Glad to hear that.
I understand Why Amazon was making Fire proprietary but don’t like it.
Apple does the same stuff.
Still I want a Fire TV to unlock.
Did they unlock Fire TV as well?
That would save me some effort.
#34 I have the Fire tv stick and I also have a Netflix account. Watching Netflix thru the Fire tv stick was disappointing. I thought the shows I saw were fuzzy, or dark or the video seemed slow.
When I use my Samsung Note tablet (wifi) they are sharp. When I use my desktop pc (cable) to watch Netflix they also look good.
I tried watching Amazon Prime shows thru my LG smart tv using the Netflix icon already there. Lousy picture so I bought the Chromecast and now the Fire TV stick.
With Chromecast and a pc and using the Chrome web browser and their app to view it on the tv, I can get a great picture on the tv. Using the tablet for Amazon Prime shows and either Flash or HTML5 for video the results were not good. I have 35 to 50mb cable speed.
For the Fire TV stick I think it is the video chip at fault. For the other devices I think Amazon degrades the video as they want you to use the Kindle.
Review: http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/04/fire-tv-stick-review/