Woot has
Fire TV Cube 4K UHD Streaming Device w/ Hands-Free Alexa (Refurbished, 3rd Gen - 2022) for $75.99 - 20% discount (automatically applied at checkout) =
$60.79.
Shipping is free for Amazon Prime members, otherwise is $6 flat-rate.
Thanks to community member
akabeware for finding this deal.
Includes:
- Amazon Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen - 2022)
- Alexa Voice Remote Enhanced
- Power adapter
- (2) AAA batteries
- Quick Start Guide
Features:
- 16 GB internal storage, 2GB Memory
- Bluetooth 5.0 + LE
- Far-field and near-field voice support
- Fire TV Cube can control a wide range of IR-enabled devices, including TVs, soundbars, cable and satellite boxes, and A/V receivers
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What are the practical differences between the sticks and the cubes?
This is the most powerful Fire TV you can buy and it has 16gb of storage. It has speakers and microphones built-in, plus you get HDMI in port. It's super easy to sideload apps. Let me add two more things, if you like Fire TV, this is the only model with AI upscaling and 16gb of storage.
It's not for everyone, but I certainly enjoy Fire TVs!
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$20 4k onn streaming stick?
This is CoreElec, ie Kodi and will give you a device that does full bitstreaming of all HD audio, runs faster than a Shield, and has the old Amazon UI without any ads.
Most importantly it requires a Cube 2 that hasn't been updated over 2 years in order to be rooted. So it's find one that has been unplugged for 2 years, had updates blocked for 2 years, or still new in box.
Most importantly it requires a Cube 2 that hasn't been updated over 2 years in order to be rooted. So it's find one that has been unplugged for 2 years, had updates blocked for 2 years, or still new in box.
How was the user experience on the Cube2+CoreElec? does CEC work. can you turn it on/off via remote? do the voice commands work? is the old Amazon UI still there and does it work for things like Prime, or is it only for CE?
Huh? "All that side loading garbage" is a primary reason to get an Android-based streaming device.
On an Onn box...you simply go to the app store and click install.
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How was the user experience on the Cube2+CoreElec? does CEC work. can you turn it on/off via remote? do the voice commands work? is the old Amazon UI still there and does it work for things like Prime, or is it only for CE?
There are some quirks with switching back and forth between CE and fireOS but you can do it. CEC does work between the two. Because of Alexa, cubes aren't really designed to ever be turned off. In CE, you can remotely shut the device down but you cannot remotely turn it on - you have to press the action button on the device to boot it up. Most of us are just leaving the Cube on all the time in CE.
As far as FireOS I've barely used it but I've read almost everything should work. There are a few apps that will not play if they detect a rooted device - I don't know the exhaustive list of these. As far as which FireOS UI you get, it depends on what your cube comes with. I don't know what version they added all the ads to the homescreen but mine came with the ancient one that is just a list of apps with no ads so I haven't even overridden the launcher. PS7292 is the max version that can be rooted, I don't know what it looks like.
Can it be a 1 device solution? Yes but with asterisks. It certainly gets closer than the Ugoos which isn't Android TV and not certified so no Widevine / no streaming apps.
For me, I did this because I thought would be fun. I'm okay with having it as part of a 2 device solution. There remains no perfect device if you care about high definition audio, streaming apps, and DV P7 FEL.
On an Onn box...you simply go to the app store and click install.
Fire stick when it came out was a genuine revolution, since it came with a remote for the same price as the chromecast which needed a phone to operate. Fire Cube gen1 was a fantastic device too. But Amazon cripples these. They are good enough when on sale every year, esp if you need to use Prime, but not as general purpose streaming devices.
Fire stick when it came out was a genuine revolution, since it came with a remote for the same price as the chromecast which needed a phone to operate. Fire Cube gen1 was a fantastic device too. But Amazon cripples these. They are good enough when on sale every year, esp if you need to use Prime, but not as general purpose streaming devices.
There are some quirks with switching back and forth between CE and fireOS but you can do it. CEC does work between the two. Because of Alexa, cubes aren't really designed to ever be turned off. In CE, you can remotely shut the device down but you cannot remotely turn it on - you have to press the action button on the device to boot it up. Most of us are just leaving the Cube on all the time in CE.
As far as FireOS I've barely used it but I've read almost everything should work. There are a few apps that will not play if they detect a rooted device - I don't know the exhaustive list of these. As far as which FireOS UI you get, it depends on what your cube comes with. I don't know what version they added all the ads to the homescreen but mine came with the ancient one that is just a list of apps with no ads so I haven't even overridden the launcher. PS7292 is the max version that can be rooted, I don't know what it looks like.
Can it be a 1 device solution? Yes but with asterisks. It certainly gets closer than the Ugoos which isn't Android TV and not certified so no Widevine / no streaming apps.
For me, I did this because I thought would be fun. I'm okay with having it as part of a 2 device solution. There remains no perfect device if you care about high definition audio, streaming apps, and DV P7 FEL.
1. old Cube2 running CE
2. Android box running CE
3. Cube3 or FireStick 4K Max with sideloaded Kodi
from what I've read, CE plays everything. #3 will play most HD audio but might have limits and send it as LPCM.
Are you able to boot into either FireOS or into CE with an older rooted Cube2? And when booting into FireOS you can use all its features?
The Mi streaming box and all the other Chinese Android boxes, have FAR better specs. Google intentionally cripples them and won't allow Widevine, to force you to buy inferior hw. Most of the Chinese Android devices were able to decode hevc/av1 years ahead of any of the American devices.
1. old Cube2 running CE
2. Android box running CE
3. Cube3 or FireStick 4K Max with sideloaded Kodi
from what I've read, CE plays everything. #3 will play most HD audio but might have limits and send it as LPCM.
Are you able to boot into either FireOS or into CE with an older rooted Cube2? And when booting into FireOS you can use all its features?
Option 3 will get you all audio codecs in Kodi full passthrough (not just LPCM) and everything except DV P7. They have no Profile 7 support at all, not just FEL. In Kodi you can enable on the fly conversion from P7 to P8 for these devices. Both the Firestick 4k Max 2 and Cube 3 support full lossless TrueHD and DTS-HD MA in Kodi. Plex/Emby will give DTS-HD as DTS Core.
Yes on the Cube 2 you can dual boot. The easiest way is to just unplug the USB stick and it will boot to fireOS and vice versa. This is part of the kludgyness I mentioned. There is a way to reboot to fireOS from CoreElec discussed here on XDA [xdaforums.com].
As far as functionally in FireOS I believe I covered that in my previous reply. Everything works except apps that look for root and won't run - I don't know which these are.
If you haven't already seen this, this is a good thread: State of Kodi Media Players: Best Options in 2024 [kodi.tv]
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