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Amazon’s first DVR: Fire TV Recast is coming this year for $230 and up

Amazon’s Fire TV devices let you stream internet content to a TV. When the company started working with TV makers on Fire TV Edition sets, Amazon also added support for live video to its user interface. Now the company is adding DVR functionality to the mix. The Amazon Fire TV Recast is a digital video […]

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Amazon Fire TV Game Controller doesn’t support newest Fire TVs anymore

Good news for folks looking to play games on their Amazon Fire TV devices: the Amazon Fire TV Game Controller in on sale for $20, marked down from $50. That’s the lowest price ever on this wireless game controller. Bad news for folks that have recent Fire TV devices: Amazon’s official game controller only works […]

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Daily Deals (8-17-2018)

Best Buy and Amazon are both running big sales today. Best Buy is offering deals on dozens of laptops, tablets, TVs, and other devices as part of a 2-day anniversary sale. And Amazon is offering deep discounts on a bunch of Amazon devices today… including the best price to date for the 4K HDR-ready, pendant-style […]

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Amazon Fire TV Cube on the way (maybe with a mic, speaker, and Alexa support)

Last September AFTV News reported that Amazon was working on at least two new Fire TV devices, a pendant-style model that would dangle from your TV’s HDMI port, and a cube-shaped device that would basically be a cross between an Amazon Echo Dot and a Fire TV. A few weeks later, Amazon unveiled the $70 […]

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Best Buy ditches Roku for Amazon Fire TV for its new Insignia Smart TVs

Best Buy and Amazon announced an exclusive partnership this morning that will have Best Buy selling Amazon Fire TV Edition smart televisions in its stores, with “more than 10” Fire TV Edition models coming soon from Toshiba and Best Buy’s own Insignia brand. The new TVs will be sold in Best Buy stores, at BestBuy.com, […]

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Pick up an Amazon Fire TV Stick for $25, Fire TV for $45 (Prime members only)

With a list price of $70, the Amazon Fire TV is one of the most affordable media streaming devices with support for 4K HDR video. Today it’s the cheapest by far. Amazon is offering the 2017 Fire TV for $45. The Fire TV Stick, meanwhile, is on sale for $25. That matches the best price to date […]

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Deals of the Day (2-25-2018)

Amazon is selling its 4K/HDR-ready Amazon Fire TV media streamer for $50, which is one of the best prices I’ve seen for this or any 4K streaming device. If you prefer the Roku ecosystem which, among other things, supports streaming from Google Play Movies (which Amazon’s Fire TV ecosystem does not), then the Roku Streaming […]

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Deals of the Day (2-12-2018)

The Amazon Fire TV (2017) is already one of the most affordable 4K-ready media streaming devices on the market with its usual price of $70. But today it’s an even better deal: Amazon is selling its latest Fire TV for $50. Just plug the box into the HDMI port of nearly any TV and you […]