Sling TV Pitches Discounted AirTV Player Bundle

[Dirtydan]

An hour ago I ordered a Roku Premiere plus refurbished by Roku $68.64 to my door, this gets me HDR and Dolby Vision, plus HDR from Amazon Video. I read everything I could find about the Air Tv Box, no indication that it does HDR.
Dan

 

[SatinKzo]

Don't recall any roku box supporting Dolby vision. Maybe I missed it.

No hdr on airtv. That's not a deal breaker. I have hdr elsewhere when needed. The complete integration is what I liked about airtv.


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[Dirtydan]

If I was thinking about cutting the cord, I might consider Slings offer.
Dan

 

[buckeyebrian]

Not a bad deal.

I would say this is one of the best Android TV boxes out there on the market that can do 4K outside of the NVIDIA Shield.

With the software updates that the unit has received it is now a very very good box.

Would this box offer any advantage over Roku or Fire TV other then a channel guide integration?

 

[DWS44]

Would this box offer any advantage over Roku or Fire TV other then a channel guide integration?

I guess the biggest thing would be OTA integration, unless that was what you were referring to with the "guide integration" statement you mentioned. When used with the AirTV OTA Adapter, The AirTV allows you to view your local OTA channels and integrates them into the SlingTV Program Guide.

 

[buckeyebrian]

I guess the biggest thing would be OTA integration, unless that was what you were referring to with the "guide integration" statement you mentioned. When used with the AirTV OTA Adapter, The AirTV allows you to view your local OTA channels and integrates them into the SlingTV Program Guide.

Yes, that is what I was referring to. That would be a nice feature, but I'm not sure it would be worth even the discounted price of $50 for that alone. Can anyone speak to quality/strength of the OTA tuner?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Would this box offer any advantage over Roku or Fire TV other then a channel guide integration?

Yes its a Google TV box. (Basically an unlocked FireTV box.)

 

[SatinKzo]

Yes, that is what I was referring to. That would be a nice feature, but I'm not sure it would be worth even the discounted price of $50 for that alone. Can anyone speak to quality/strength of the OTA tuner?

I will say it's better than my tablo was and the samsung tv built in tuner.


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[Ronnie-]

Yes its a Google TV box. (Basically an unlocked FireTV box.)

I don't know if that's really an advantage though.

You can sideload any app on the fire TV with little effort.

And if you have prime already, the fire TV has great integration with that service.

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[Scott Greczkowski]

It's worlds faster than a Fire TV box.


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[Ronnie-]

It's worlds faster than a Fire TV box.


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Even the new one? Interesting. The Fire is among the fastest boxes I have tried, especially after the UI update.

 

[SatinKzo]

Even the new one? Interesting. The Fire is among the fastest boxes I have tried, especially after the UI update.

Yes. I have the latest firetv and this box is way faster and more responsive


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[Mochuf]

Since this thing has a second USB connector, can you attach a HDD to play video content?

 

[SatinKzo]

Since this thing has a second USB connector, can you attach a HDD to play video content?

no

 

[spencer7779]

So it has 2 usb ports. If the OS upgrades to Nougat 7.0 which adds dvr support. You can't add an external Harddrive to record Ota?

 

[SatinKzo]

whoops, I thought you said record content initially. I don't know, I don't have anything to plug in to test.

As for the second question that actually was about recording... I don't know if it will with an OS update.

 

[Zookster]

If it's an Android TV box, does that mean the PS Vue app for Android will work on it? I know I probably won't get OTA integration with Vue's guide, but if I still can use the OTA tuner separately...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Ps Vue has not released an app for the Android TV platform yet. But if they did then it would work.


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[Zookster]

Ps Vue has not released an app for the Android TV platform yet. But if they did then it would work.


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So even though Air TV is being discussed here as an Android TV device, it's not compatible with the PS Vue Android app for tablets, phones, smart TVs running on the Android platform or the Nvidia Shield? (I've been watching Vue on my Android tablet since last fall.)

 

[Bruce]

Ps Vue has not released an app for the Android TV platform yet. But if they did then it would work.


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I have it on my Mi Box which is Android TV.


Here-

PlayStation Vue expands to Android TV today, PC and Mac web support coming soon
Oct 27, 2016

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/27/playstation-vue-expands-android-tv-today/