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Old 12-05-2022, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
I appreciate that some people like Firesticks better than Roku sticks. But, plugging a $30 streaming stick into an HDMI input, even if it is a Firestick, will solve the problem immediately because it will bypass the smart TV functions completely. To me, that would be much better than paying a computer guy a couple of hundred dollars to come to your house.
The new FireTV's already have a FireStick in them. Same OS, same interface. No reason to add yet another device (and then you need another open outlet for power).