If you missed yesterday’s live stream, here’s the latest AFTVnewscast episode. Thanks to everyone who viewed live and who participated by asking questions. In this episode I give an overview of the physical differences between the new and old Fire TV, Voice Remote, and Game Controller. As always, I go over the week’s Fire TV news and answer your submitted questions.
The AFTVnewscast is streamed live on Fridays at 1:30pm PT. You can watch all episodes on YouTube, subscribe via RSS, subscribe via iTunes, or download the MP3 directly. Read on for the show notes.
Show Notes
The next generation Amazon Fire TV has arrived
Dolby surround sound issues on 2nd-Gen Fire TV — Amazon working on a fix
2nd-Gen Fire TV also only supports FAT32 — No NTFS or exFAT support for either USB or MicroSD
App storage only supported on MicroSD card, not USB drive, for 2nd-Gen Fire TV
How to partially or entirely move Kodi data to external USB storage
2nd-Gen Amazon Fire TV on sale for $79.99 at Amazon
2nd-Gen Amazon Fire TV has gone out of stock
Yesterday’s Amazon Fire TV sale was a mistake
Ultimate Sideloading Guide for Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick
How to block software updates on the Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick
How to manually configure the IP address or DNS server on an Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick
First extremely faint hint of a 2nd Generation Fire TV Stick
FireStarter adds Fire OS 5 compatibility with new v3.0 update
Donate to FireStarters Creator
Tivo app arrives on Amazon Fire TV in Beta form
WATCH ABC app arrives on the Amazon Fire TV
Twitch updates their Amazon Fire TV app
Plex updating app with fresh new interface
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse makes its Android debut on the Fire TV
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse on Amazon
OlliOlli 2 makes its Android debut on the Amazon Fire TV
Boulder Dash comes to the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick — Free for a limited time
Amazon reportedly considering its own live TV service
Roku 4 announced with 4K and new revamped Roku OS 7
Fire OS 5 adds partial 24p, 25p, 30p video support to the Amazon Fire TV
Resolution Cycling on the Fire TV
Amazon to stop selling Apple TV and Chromecast for lack of Prime Video support
Understanding the reasoning behind Amazon’s ban of the Apple TV, Chromecast, and Nexus Player
Amazon refreshes their line of Fire Tablets with new hardware and software
What to do if the Amazon Fire TV only sees a small portion of a USB drive
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Am I the only one that thinks this new atv is slower than the 1st gen? The menu navigation is not as snappy.
I think video playback is worse. Needs to be rebooted after I wake it up for network connection. It’s a mess.
I can say I’m pretty certain it loads Kodi faster, but I don’t notice much or any diff in the general gui navigation or reboot speed. Still surprised these boxes can’t boot faster, being all solid-state.
It dies load Kodi a little faster, but video playback isn’t right. Tried changing settings, but no luck. What do you think of video in Kodi with new box?
How is it “not right”? What is the issue you are seeing?
Return your new FTV and make $5?
I returned one of my two. Got an email to take a survey for $5 credit.
I got the survey also. I don’t think it has anything to do with returns.
Ditto. I got it too. It’s just a survey that has nothing to do with returns.
Has anyone worked out a fix for the fact that you can’t use custom DNS over WIFI on the new Fire TV 4K Boxes. I really need to be able to do this, but it keeps reverting back to the default DNS…
Any ideas of a fix???
It seems to only revert back if you’re using IPv6. If you can, try switching to IPv4.