Amazon Introduces Fire TV Set-Top Box
 

Amazon Introduces Fire TV Set-Top Box
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Amazon launched into the video hardware business on Wednesday with a set-top device called Amazon Fire TV, a tiny, flat box with a remote control. The hardware aims to take on the Apple TV and Roku

The Internet-connected set top box — which uses voice search — was an**unced during a launch event in New York City, with Amazon VP Peter Larsen playing master of ceremonies — and **t CEO and founder Jeff Bezos

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The Amazon Fire TV, which is **t a dongle like the Google Chromecast device, comes with a quad-core process, 2 GB of RAM and a dedicated GPU, most likely for gaming purposes. Amazon said the Fire TV is three times more powerful than the Apple TV. The remote control, which resembles a hybird of the Apple TV remote and Boxee's original remote, is Bluetooth based Read more...

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