Fire TV Stick 4K streaming device with Alexa Voice Remote (includes TV controls) | Dolby Vision

I am a gamer, content creator and tech dork. My review will not apply to everyone's reason for purchasing the product.First off I'd like to say I was not into the whole Firestick TV thing. I didn't really get what the big deal was, I have multiple Xbox's and Roku devices, tablets, laptops. I really didn't pay attention to the product much.... that was UNTIL I found out it displays native 4K in most if not all applications. I was surprised at how I flicked back to my Xbox and YouTube was not in 4K HDR... you can watch 4K videos but it is not native 4K. THEN I found out you can load shadow PC onto the device and you can output display 4K gaming and HDR with dynamic lighting and RAY TRACING and I hit the floor. Now to explain to others who may not understand. I'm a gamer and I love to game, I use Shadow PC for my PCVR games as well as playing High Res PC games and running very heavy applications for video and recording editing. This is a way most people are able to get a high ended pc without shelling out thousands of dollars. Instead you download a program and run a virtual pc and it updates immediately to whatever the top pc technology that is out on the market and stays updated in the app so you always have the newest and best technology. No I am not sponsored by these guys but I know it helped me when I read what others were saying about it so maybe this may help someone else out there. So yes my firestick is now a walking portable pc in my pocket and I can take it ANYWHERE!Shadow Cloud PC - GeForce RTX 2080 (THATS 36 teraflops!!!!)VRAM: 16 GBRay Tracing ready4 cores / 8 threadsI am able to run all the next gen games at the highest output settings The Medium and Cyberpunk as well as very graphically detailed virtual reality pc games like Half-Life Alyx.Bare with me because yes I am nerding out here. I can connect any of my bluetooth devices to it easily so I can use my xbox controller and use it on my firestick or my mouse and keyboard. I can also just say "Turn on my LED lights" from my TV REMOTE!! and it controls all of my Alexa connected devices. I can get the weather by asking it or just asking general questions instead of launching the key phrase... I just push my mic on my remote and ask or say a command I did not know it could do all of this!Everything runs smoothly I never have any issues and I almost got a Apple TV4K first but I hear they were having issues with loading Shadow on it (long story). This sale randomly popped up and my aunt grabbed it for me now my xbox barely gets turned on lol. I can launch whatever I want from my firestick and it plays fine. I can go into xbox parties through shadow so I can still talk to friends and go play multi player etc. Yes I am speaking highly of the gaming aspect of this stick because this shows the versatility of the product.Side loading apps and programs as well as over all accessibility makes this a 100000% hands down easy purchase. Especially for the sale price of $24????? We got 3 OF THEM!!! lol I haven't been so happy with a purchased product in a long long time and this is just amazing. The future of gaming and entertainment in one bundle. Don't skip this one just buy it and be amazed at what you get for such a small price. I'm so happy I no longer have to travel with anything but my firestick and I have all things I need right there.

I received the Fire TV Stick 4K on launch day. I own the previous model and this is a much better experience. First off the remote is a huge improvement. The power button on the remote can turn on my tv, my receiver, fire stick, and switch the inputs automatically so the fire stick is on screen and ready to go with just one click of the power button. It's really nice. This is how it should have been all along. It gets even better though... lets say my TV is already on, and my receiver is set to a different input such as my FIOS tv box? All you do is click the home button on the remote and the remote switches the receiver to the correct hdmi input on the receiver for the fire stick! One remote to rule them all, and yes it controls volume on the receiver too! This is excellent. It's highly configurable. The setup is quite nice. You can define which inputs get picked when hitting the power and home button. You can define which device the volume buttons control. Amazon has done a great job with the Fire Stick 4K.It's faster than previous fire sticks. No more menu lag. Things are smoother and faster overall. I've used Roku, Chromecast Ultra and Fire Stick... I like them all for different reasons. I also dislike chromecast because 5.1 audio will not work on my receiver because chromecast refuses to support Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1. Fire stick has no problem handling DD5.1. This makes my plex and netflix experience much more enjoyable. The remote is better than not having a remote (chromecast). Roku's are very nice as well. All 3 of these options are great in their own way and frankly I had thought fire stick was the least desirable but recently I've come to realize I prefer Fire stick so I pre-ordered the 4K fire stick and I could not be happier with it. Amazon needs to keep up the good work. The 4K stick is a solid product and an excellent upgrade from the previous model