT remote.I just essentially leave Reelgood app running on Fire Stick and accessing everything from there, so very little interaction with rest of GUI so far. Also moved that to 1st position in apps list.
The Fire TV and Android TV versions are identical in terms of UI and current functionality, however, some of the linking apps that launch properly in one don't on the other (HBO GO for example doesn't launch on the Fire TV verison).Wow! That app is so new to Fire TV devices that it doesn't even have any reviews on Amazon.com (at this writing). I assume you knew about it from using it on another device (??). I'm wondering if setup and some of the advanced features don't require a smart phone, tablet or web interface, i.e., can't be done purely with the AFT remote.
I just learned about Reelgood a few days ago from using it on TiVo Stream 4K since the TiVo software itself is full of holes and launching into Prime Video episodes doesn't work in that UI either. Was curious if it worked fine on FireTV 4K device and confirmed it works better than I could have expected.Wow! That app is so new to Fire TV devices that it doesn't even have any reviews on Amazon.com (at this writing). I assume you knew about it from using it on another device (??). I'm wondering if setup and some of the advanced features don't require a smart phone, tablet or web interface, i.e., can't be done purely with the AFT remote.
Can you set it up directly with the FireTV remote? Streaming sources? Watches? Notifications (I assume not for that one).I just learned about Reelgood a few days ago from using it on TiVo Stream 4K since the TiVo software itself is full of holes and launching into Prime Video episodes doesn't work in that UI either. Was curious if it worked fine on FireTV 4K device and confirmed it works better than I could have expected.
Yes to all.Can you set it up directly with the FireTV remote? Streaming sources? Watches? Notifications (I assume not for that one).
Yes you can use the FireTV remote to set which services you receive, which series to watch, which episodes of series you have already watched, etc. You can also do all that from a web interface if you wish instead. In my case it's linked to my Google account, so setting up my Reelgood account was as simple as clicking on the Google sign in button.Can you set it up directly with the FireTV remote? Streaming sources? Watches? Notifications (I assume not for that one).
I am especially bummed at how badly Tivo Botched the remote. Ive had AMazon 4k sticks on TV's for awhile now. I just dont see much of an advantage with tivo's remote. they need to label the pad area and add the functionality that the firestick remote has at least.Just got my Amazon Fire Stick 4K (my first Amazon stick) about 30 minutes ago and I already love it WAY better than the TiVo Stream 4K. Advantages versus Stream 4K I've seen already:
1. Dedicated Remote buttons for rew, play/pause, ff that actually work in the video apps I care about (Netflix, Prime Video and HBO NOW).
2. Much more responsive for pause/play, ff, rew remote presses, especially in Prime Video
3. For Prime Video it has both ff/rew and 10 sec skip back and forwards and they work very fast. This is HUGE improvement over the TS4K app.
4. Reelgood app launching for Amazon Prime Video actually works! Not only does it take you to the right episode, but it also starts playing the episode automatically. In contrast Reelgood on TS4K just takes you to the launch point of Amazon.
5. Has a "Recent" section of videos I've been playing so that I can easily find to re-launch to what I was watching.
6. With Alexa you can skip around videos easily with commands such as "rewind 2 minutes" or "fast forward 1 minute" and the response time is incredibly good.
Very, very happy so far compared to TS4K. I'm sure there are probably other advantages I haven't discovered yet and no doubt some disadvantages, but I'm loving the Fire Stick 4K so far.
I'm already wishing I hadn't bothered with TS4K and instead spent the $50 on another Amazon Fire Stick 4K.
Agreed. I only wish the firestick had an "Input" button to change TV inputs and that it supported IR learning. Even though the TS4K has the "Input" button it's not useful without IR learning to me, because pressing "Input" button just brings up the TV menu. But the TV remote has an input cycle button which would be the best one to emulate.I am especially bummed at how badly Tivo Botched the remote. Ive had AMazon 4k sticks on TV's for awhile now. I just dont see much of an advantage with tivo's remote. they need to label the pad area and add the functionality that the firestick remote has at least.
The Pad area on the Fire Stick 4K remote isn't labelled either. Nor is it on my remotes for my Samsung TV, nVidia Shield, etc. Why do people keep mentioning this as an issue?I am especially bummed at how badly Tivo Botched the remote. Ive had AMazon 4k sticks on TV's for awhile now. I just dont see much of an advantage with tivo's remote. they need to label the pad area and add the functionality that the firestick remote has at least.
Yep. No labels on the pad is no big deal. No play/pause button at all IS a big deal. What were they thinking?The Pad area on the Fire Stick 4K remote isn't labelled either. Nor is it on my remotes for my Samsung TV, nVidia Shield, etc. Why do people keep mentioning this as an issue?
trying the search function and see if it shows up?How do you get the Reelgood app on the Firetv 4k Stick? I looked for it yesterday and the search on the FireTV 4K stick came up with nothing.
