Sentences with phrase «cheaper streaming boxes»

That means home theater PC owners are stuck with inferior movie and TV show quality compared to much cheaper streaming boxes such as the Amazon Fire TV, Roku 4, and Nvidia Shield Android TV.

They're just not very good — even if you have a smart TV, you're better off picking up a cheap streaming box and using it instead of your smart TV's software.

That's thanks in part to Roku's commitment to serving the low end of the market with cheap streaming boxes made for 1080p TVs that don't have built - in smart TV features or apps...

That's not to say the Roku Express serves no purpose, but it's more about giving Roku «cheapest streaming box» bragging rights — a dubious distinction when you're talking about a small handful of dollars — than about pushing the streaming experience forward.

In terms of price, the Apple TV 4K isn't the cheapest streaming box on the market (an honor that currently belongs to Google's Chromecast).

Not exact matches

Set - top streaming boxes are thus coming under pressure from both ends — from smaller, cheaper and more convenient USB - like dongles, and «smart» televisions with software and interfaces that are indeed smarter, as opposed to the dog's breakfast that many of them have been so far.

If I could buy a $ 99 box (Playstation) and play almost all the games (except for some PS2 games) Playstation has ever made for console for that price and the streamed games are cheap.

My thoughts are that this is a good attempt but at the end of the day there is no room for a big console market in the Chinese games industry, I can see people buying products like this as an android streaming box but then in that case there are plenty of other products from Xiaomi and Tencent which are cheaper and do a better job on the media side.

Although it may be seen as slightly more expensive that cheap android tv streaming boxes that can also play games like Amazon Fire or Tencent's MiniStation.

These micro consoles may have the same games as mobile and PC and be familiar to Chinese users, they are also considerably cheaper than a PS4, but the demand for living room gaming just isn't there and as such it's the TV streaming functionality that gets used more on these boxes.

There is also the growing competition from android TV boxes that can stream video content and play casual games for a much cheaper cost.

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Sure, the Chromecast Ultra is cheaper than most 4K streamers, but for the same $ 70 price, you can instead get Xiaomi's Mi Box, an Android TV set - top with a proper remote control, 4K HDR streaming, and Google Cast built - in.

The Roku Ultra is also somewhat at odds with Roku's software, which is optimized more for cheap smart TVs and streaming sticks than premium set - top boxes.

Though the cheaper price might also overcome the biggest hurdle that Android TV streaming boxes have faced: nobody wants them.

It's neither cheap enough to compete with lightweight streaming sticks, nor powerful enough to take on high - end streaming boxes.

DirectX 12 is looking great, and even the cheapest of dirt - cheap set - top boxes are enabling real - time streaming of PC games to your TV.

Just give me a small, cheap box to hook to my TV for in - home streaming.»

Amazon's biggest success, though, has been the Fire TV Stick, which provided consumers a cheaper, in - home streaming box than competitors like the Apple TV and Roku.

If 4K streaming is what you seek, Roku's new $ 80 Premier streaming box will be your cheapest choice.

For anyone else, there are cheaper, more navigable streaming boxes out there.

Amazon could bring similar controls to its flagship box, and pitch them as an upsell from the cheaper streaming sticks.

However, it is being rapidly eclipsed by less expensive streaming boxes, such as those from Roku, and the cheaper 4K ultra-HD Blu - ray players now coming out.

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Chromecast is dirt cheap, and that's perfect for those of you who want something other than a $ 100 - and - up streaming media box.

The cheapest among the newly announced streaming boxes is the Roku Express, which will retail for $ 29.99.

Amazon's Fire TV and Apple's Apple TV are the obvious standalone - box alternatives, and they're roughly the same size, too; far cheaper is a $ 35 Chromecast, which misses out on the fancy voice searching but supports the same Google Play access and, assuming you have the app on your phone or tablet, can be used to «Cast» (aka stream) video from your mobile device.