Amazon
Introduces Fire TV
Set-Top Box
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
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