Amazon FireTV Stick SUCKS!

If you are “unplugging” from cable and trying to decide which streaming device to go for, I highly recommend that you look no further…… at the Amazon Fire TV Stick.

We unplugged from DirecTV (which will then offer you huge discounts and packages to stay, and it almost worked) and started looking at streaming device options. We needed one that could connect to Sling TV, but wanted to pick the product that would go the furthest in the future. We decided on two, Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

Amazon is such a great company, you can combine everything through your different devices, it seemed like it would be the one that would be most versatile, most innovative, etc. I didn’t want it to be 1988 and I had a drawer full of BETAmax tapes.

Too young?

How about Laserdisks?

Too young still?

Hmmmmm?

CDs?

Ok. I didn’t want it to be …….well……today with a drawer full of CDs (which I still have and love).

We also went with Roku, the OG in the streaming world. It seemed to offer all of the apps and streaming channels we wanted, it was still around after 8 years, so it must be ok at least.

We got the fastest internet we could (obviously we had to switch from AT&T), and thought we would be having the same experience on both TVs. It was a perfect side-by-side comparison. ESPN on Roku, ESPN on FireTV. Same channel, same WI-FI, VERY different experience.

Fire TV drops the stream ALL THE TIME. We get kicked out of whatever we are watching 95% on the time.

Middle of Anthony Bourdain on Netflix?

Drop.

Middle of Game Of Thrones on HBOGO?

Drop.

Middle of the college football playoffs? Drop.

I almost lost my mind!

How am I supposed to watch those horrible semi-final college football games with it dropping all the time? (Please go 6 teams with a bi, or 8. Please!). How am I supposed to watch my Warriors “splash” all over everyone every night if I can’t keep the damn game on the fricken screen!?!?!

I go in the other room, Room Roku, and the streaming is fine. No drops, no delays, no rebooting, nothing. Just whatever I am watching, with no interruptions.

I love you Roku. I equally dislike you (hate is such a strong word) Amazon Fire TV Stick.  

Happy hunting. Hope this helped!