Mediocre

I had high hopes for this thing based on the stats. It's really sleek and kind of small and it just seemed like it was going to be ultra cool. Well, it's only a little cool. First, let me say you won't be able to install any program you want. You can't put Amazon video on this thing. That's a big drawback for me. You can't turn this thing off without just unplugging it completely. You'll spend about an hour trying to update this thing, because it won't do it automatically. Yes, that's right. You will need to go into your settings and update about 5 times before it will finally be up-to-date. And it doesn't just let you know it's out of date. You just have to go check over and over until you're done updating. Pros: Once you get everything setup it does work well I suppose. There is no app to control it with Apple as far as I know (I looked), so if that is all you have for a phone or whatever, then you can't lose your controller. If you lose your controller this thing is a brick. My wife has a Droid phone right now though, and she was able to install a remote for the thing, so we are not in that boat thankfully. There are a lot of apps to install for this thing. We watched the Super Bowl 50 on CBS thanks to this. There are apps from other countries (pretty cool because I speak German and have family there and like to keep my language skills refreshed -- TV helps). You can put games on it. I didn't really play with that too much, but little kids like it. I have two and they were excited about that, but I am wary to let them play without my presence, because I don't want the controller to disappear. I have a 2-year old and that is a big concern. Overall, I like the thing. I'm not sure if it was worth the 50 bucks I dropped on it, but I have a small, portable home theater system that includes a bluetooth speaker and a projector that both can run on batteries and this thing should be able to run off of them so I can go outside or travel with them and still have media with me.Read full review

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