tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post993401692987082440..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Kindle Fire tablet and Fire TV sale - special combo price is was $79 off. The last Fire TV with tablet bundling combo lasted for one day, but this one is noted as a Father's Day deal, (Updated May 16]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-89996339004460720752014-06-11T22:23:35.331-07:002014-06-11T22:23:35.331-07:00Tom, yes -- Mirroring your HDX on the HDTV will le...Tom, yes -- Mirroring your HDX on the HDTV will let you use things like HBO Go (and any other app which is not ready for FireTV specifically yet) on the TV, thanks to Fire TV's very effective mirroring (no delay that I can see at all). I wouldn't want to read a book on the large TV but it's a great way to share magazines. I haven't searched youtube but am pretty sure I ran across some videos. I think lifehacker has a really good photo-set on how it's done and what it looks like.<br /><br />I actually did a fairly large photo-set of my own Mirroring and Flinging to show how they differ and what each actually does and fell behind and never did make a blog article for that -- but I still have the photo set. I probably should upload that but it takes time to choose and then put them where people can see the large versions.<br /><br /> The Mirroring is extremely easy to do though. Flinging works only for Amazon's own instant video but I found that the prompts on the videos made it fairly intuitive once someone has the devices. However, many probably wonder what the differences are between the Roku and Apple's boxes. (Speed for one thing, but XRay capability is huge for me.) Roku has tons more 'channels' (most less known) but under HuluPlus, if you have it, there are just tons of unusual channels available. It's been fun to see Amazon getting the voice search (which is just excellent) working with Hulu Plus content now while Netflix seems reluctant to make a deal for that.<br /> The screen savers are the most gorgeous, hypnotic ones I've seen. My favorite app is Frequency, but I think Amazon may find it detracts from looking for other content. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-46567730560811737912014-06-11T18:35:53.851-07:002014-06-11T18:35:53.851-07:00I was going to complain that Fire TV does not have...I was going to complain that Fire TV does not have a Kindle app (I still think Amazon should do one). But then I remembered that HDX will do display mirroring, so it seems that would be a workaround, if you happen to have both devices. What puzzles me is that I can't find a YouTube video (or even a promotional video on Amazon) that demonstrates this feature in action (after all this time). Or maybe I'm not using the right search terms..Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.com