2023-10-31, 08:07 PM
fire cube*, not stick, the stick is basically crap imo and plenty of issue reports with it
rooted because they lock you into their home launcher which is filled with ads
and no option to change screensaver so you have to use theirs, which is loaded with ads
i only prefer it because of the hardware but i am not a fan of FireOS and their separate market - no Google at all (probably competing for ad space)
been using a cube since gen 1 in 2018-2019, i continue to try other devices in hopes i can replace it but they always fall short
i refuse to overpay for a shield, especially now that it's a 2019 shield in 2023 and they still want the same price for old hardware
follow up -
the cube gen3 set to use 'pcm' does in fact make DTS* work, however, breaks TrueHD surround at least for my hardware
so the best option is still the fork listed above to allow DTS to be transcoded to EAC3, unless you want to change the setting each time you want to watch something
trying to do the opposite in favor of DTS (transcode all TrueHD->EAC3) still does not work, when PCM is selected only DTS* is played in true surround
rooted because they lock you into their home launcher which is filled with ads
and no option to change screensaver so you have to use theirs, which is loaded with ads
i only prefer it because of the hardware but i am not a fan of FireOS and their separate market - no Google at all (probably competing for ad space)
been using a cube since gen 1 in 2018-2019, i continue to try other devices in hopes i can replace it but they always fall short
i refuse to overpay for a shield, especially now that it's a 2019 shield in 2023 and they still want the same price for old hardware
follow up -
the cube gen3 set to use 'pcm' does in fact make DTS* work, however, breaks TrueHD surround at least for my hardware
so the best option is still the fork listed above to allow DTS to be transcoded to EAC3, unless you want to change the setting each time you want to watch something
trying to do the opposite in favor of DTS (transcode all TrueHD->EAC3) still does not work, when PCM is selected only DTS* is played in true surround