Fire TV Cube GEN 3 / 4K HDR / ATMOS + VISION - Must watch before you buy!

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  @ChigzTech · 3 years ago · pinned

  UPDATE:  NTFS and FAT32 drives work fine on this device.

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• DA

  @danm94 · 3 years ago

  As of May 2023, NTFS is available with few limitations, works directly with a thumb drive, and on powered external storage devices(didn't test SSDs). Apparently, the USB port of the Cube simply can't power enough not even external drives. So armed with an OTG cable I was able to power an old Seagate external drive and plug into Cube. Works like a charm. Install VLC or Just (Video) Player and can use it as any $300 media player. It plays Dolby Vision and Atmos, no DTS:X so far but supports the other DTS profiles.

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• JO

  @joergr82 · 3 years ago

  In the days were 256gb storage is the size of a fingernail, 16gb is just farcical...

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• DO

  @doncampbell1560 · 3 years ago

  1) NTFS was available as initially delivered but it required accessing that memory with an app like a file manager or directly from a playing app. That changed immediately with a revision graded OS within a week and NTFS is very nicely available by just plugging in the USB2. USB2 with NTFS is fast and supports large files. 2) More importantly, the video quality as played at 4K is extremely good even when it represents upscaled 720p, 1080p or 480p. The great colors and resolution seems slightly better since the latest upgrade software although better than simply terrific is hard to measure. 3) Overall it beats the video upscaled from standard HD from my other streaming devices including: googleTV with Chromecast 4K, Fire Stick 4K, ROKU Ultra 4K, Nvidia Shield TV 2017. 4) I have no need to pay more for 4K because it doesn't get me better video than the upscaled versions I'm watching. That might not be true with a super big screen TV but my living room won't accept such a TV and I'm fine with 50" and the Cube 3. 5) There's no chance I'd pay double the price for the Nvidia Shield TV  Pro. (I paid $100 intro price for Fire Cube 3rd Gen). Wifi works terrifically with it and I have no interest in stringing a Cat 6 cable to get fast ethernet because I'm getting 160 Mb/s from wifi coming from the other end of my house.

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• BR

  @briananderson1259 · 3 years ago

  Thank you for your information and superb break down of the Amazon cube generation 3.

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• RO

  @robertpeterwhite7581 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Thanks  for this  review Chigz. I have the 2nd gen Cube. So be passing this one by.

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• VI

  @vipulgupta · 3 years ago

  2GB Ram in this is such a shame. If not 8GB, it should have at least 4GB RAM.

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• DL

  @DLP3-74 · 3 years ago

  Thank you, I've been waiting for your review on this

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• GA

  @gabrieliblalen9837 · 3 years ago

  This is the most complete Fire TV Cube 3rd Gen <br> test yet, thanks for testing emulation !

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• IA

  @ianreavey1057 · 3 years ago

  Best tech channel out there

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• EF

  @efpina · 3 years ago

  Great overview, thanks for this review, helped me tremendously. Just a small remark, and since this is a tech channel, when you said 100 Megabyte LAN you obviously meant Megabit per second and not Megabyte. It&apos;s a mistake most people make but mind that one (Megabyte) is 8x the other (Megabit).

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• SI

  @siriusmac · 3 years ago

  This is not a worthy upgrade over the 2nd generation in my opinion. &nbsp;But if you are wanting a cube, it&apos;s a no brainer to buy this generation, though it&apos;s like that amazon will have some specials on that gen 2 to get rid of them.

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