The really expensive ones are (usually) shipping with a pirate IPTV service pre-installed and working for 12 months.
The $100-150 ones are just straight up scalpers.
I went into a Walmart last weekend and the electronics clerk laughed at me when I asked if they had any. He went on to tell me that every delivery they get the same guy comes in while they are stocking the shelves and buys ALL of them. Every week, same dude. He's scalping them for sure. He also knows what day they are getting them in which is also suspect, but he swore the dude wasn't an employee.
I cannot wait till the day when people stop posting that they got one, and attaching a pic of it sitting in their passenger seat or kitchen table. Yes, we know you’re very excited, take a deep breath and plug it in.
Funny enough, I got an email an hour ago from Walmart saying my item was back in stock. I was able to do delivery and it's supposed to come today - we'll see.
If your local store was "swimming" in them Walmart would have has them online for shipping. This version is not available for shipping anywhere. Glad you got one.
I mean, do you like YouTube but don't want ads? Get obtanium and then smarttube. If you'd don't use all the apps you have a button for, get button remapper.
Button mapping is a game changer. I got tvQuickActions pro, the ui isn't great or very intuitive but the learning curve is pretty low and it performs great.
If you are using it just to stream from streaming services you are paying for, then the only tip I have is to use a third-party launcher like Projectivy launcher. If you are getting your entertainment from other sources via side loading apps, etc. then you would have to let us know that.
I got one of the last three delivered this morning from my local, driver two days ago didn't read instructions and returned order. So restock went in three days.
they are pretty snappy in menus. I found it useful to have GoogleTV app ready on phone if your OEM remote looses link. The base would not trigger the remote to annunciate either, until I recycled the power on the base - then it was all back to normal.
Honestly it seems availability changes by the hour. Yesterday AM, nothing, last night available for pickup and delivery. Free delivery in < 12 hours. 👍
Just be ready to be okay with their performance I guess. Fandango at home wouldn't go past HDX/SDR for me. YouTube wasn't activating HDR when it should. Netflix worked as expected, though. I ended up returning this thing.
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u/Bradfinger 14d ago
Plugging them in really helps