Amazon Fire TV / XBMC

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I just bought one of these and I'm quite impressed. I wanted something that was simple to install XBMC on and could be like the Apple TV 2 that is in another room.

It is an Android based device, so installing XBMC was actually quite easy from the command line. You can't put XBMC on the home page (at least I couldn't) although you can use something like AutoPilot to boot straight to XBMC.

It is quicker than the Apple TV and will output 1080p.

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Don't think so.

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I'm currently working in San Francisco and I can't do the test until later in the week when I get home.

(I have to spoof a Mac address in order to get on the network so can't set up something to stream from)

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So I'm back home now. And although the Amazon Fire TV is great for XBMC still it is pretty useless for everything else out of the box currently unless you have an American amazon account. You can't use your UK prime account (if you have one) or go to the Amazon app store.

You can still 'sideload' most of the applications if you wish from a computer.

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That's a good deal. I hope I can flash the American one I have with UK firmware as it is still useless for everything apart from side loaded applications and XBMC.

It does a GREAT job with XBMC though and glad I replaced my Apple TV.

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Lord said:

Iv ordered. At 50€ i could not complain.

What id really like is for a ROM that boots XBMC only rather than loading XBMC as a program. I have done some searching and cant see if it possible yet.

Im hoping that it will be like my RPi but faster and less prone to freezing when i ask it to play a Rar'd 8GB file

bring on November

That isn't possible, or at least I couldn't find it. You can set it up to boot straight into XBMC so you never see the Amazon interface.

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I still like mine, and it fact bought another to go under the TV in the play room.