12/26/2023 0 Comments Amazon fire stick tv![]() ![]() It all starts with the homescreen, or Amazon products billboard as it should be called. Apple’s newest Apple TV 4K also has an HDMI 2.1 port, but has yet to enable any of that functionality aside from 60Hz HDR video playback.įortunately, Amazon's Fire Stick 4k Max comes with a dongle to help mitigate some of its chonkiness. There’s an option to enable 10-bit and 12-bit color depth in the settings and auto low-latency mode (ALLM) for games is on by default if you want to use Amazon’s Luna gaming service. It’s got a proper HDMI 2.1 port, and Amazon has already turned on some of the best HDMI 2.1 features. ![]() On a hardware level, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max looks like a Fire TV Stick 4K got stung by a bee.Īside from the headline features of a faster processor and Wi-Fi 6, the 4K Max has features I did not expect for a streaming stick at this price. This adds unnecessary extra tension to the cable if your power outlet is a bit of a stretch away. On my TV, the cable juts up instead of being on the end of the stick or the bottom. The Micro-USB port on the 4K Max is awkwardly located. Thankfully, Amazon includes a short HDMI extension cord to make things easier, which I had to use on my thin-profile LG CX OLED. That extra bulk houses a faster chip and Wi-Fi 6 antennas, something lacking on Roku’s fantastic Streaming Stick 4K also, a tighter fit on TVs. On a hardware level, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max looks like a Fire TV Stick 4K got stung by a bee. We only include products that have been independently selected by Input’s editorial team. Input may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. It’s a supremely unpleasant product to use, and this experience can only be fixed by a cosmic shift in Amazon’s streaming philosophy. While the Fire Stick 4K Max packs impressive hardware and specs, the core operating system that runs it, Fire OS, remains as flawed and insulting as ever. Just like every Fire TV device Amazon offers, the 4K Max is going to fit best in the world of the Amazon diehard.īut if you’re not completely enveloped in Jeff Bezos’ dream world, or you are but just want a streaming experience that isn’t, uh, awful, you should look elsewhere. Do you have an Echo device in every room of your home to make smart home management a breeze? Do you adorn your home’s exterior with products from best friends of the police, Ring? Did you decide to use Eero routers for your home Wi-Fi because you admired its advanced technology before Amazon bought them out? (I am in the third camp). If you’re the person who allowed Jeff Bezos’ tendrils into every corner of your world, then you’re probably going to enjoy Amazon’s latest budget streaming device. To review the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is to review something for somebody in a cell. ![]()
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