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Top Rated TV Streaming Media Players for Your Consideration

Updated on by in Hardware

A media streaming player is one of the coolest gadgets you can buy and are very useful too. It allows you to stream media on your television set via the Internet. There are many devices available that way, and they are not that expensive either. So, if you don’t have a smart TV or a Blu-ray player or other game systems connected already to the TV, then go on and get one of these Media Streaming devices as soon as possible.

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In this article, we bring you the 10 top rated media streaming devices which you may buy. Buying these is a big fad now-a-days and enables you to watch many other many channels from all over the planet at your home on your TV. You don’t need a smart TV for this either.

1. Amazon Fire TV

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Amazon recently released its Fire TV. It was built around the FireOS which is like android but taking Amazon features in consideration. They mainly showcase Amazon Instant Video and Amazon Prime Music. And not just this, there are also other services and apps available through Fire TV like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, etc. Amazon Fire is the best in its class and also supports 4K video as well. So buy one for yourself today and enjoy.

2. Google Cast / Chrome Cast

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One of the best media streaming devices available in the market today is Google Cast. It enables you to control everything on your TV using a mobile device like a smartphone, a tablet or a PC. Unfortunately, this one hasn’t got any remote control and is also deprived of on-screen interfaces and app stores. You can also stream whatever that’s playing on the TV on any other device like your tablet or smartphone. Google cast is really easy to use and is pretty cheap too.

3. Roku

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Roku is a streaming player which lets you stream anything on the TV you connect it with. As of today, it offers thousands of choices of channels on the Roku Channel Store. It also includes all of the big media streaming facilities available like Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Netflix, Sling TV, etc. Apart from all this, there are many smaller app services like movies, sports, weather, news and international content.

4. Android TV

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Android TV is Google’s dedicated media streaming device made using Android. It’s very simple to use and is quite different in design than the heavily modified Android-based Amazon’s Fire TV. It offers very rich and powerful interface than the Apple TV or Roku but isn’t as impressive. Its app store is tiny and is not the conventional Android App store. But apart from this, it’s pretty powerful when connected through the Netflix 4k app.

5. Apple TV

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The latest Apple TV has been upgraded to the customers like but isn’t that radical to keep up with the competition. It has its app store which does real good with the available device. Equipped with voice control, you may also use Siri with it just like on your iPhone or iPad. Nonetheless, its apple centric with music which you may stream from Apple Music. But it doesn’t support 4K unlike Android TV, Fire TV or Roku. But if you are still a big Apple aficionado, then go for this one. You will be more than satisfied.

6. Sky Now TV

The Sky Now TV Box is one of the cheapest media streaming device available. It were a non-contract Video on Demand service powered by Sky TV and was initially launched in 2013. It was released to compete against the other VOD giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video. It aims for those that don’t want to be restrained to the premium Pay TV contract. Also offers a low-cost way to use Sky’s exclusive sports content, stream movies, etc.

7. Nvidia Shield TV

Nvidia Shield is one of the most effective media streamers which double as a game console also. The beautiful UI and the game streaming technology have been powered by one of the most impressive mobile processors on the market at the moment and provides an experience similar to playing a PS4 or Xbox One. Its 4K resolution is better than any other media streaming device available on the market today. At its budget, it delivers and is really an impressive machine to buy.

8. WD TV Live media streamer

The WD TV Live media streamer has been on the market since 2014 and supports streaming of many different video and audio formats. It is also easy enough to use, and it performs well. Once connected to your home network, WD TV Live can stream media from any other connected drive as well as any plugged-in USB drives. It also supports all the web based media services like Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, Pandora Radio, Live365 and many others. The UI is decent and straightforward: scroll up and down for the list of media types and settings, and across to access the content (or options).

9. EZCast

This one is like a poor impersonation of the Chrome cast and fails to get many of its basics right. Streaming the video on this Media Streaming Device is choppy. The screen sharing is also awkward, and there’s no third-party app support. Although there are many cons about this one, it’s cheap and delivers the job. Nonetheless, all this makes it the last on the top rated media streaming Devices list.

Author: Vijay

Vijay is a tech writer for CashOnBuy.com.

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