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We have a SmartTV, so it's built right in. I love it, it's so easy. We also have a file server setup called WDLive (or something) that lets us download torrents and watch them on our tv but I have no idea how it works, that's all my husband's doing.

We use the Fire stick and love it--I find we use Amazon the most often for streaming so it's super easy. We also use Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, and HBO go, depending on what we want to watch. You can also listen to Amazon music through it.

We have both an older Roku and a Fire stick. I prefer the Fire stick.

We have a smart tv in our living room that we use primarily but will occasionally use our playstation if DH was already using it. We have a blu-ray player with streaming in our bedroom that we barely use. We mainly use netflix and amazon prime.

We use DH's PlayStation. The newest one, whatever that is. I like it but my husband also plays a lot of games so it works for us.

@birdofafeather: what's the improvement? We have a roku and no complaints, but I'm curious.

We have a Fire Stick upstairs and a smart tv in the basement.

We had the Apple TV, which worked great until it broke on us. DH bought an Amazon Fire Stick when it first came out, and we switched after the Apple TV broke. It has been working well for us for the last year or so. Affordable and reliable!

@Mrs. Pen: We originally used our wii for streaming too, but it's the original and 11 years old. Haha.

@Jess1483: i had no complaints with the roku either, except it randomly started freezing up and we had to reset it every now and again. we got the fire stick on a whim a year before and never gifted it like we planned, so DH took it out to bring to work (firefighter). he liked it and set it up at home a few times and i liked it. what pushed me over the edge was the HGTV app. i missed that with not having regular tv!

just a cursory view, but it seems like there are more apps (channels) available on the firestick? we also have the distinct advantage of using my parents cable login, so i know that opens up a lot for us that way too!

@MaryM: if you're an amazon user, the firestick is very intuitive for your collection of music and movies. we don't use itunes much, so we didn't consider an apple tv even though every other computer/phone/tablet we own is apple! i would recommend the firestick with the voice remote because alexa is pretty great!

We've had a Fire TV stick for almost a year and we love it. We bought it during the Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals - not sure which one.

The only suggestion I have is to hide the tiny remote. DD lost ours in her toy box for several weeks (luckily there is a phone app as well).

@catlady: can you highlight the differences between fire stick and Apple TV? Can you stream Netflix and Hulu with both?

@birdofafeather: omg fire stick has hgtv app?! Without needing a tv subscription? We don't have cable/satellite/etc and I love hgtv but never watch it unless it's on Netflix!

We stream through a Roku and have no complaints. We've also used Apple TV in the past and had no complaints about that either.

We used to stream straight through our Blu-Ray player, which I would advise against. We had a lot of issues with it (and had 2 different Blu-Ray machines, so not a single-machine-issue).

@Mrs. Pen: Yes, you can stream Hulu and Netflix with both apple TV and the amazon firestick, although I admit I haven't actually tried it with the firestick (we had the apple TV first, so we just got used to using that one). For the amazon one, you need to download the Hulu and Netflix apps before you can use them. On apple TV, they just sort of show up automatically. I find the apple TV easier and more intuitive to use, so we use that for everything except amazon prime videos and stuff that we have bought on amazon.