2024 the best live tv streaming review


Price: $39.99 - $24.99
(as of Dec 17, 2024 20:50:26 UTC - Details)

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TiVo Stream 4K
No More App-Switching. Forget learning to navigate a new screen with every app. TiVo Stream 4K enables one centralized place for searching, browsing, and creating watch lists across all your apps..DC Input Range 5V/1.0A. Power Consumption : Maximum 5 W
Recommendations Across All of Your Apps: Get rid of the walls between what you watch. TiVo recommends your next favorite shows and movies based on what you love, not where they live.
Say it and watch it. The power of voice control makes it easy to find shows. Integrated Google Assistant allows you to launch apps, dim the lights and more.
One place for all your favorite streaming apps. TiVo Stream 4K includes Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Peacock plus many more, so you can get to your shows fast.
TiVo Stream 4K is one of Time Magazine’s “2020 Best Inventions, Special Mention” and PCMag hails it as “an excellent media streamer for TV lovers.” Operating Temperature 0˚C - 40˚C
Reviewer: D. Mosley
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent streaming device compared to other options
Review: I am impressed with the smoothness of the interface and the speed of the overall app switching, remote response, and video feed. I recently cut the cord and discontinued use of my old Tivo cable box. I was planning to use the smart features of my Samsung TV to run all the apps I needed. And Samsung has a 'live TV app as well.' However, the speed of switching between apps is not great, and certain apps (Tablo) are buggy and may not work at all. We have a new top-end Roku box we bought for a different TV. However, IMO the app integrations and options for live TV built into the Roku are not as good as what the Tivo stick provides. I have had this Tivo stick for ~6 months for a small TV (even before I cut cable off), and I now realize it was the best option all along! For just $25 (currently)! So I am buying a second one. All the streaming apps I need work well, and the Tablo app also works nicely. And the remote is very solid.I doubt you will regret purchasing this device. Perhaps if you just really don't want to spend time figuring out the interface, you might prefer a Roku. The interface is more complicated than a Roku, but that is because there is a whole section set up to simulate 'live TV' that integrates some live TV feeds with Pluto and other free streaming channels. That is more reminiscent of the older Tivo experience.

Reviewer: P. J. Eby
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Replaced Roku, Tivo, and Chromecast - a smart TV in a tiny package, great for cord-cutting
Review: Coming from a Tivo Roamio and a Roku 2, the performance on this thing is outstanding. Switching between Plex, Sling, Prime Video, and Netflix is super easy - barely an inconvenience. The remote has a high repeat rate if you want to scroll quickly, and the apps can actually keep up with it. Multiple apps can stay in memory at once for instant switching, and the home screen's "Play Next" lists stuff from any app/channel that supports the feature (including Sling and Plex).Is the home screen filled with shows and movies that somebody paid to put there? Absolutely. (But they're easy to ignore or scroll past, and your "favorite" apps are on the top row.) Is the built-in TiVo app not great? Yeah, it's kind of clunky, but you can skip it and just use the circle button on the remote to go to the Android TV main screen instead of the TiVo button that goes to the more-limited Tivo Stream app.Basically, you are getting a full-featured Android TV device with built-in Chromecast, that also happens to have a Tivo app on it, with a very nice Tivo-branded remote. This device successfully replaced our Roku, Tivo, and Chromecast with just a tiny gadget hanging off the back of our TV -- for not much more than we spent to buy a Chromecast several years ago! The remote can control power, volume, and input selection for your TV (if it supports HDMI-CEC), so you effectively end up with a single remote to manage everything, unless you really need an additional device.The Android TV aspect of this device means you can download anything from the Play Store that runs on Android TV. You can even put it into developer mode and sideload apps or control it remotely from a PC with scrcpy. There are also "Android TV remote" apps you can load on your phone or tablet to remote control it.Note that it does *not* have any inbuilt ability to record shows or receive live TV; it's up to you to find the appropriate apps or get the right subscriptions to things. So it is only a replacement for our Roamio because we've switched from cable to Sling, and it can run all the apps (e.g. Netflix, Prime, and Plex) we previously ran on the Roamio or Roku.All in all, this thing is a good enough deal to just buy it instead of a Chromecast, and turn any TV into a latest-and-greatest smart TV.(Oh, and yes, it has a voice assistant feature, which we don't really use. And the setup asks you to pick which show you like better out of ridiculously long lists, which we just kept skipping until it gave up on trying to profile us.)

Reviewer: Neil S
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good device - Great remote - Android TV is just ok.
Review: Good device - Great remote - Android TV is just ok.I have ROKU TV, FireStick 4k and this TiVo is my latest addition. Used to own Chromecast as well - gave it away.Bought this TiVo 4k Stream because I wanted the ability to Chromecast a few apps that is not available on Fire TV or Roku. For example, Bein Connect is not on Fire TV - casting Bein from Android phone to TiVo 4k is not working great - buffering constantly. Tennis Channel app casting fails but these apps already have issues with casting to my older Chromecast.Installed RetroArch and was able to run a few PSP, N64, NES and SNES Roms just fine using a Bluetooth controller. Games run smoothly with no issues on older console emulators.The remote is super nice with plenty of buttons that I normally would not use but with Remote mapper app, I just re-mapped the TiVo button to a home button and Guide button to open Channels DVR. The I (for information) becomes a settings menu button.The device is pretty much clean - some bloatware such as Tivo app and Live Channels app are pretty useless. After having installed everything that I needed (FTVLaunch, Wolf Launcher, Button Mapper, Remote Mouse, ReTroArch, etc) there is still over 1.3GB of space left. FireTV Stick only left me with 500-600mb due to all the bloatware it comes with so FireStick 4k just seems somewhat slow at times comparing to TiVo 4k Stream. I also get this running out of space pop up all the time on FireStick.Another nice touch of this Tivo 4k Stream is the additional USB-C port for adding storage. Typically, I had to buy an OTG cable (or a USB adapter) if I want to use an external USB drive.Now comes the part I don't like; Android TV does not have all the apps as I had hope. Its Play Store is still missing Apple TV (Availble on Roku and Fire TV) Bein Sports (Available on Roku) Tennis Channel (Available on Roku and FireTV) and Fios TV apps - Not available on any TV box but can be sideloaded onto FireTV and using Remote Mouse to navigate.The interface is terrible - I don't know which one I hate more - Amazon Fire or Android TV. Luckily, one can install Wolf Launcher (As clean as Roku interface but customizable with ZERO ADS) easily so there is no need to see something you don't want to see on your paid device. Amazon Fire TV interface just plain bad and Android TV is just confusing. Roku is probably has the most user friendly interface so Wolf Launcher will make your TiVo interface looks more like your phone or tablet where each apps are listed in their category.All in all, I think it's a great device for 40 bucks. It does the same thing as ChomeCast with Android TV but is cheaper. It comes with probably the best remote out of any devices I have used.

Reviewer: Bill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great Delivery......easy set up if you use a US address. Good overall budget device

Reviewer: Cliente de Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: De las mejores compras para contenido multimedia

Reviewer: وصلت ذائبة . التوصيل كان في سيارة ليست فيها ثلاجة
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This device working very wellLike other device like Google chromecast..The problem is many features does not support in my countryالمنتج ممتاز جدا كأداء وهو يعمل بكفاءة عالية مثل الأجهزة المشهورة جوجل كروم كاست أو جهاز شاميلكن المشكلة بعض الخدمات الإضافية في الجهاز غير مدعومة في منطقتنا

Reviewer: 2K
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Voor product activatie is een account nodig. Om het account te kunnen maken is een adres in the USA benodigd.Ik zal eens kijken of het lukt om gewoon een willekeurig adres in the USA te kiezen, misschien probeer ik het Witte Huis.Jammer dat dit produkt in Europa verkrijgbaar is maar nergens wordt gerept over dat account.

Reviewer: Julie
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Très déçue 😞. J'étais impatiente de l'installer. Au début j'ai suivis les étapes et tout allait bien. Jusqu'au code d'activation qu'on doit rentrer sur le site de Tivo. Là il faut créer un compte, sauf qu'on ne peut pas choisir d'autre pays que les États-Unis.Impossible de rentrer une adresse française, donc d'enregistrer le produit, donc de l'utiliser..J'aurais apprécié que ce soit mentionné dans le descriptif!

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