UPDATED with the new Amazon Fire TV 2018! One of the questions I get asked most is that’s the difference between Amazon’s Fire Stick and Fire TV. Both are extremely popular streaming devices with millions of units sold. But since Amazon is usually tight-lipped about what actually goes inside their little black boxes, it’s hard […]
Streaming Devices
Are torrents damaging your mini-PC?
A lot has been said about illegally downloading music and movies using torrents. But, I’m not going to try to convince you that they’re wrong. I’ll let others fight that battle. But are peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and torrents damaging to your mini-PC? I read a forum post about this that argued against torrents and […]
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How to Use the Amlogic USB Burning Tool to Manually Update Firmware
These days, more Android TV boxes are making it easier to update firmware by using FOTA – Firmware Over The Air. But sometimes that’s not an option. If you only have an .img file, then an OTA firmware upgrade isn’t going to do you much good. Here’s how to install a new firmware image manually by […]
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Aptoide TV: The better Firestick app store
I know what you’re thinking. This guy never talks about apps and now he’s telling me about some app store that I’ve never heard of and could care less about. Well…stick with me a sec and I’ll tell you why you should install Aptoide TV, even if you don’t have a Fire TV or FireStick. […]
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Why use a VPN for Android TV boxes?
Continuing my series on keeping your TV box secure when you’re streaming movies, I want to address some frequently asked questions about Android VPN’s, or Virtual Private Networks. What is a VPN? How secure are they? And why use a VPN for Android TV boxes anyway? If you haven’t already read the other articles in the […]
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What is an Android TV box? [TV box 101]
*Updated For 2018! People ask me questions all the time: what is an Android TV box? What can they do? It turns out, this part of the question is actually very simple. An Android TV box is simply a TV box running the Android operating system. This is the same operating system as the one […]
