Roku Stick vs Amazon Firestick vs a cheap Blu Ray player

[RevDisk]

Tried Plex. I just went with Windows share instead. I use NAS as the server because small, cheap and power efficient, but PC would work too. Kodi or Roku uses Windows shares just fine. You can install Kodi on anything Android (including FireStick), Windows or Mac based. Mind you, you have to have your own content.

For streaming, Roku/FireStick/AppleTV is better choice.

[Calumus]

I'm currently on a Roku 3.  When my kids lost the remote for a REALLY long time I grabbed an Amazon Fire Stick to replace the Roku.

You could grab the Roku remote app for android, or ios. Works perfectly on every phone and tablet I've tried it on. As for Apple tv, I'm holding out until they have a native Prime app. I'm perfectly happy using my Xbox One and Plex.

[Brad Johnson]

As for Apple tv, I'm holding out until they have a native Prime app.

Microsoft Publisher files have been used for decades and are one of the top five or six office productivity file formats extant, yet Apple steadfastly refuses to produce a product which will open them natively. Apple TV with a native Prime app? Yeah, right.

Brad