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Amazon Fire TV Introduction

Last week, I bought the amazon fire TV.

My cubietruck is located in my living room, but TV is in the bed room.

So, I needed to additional device to play video stored in my cubietruck.

I searched many small embedded system which can play entertainment,

and I have decided to buy amazon fire TV.

Its price is more expensive than google chrome cast, and roku.

However, its processor is Snapdragon 600, and it supports 10/100 Mbps ethernet connection.

This is amazon fire TV's spec.

Operating system	Fire OS 3.0 "Mojito"[2]
System-on-chip used	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600APQ8064T[3]
CPU	Qualcomm Krait 300, quad-core to 1.7 Ghz[3]
Memory	2 GB LPDDR2 RAM[3]
Storage	8 GB internal[3]
Display	1080p[3]
Graphics	Qualcomm Adreno 320[3]
Sound	Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound[3]
Connectivity	HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi(802.11a/b/g/n), 10/100 Ethernet,Optical audio, Fire game controller[3]
Power	5.5 mm DC[3] (6.25 V 2.5 A power adapter[4])
Dimensions	115 × 115 × 17.5 mm (4.53 × 4.53 × 0.69 in)[3]
Weight	281 g (9.9 oz)[3]

Its spec is quite high, but its price is not expensive.

One thing I want more is to change OS.

Its OS is Fire OS which is android modified version from amazon.

I can install some of android application,

but their controls are not easy.

However, I have installed XBMC, and I use it with much of fun.

I will introudce how I use amazon TV in later posts.

See you.