Comments on: Chromecast Vs Amazon Fire TV Stick: Which One Is The Best?

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:40:55 +0000

After owning this firestick for a little over a year, its become almost completely unuseable. The only apps I have installed on it are ESPN and Twitch and I am constantly having to clear cache data to allow me maybe up to an hour of expected use. After that, it starts taking anywhere from 5-30 seconds for a single input to render a response and if it’s really bad, audio will most likely cut out and the only way to get it back is to hard reset both the firestick and my TV. TV audio is fine in every other regard and this has happened on 3 separate television sets. I thought Amazon integrations would beat out the ease of use of my old chromecast that I’ve had for over 5 years now. Never again.

By: Deepak

Deepak — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 06:46:43 +0000

I have been using firestick for a while it’s okay most of the time but once the remote goes bad and you have to change the things it’s very very difficult as settings can only be changed with its remote not app. Switching to Chromecast finally.

By: Kelly D

Kelly D — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:32:16 +0000

I’m now on my 4th (or 5th?) Firestick. I love them. So many because I’ve one on 3 TVs and upgraded a stick to steam the audio to my echo dot. While that use needs work, since it’s a newer feature I’m pretty certain it’ll improve. I love the portability of it. I can take it when I travel and watch my favorites without missing a beat. No worries if the cable available has the channels i watch. I also love that it connects to my Amazon photos ( uploaded automatically from my phone AND I pay for the space with my Prime account). I can have pictures of my family or immediate views of my vacation pics on the screensaver. It’s always improving though some apps take longer to show up than I’d like. It took years for them to make audible an app – which seemed just ridiculous. All in all, with access to Prime shows (and some are fantastic!) and personal video collection, I rate it as a 9 out of 10 only because there’s always room for improvement.

By: Matthew Burns

Matthew Burns — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:51:32 +0000

These two products really haven’t much in common in that you would buy one rather than the other.

Chromecast is just that. It’s for casting

You can do lot more with Amazon but Amazon doesn’t cast very well. In fact it casts about as poorly as the first Google Chromecast which was always breaking connection.

Ideally you use both together because of the strength of Chromecast and the complete superiority of Amazon with all other functions

Essentially the Firestick replaces your cable system. Something Chromecast doesn’t attempt to.

Also using your phone for a remote is as obnoxious as using it for a camera.