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Brandon Backe
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Brandon Backe
Pitcher
Born: (1978-04-05) April 5, 1978 (age 40)
Galveston, Texas
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 19, 2002, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Last MLB appearance
June 18, 2009, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
31–29
Earned run average
5.23
Strikeouts
360
Teams
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2002–2003)
Houston Astros (2004–2009)
Brandon Allen Backe (/ˈbæki/; born April 5, 1978) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Houston Astros during his career.
He was originally a position player, having played in the outfield as a minor leaguer, and having been originally drafted as a second baseman.
Contents
1 High school and college
2 Minor leagues
3 Major leagues
3.1 Tampa Bay
3.1.1 2002
3.1.2 2003
3.2 Houston
3.2.1 2004
3.2.2 2005
3.2.3 2006
3.2.4 2007
3.2.5 2008
3.2.6 2009
4 References
5 External links
High school and college[edit]
Backe starred for Ball High School in Galveston, Texas[1] where he was a two-time team MVP in baseball and earned all-district honors. He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 36th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose to stay close to home and played his collegiate baseball at Galveston College where he earned third-team All-America honors in 1998. Primarily an infielder, he pitched only 26 total innings for the Whitecaps. Other notable Whitecap players on Backe's team included Pete Orr and Seth Foreman.
Minor leagues[edit]
Backe was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 18th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. During his first three seasons in the minor leagues, he played every infield and outfield position. In fact, the two innings that he pitched for the rookie league Princeton Devil Rays in 1998 were the only time he spent on the mound during that time. In spite of his steady glove and versatility, it was clear that a light-hitting utility player had a very small chance of making the major leagues. In 2001, he changed positions to pitcher and found immediate success. He rose through the ranks of the pitching-depleted Tampa Bay system climbing from Single-A to the major leagues in just a season and a half.
Major leagues[edit]
Tampa Bay[edit]
2002[edit]
In just his second season as a pitcher, Backe was recalled on July 16, 2002 from the Double-A Orlando Rays and pitched nine times for the Devil Rays. He posted a 6.92 ERA giving up 10 runs in 13 innings, however 7 of those runs came in one outing - the first game of a July 23 doubleheader at Fenway Park, a game the Rays lost 22-4 and in which Backe allowed a pair of home runs to Nomar Garciaparra in one inning.
2003[edit]
Backe began the season in the minor leagues, but was recalled on May 16 when John Rocker was optioned. He earned his first big league win on August 1 at Kansas City with four scoreless innings of relief. He had a 9-outing stretch from July 22 to August 21 in which he pitched to a 1.42 ERA over 19 innings, lowering his ERA from 6.06 to a season-low 3.60.
Houston[edit]
In December 2003, his hometown team, the Houston Astros, acquired Backe from the Devil Rays for Geoff Blum.
2004[edit]
In 2004, Backe shuffled between Triple-A and the majors, pitching out of the bullpen when he was with the Astros. On August 21, Backe was called up for his first major league start, where he ended up limiting the Chicago Cubs to four hits and no runs over seven innings. After that start, Backe became a permanent member of the Astros rotation, going 4-2 over the final two months of the season.
Entering their final regular-season game against the Colorado Rockies on October 3, the Astros needed a win to clinch a playoff spot. Although Roger Clemens was scheduled as the starting pitcher for that game, he was sidelined by a stomach virus, forcing manager Phil Garner to press Backe into starting duty the morning of the game. Backe performed well on his short notice, surrendering only 2 runs over 5 innings as the Astros beat the Rockies 5-3 and edged out the San Francisco Giants for the team's first playoff berth since 2001.
Backe's star continued to rise during the 2004 playoffs. After earning a win in Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, Backe gained national attention with an eight-inning, one-hit performance against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series. Going toe-to-toe with Cardinals starter and Houston native Woody Williams, Backe carried a perfect game into the 5th inning and a no-hitter into the 6th inning, surrendering only a bloop single to St. Louis second baseman Tony Womack. Backe's pitching performance set the stage for Jeff Kent's walk-off home run in the ninth inning, giving the Astros a 3-2 series advantage headed back to St. Louis, however the Astros lost both subsequent games and the series.
2005[edit]
Backe started the 2005 season in the Astros starting rotation, going 10-8 with a 4.76 ERA in his first full season as a starter. Backe performed well in the Astros second-consecutive postseason appearance, including a five-hit, seven-strikeout performance in Game 4 of the 2005 World Series.
2006[edit]
In the 2006 season, Backe was the Astros No. 4 starter. But after two starts he went onto the disabled list for three months. He returned in late July, but on August 19 he sprained a ligament in his right elbow was placed on the disabled list again. This injury required Tommy John surgery, which was successfully performed on September 7, 2006.
2007[edit]
Although Backe's recovery time was slated at 12–18 months, he rehabbed aggressively and made his return on September 4. In his return, he gave up 4 runs (3 earned) in 5.2 innings, taking the loss, but won his last 4 starts of the season for an ERA of 3.77.
2008[edit]
During the 2008 season, Backe was totally healthy and made 31 starts for the Astros, although it turned out to be a disappointing year for him, as he went just 9-14 with a 6.05 ERA. He led the majors in home runs allowed, with 36, in home-runs-per-9 innings (with 1.9), in home runs per plate appearance (with 4.8%), and in highest-slugging-percentage-against (.544) and OPS-against (.920).[1][2][3]
On October 5, 2008, Backe was arrested, along with nine others, after being involved in a fight at a wedding.[2] He was charged with interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest,[2] but a grand jury declined to indict him.[3] On October 18, 2008, it was reported that Backe's attorney filed a complaint with the FBI, claiming that Backe's and the other arrested citizens' civil rights had been violated by the officers.[4] In 2014, in a federal lawsuit that he and others who were injured at the wedding brought against several Galveston, Texas police officers, Backe testified that he heard a cry referring to Cole O'Balle, the brother of the bride:
Backe said he ran to the sound and encountered O'Balle face down on the ground and surrounded by police, his face bloody and the prongs from a stun gun stuck in his back. O'Balle was flown by helicopter to a Houston hospital.
Backe said officer Nicholas McDermott "screamed, 'back the f--- up." Backe said he could back up no farther and told the officer, "Chill out, we can't back up. You've got enough room." At that point several officers attacked him, he said, striking him as he fell to the ground and continuing to beat him until his face was bloody. One kicked him in the face, he said.
When he fell, his shoulder struck a concrete curb that separated the sidewalk from a garden. He said officers kept beating him while he was down. "I hit the ground hard and they just got on top of me," he said. Backe contends that this is when his shoulder was so badly damaged it ended his career.[5]
2009[edit]
Backe was designated for assignment on June 26, 2009. Backe had an ERA of over 10 for the Astros in 2009, including 7 relief appearances and one start. The young Felipe Paulino replaced him on the roster as he was recovering from an injury. On June 29, 2009 Backe was released by the Houston Astros.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ McTaggart, Brian (January 28, 2013). "Backe grateful for chance to help out Astros". MLB.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Associated Press (2008-10-06). "Astros' Backe one of 10 people arrested in brawl with police". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
Jump up ^ Associated Press (May 26, 2009). "Grand jury declines to indict Backe, 3 others". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
Jump up ^ Alyson Footer (2008-10-18). "Backe files complaint with FBI". Astros.com. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
Jump up ^ Rice, Harvey (April 1, 2014). "Ex-Astro says police ruined pitching career". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
External links[edit]
Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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Sylvia's Mother
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"Sylvia's Mother"
Single by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
from the album Dr. Hook
B-side
"Makin' It Natural"
Released
March 1972
Genre
Country rock
Label
Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)
Shel Silverstein
Producer(s)
Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show singles chronology
"Last Morning"
(1971) "Sylvia's Mother"
(1972) "Carry Me, Carrie"
(1972)
"Last Morning"
(1971) "Sylvia's Mother"
(1972) "Carry Me, Carrie"
(1972)
"Sylvia's Mother" was a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and the group's first hit song. It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the Billboard singles chart (tied with "Sexy Eyes" from the album Sometimes You Win for the band's best performing song),[1] as well as #1 in Ireland and #2 in the United Kingdom. It also spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Australian music charts,[2] making it the 15th ranked single in Australia for 1972. It appeared on the group's first album, Dr. Hook.
Contents
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1 Song background
2 Chart performance
2.1 Weekly charts
2.2 Year-end charts
3 Bobby Bare cover
4 Other cover versions
5 Foreign adaptations
6 References
7 External links
Song background[edit]
"Sylvia's Mother" is autobiographical, with songwriter Shel Silverstein drawing upon his unsuccessful attempt to revive a failed relationship. Silverstein had been in love with a woman named Silvia Pandolfi, but she would later become engaged to another man and end up as a museum curator at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.[3][4][5][6][7] Desperate to continue the relationship, Silverstein called Pandolfi's mother, Louisa, but she instead told him that the love had ended.[8]
The lyrics tell the story in much the same way: A young man, despondent and near tears after learning that Sylvia, with whom he'd had an earlier bad breakup, is leaving town, tries to telephone her to say one last good-bye, or at least try to get a suitable explanation as to why their relationship failed and maybe try to rekindle things. However, Sylvia's mother (Mrs. Avery) tells him that Sylvia is engaged to be married, and is trying to start a new life in Galveston. She asks the man not to say anything to her because she might start crying and want to stay. She tells the man Sylvia is hurrying to catch a 9 o'clock train. She then returns to the phone conversation, thanks the (unnamed) narrator for calling. The pathos lies in the singer's awareness that Sylvia is right there with her mother, Sylvia being unaware that he's the man on the phone. Throughout the phone conversation, an operator cuts in to ask for more money ("40 cents more for the next three minutes") to continue the call.
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[9] 1
Belgian VRT Top 30 9
Canadian RPM Top Singles 2
Denmark Top 10[10] 3
German Media Control Chart[11] 9
Irish Singles Chart 1
Italian Singles Chart 3
Netherlands[11] 3
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[11] 5
South African Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 9
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 3
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[12] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Rank
Australian Kent Music Report 15
Belgian VRT Top 30 90
Canada RPM 23
German Media Control Charts 48
Italian Singles Chart 22
Netherlands 33
South African Singles Chart 3
UK 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 64
U.S. Cash Box [13] 65
Bobby Bare cover[edit]
"Sylvia's Mother"
Single by Bobby Bare
B-side
"Music City U.S.A."
Released
1972
Format
7"
Recorded
June 15, 1972
Mercury Custom Recording Studio
Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Country
Length
3:52
3:39 (7" version)
Label
Mercury Records 73317
Songwriter(s)
Shel Silverstein
Producer(s)
Jerry Kennedy
Bobby Bare singles chronology
"What Am I Gonna Do"
(1972) "Sylvia's Mother"
(1972) "I Hate Goodbyes"
(1973)
"What Am I Gonna Do"
(1972) "Sylvia's Mother"
(1972) "I Hate Goodbyes"
(1973)
In 1972, about the same time the Dr. Hook version was on the chart, country singer Bobby Bare recorded a cover version. Bare's version became a hit, reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that October. One of his last hit records during his stay at Mercury Records, "Sylvia's Mother" became the first of many Silverstein-penned songs Bare had success with, and would foreshadow both an entire album dedicated to Silverstein-penned songs (1973's Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies) and hit records written by Silverstein, including "Marie Laveau," "The Winner," "Rosalie's Good Eats Café", "The Mermaid", "Warm and Free" and others.
Other cover versions[edit]
In 1976, the French singer Sacha Distel covered the song : "Le Père de Sylvia" (Sylvia's Father !)
A sequel titled "Mrs. Avery" has been written and performed by British folk rockers The Men They Couldn't Hang. The song begins years later when the main character of "Sylvia's Mother" is divorced, has children of his own, and happens to find an old picture of Sylvia which prompts him to call her mother again.
"Sylvia's Mother" was also covered by Bon Jovi on This Left Feels Right Live.
Foreign adaptations[edit]
A Croatian version of the song, named "Silvija", is played by popular Croatian singer Dražen Zečić.[citation needed]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Fread Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (New York, Billboard, 2003), p. 312
Jump up ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 22 July 1972". Poparchives.com.au. 1972-07-22. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Jump up ^ Pat Binder, Gerhard Haupt. "Cinco continentes y una ciudad - Curators". Universes-in-universe.de. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Jump up ^ "Searching For Sylvia". Songfacts.com. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Jump up ^ New Tendencies in Mexican Art: The 1990s, page 11, by Ruben Gallo
Jump up ^ Age of discrepancies, page 31, by Olivier Debroise
Jump up ^ Kalil, Susie (1993-12-16). "Gray Matter of Concern". Houston Press. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-01-24. ]
Jump up ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Jump up ^ "Sylvia's Mother - Dr Hook & The Medicine Show". Danskehitlister.dk. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Steffen Hung. "Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 17, 1972
Jump up ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1972
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Amazon Fire TV
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Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV with remote
Developer
Amazon.com
Manufacturer
Foxconn
Type
Digital media player, microconsole
Release date
USA: April 12, 2014
DE: September 25, 2014[1]
UK: October 23, 2014[1]
JP: October 28, 2015[2]
Introductory price
US$99[3]
Operating system
Fire OS 5 "Bellini"[4]
System-on-chip used
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T[5]
MediaTek 8173C (2nd Gen)
CPU
Qualcomm Krait 300, quad-core up to 1.7 Ghz (1st Gen)[5]
dual core ARM Cortex A72 up to 2GHz and dual core ARM Cortex A53 up to 1.573 GHz (2nd Gen)
Memory
2 GB LPDDR2 RAM[5]
Storage
8 GB internal[5]
Display
1080p and 4K[5]
Graphics
Qualcomm Adreno 320 (1st Gen)[5]
PowerVR GX6250 (2nd Gen)[6]
Sound
Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound[5]
Connectivity
HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, Bluetooth 4.1, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), 10/100 Ethernet, Optical audio, Fire game controller[5]
Power
5.5 mm DC[5] (6.25 V 2.5 A power adapter[7])
Current firmware
5.2.4.1
Dimensions
115 × 115 × 17.5 mm (4.53 × 4.53 × 0.69 in)[5]
Weight
281 g (9.9 oz)[5]
Related articles
Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Ouya
Website
Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV refers to a digital media player and it's microconsole remote developed by Amazon.com.[8][9] The player is a small network appliance entertainment device that to streams digital audio/video content to a high-definition television from the home (internet) network. The player also allows users to play video games with the included remote, via a mobile app, or with an optional game controller.
Limited Amazon Fire TV functionality is also available as the Amazon Fire TV Stick. By convention, Fire TV refers to the set-top box and Fire TV Stick refers to the plugin stick.
The first-generation Fire TV device featured 2 GB of RAM, MIMO dual-band Wi-Fi, and a Bluetooth remote control with a microphone for voice search. It supported 1080p streaming and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound but was dependent on internet bandwidth of the user. Unveiled on April 2, 2014, the Amazon Fire TV (1st Generation) was made available for purchase in the US the same day for US$99 and was launched with a video game called Sev Zero.[3]
In 2015, the Amazon Fire TV (2nd Generation) was released with improved processor speed and 4K UHD support.[10] Amazon Fire TV is also available in the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and launched in India in 2016[11].
Contents
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1 Fire TV
1.1 First generation
1.2 Second generation
1.3 Third generation
2 Fire TV Stick
2.1 First generation
2.2 Second generation
3 Software
3.1 Updates
4 Models
5 Reception
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Fire TV[edit]
First generation[edit]
The first Fire TV (codenamed "Bueller" after the eponymous character from Ferris Bueller's Day Off)[12][13] offers HDMI and optical audio, with support for Dolby Digital Plus and 7.1 surround sound pass-through, along with an Ethernet port and a USB 2.0 port. According to Amazon, the Fire TV is designed to outpace competitors like the Apple TV and Roku in performance: The 0.7-inch-thick box features a 1.7 GHz quad-core CPU (Qualcomm Snapdragon 8064), 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage, along with a dual-band wireless radio for 1080p streaming over 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and a 10/100 ethernet connection. The company said that it does not intend the Fire TV to compete with gaming consoles; instead, its gaming capabilities are geared toward people who do not already own a console but may play games on a smartphone or tablet. It has a dedicated controller accessory.[4]
Second generation[edit]
Amazon released a 2nd-generation Fire TV, codenamed "Sloane",[12] in late 2015. The 2nd generation features 4K Ultra High Definition support, improved processor performance, and a MediaTek 8173C chipset to support H.265 (HEVC), VP8, and VP9 codecs. Wireless hardware upgrades includes a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO and Bluetooth 4.1.[14][15]
Third generation[edit]
On September 27, 2017, Amazon announced the third generation Fire TV alongside 5 other new Amazon products.
Fire TV Stick[edit]
First generation Fire-TV Stick with remote (without voice search, codenamed "Inigo"[12])
First generation[edit]
On November 19, 2014, Amazon released a smaller version of the Fire TV called the Fire TV Stick. Codenamed "Montoya",[12] it is an HDMI-port plug-in device that replicates much of the functionality of the larger Fire TV.[16] Its hardware is slightly different, it has 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, weighs 0.9 oz. (25.1 g) and it uses a Broadcom BCM28155 dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 processor and a Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU. Wireless hardware includes a dual-band 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO and Bluetooth 3.0 [15][17] The Fire TV Stick is bundled with a remote control, in either of two variants; one with voice search on the remote and one without.
Second generation[edit]
On October 20, 2016, Amazon released Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, codenamed "Tank".[12][18] Other than the new remote, the updates include Mediatek 8127D Quad-core ARM 1.3 GHz processor with a Mali-450 MP4 GPU, and support for the H.265 (HEVC) codec. Wireless hardware upgrades includes a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi with 2x2 MIMO and Bluetooth 4.1.[15] It retains the 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage and weighs slightly more at 1.1 oz. (32.0 g).[19]
Software[edit]
The device initially ran Fire OS 3.0, based on Android Jelly Bean 4.2. According to Amazon, that made it "simple for developers to port their services and games over to Fire TV."[4]
Updates[edit]
On March 24, 2015, Amazon announced an update to the Fire TV software to provide the following additional features which address some of the concerns raised in early reviews:[20]
Expandable USB storage on Amazon Fire TV; the user can connect a USB mass storage device to expand the Fire TV storage.
Connect to the user's hotel or dorm room Wi-Fi with captive portal support, which enables the user to connect to Wi-Fi that requires web authentication—this includes Wi-Fi at most major hotels, as well as some universities.
Private listening on Fire TV, adds support for wireless Bluetooth headphones to Fire TV.
Browse and search Prime Playlists: Prime members can now take advantage of Prime Music playlists from Fire TV with hundreds of expertly curated Prime Playlists to pick from.
Hidden PIN entry, the PIN entry screen hides the numbers selected.
New shortcuts put the user's Fire TV to sleep or enable display mirroring by pressing and holding the Home button on the remote.
Models[edit]
Generation (within Fire TV)
1st generation (2014)
1st generation (2014)
2nd generation (2015)
2nd generation (2016)
3rd generation (2017)
Model
Fire TV
Fire TV Stick
Fire TV
Fire TV Stick
Fire TV
Release date
April 12, 2014 November 19, 2014 September 29, 2015 October 20, 2016 October 25, 2017
Status
Discontinued Current
OS
Fire OS 5 Fire OS 6
System Version
5.2.4.1 6.0
CPU
Maker
Qualcomm Broadcom MediaTek
Kind
Snapdragon 600 Quad-core ARM big.LITTLE
Model
APQ8064T BCM28155 MT8173C MT8127D
Cores
4x Krait 300 @ 1.7 GHz 2x ARM Cortex-A9 @ 1.0 GHz 2x ARM Cortex A72 @ 2 GHz and
2x ARM Cortex A53 @1.573 GHz
4x ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.3 GHz Quad core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU up to 1.5GHz
Width
32-bit 32-bit 64-bit 32-bit 64-bit
GPU
Designer
Qualcomm Broadcom Imagination Technologies ARM ARM
Kind
Adreno VideoCore IV PowerVR Mali Mali
Model
320 Capri VC4 GX6250 450 MP4 450 MP3
OpenGL ES
3.0 2.0 3.1 2.0 2.0
Vulkan
n/a n/a 1.0 n/a
OpenCL
1.1 embedded profile n/a 1.2 n/a
Hardware Decode
Support
H.264 H.264 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264
RAM
2 GB LPDDR2 1 GB LPDDR2
(512MB system, 512MB video)
2 GB LPDDR3 1 GB LPDDR3 2GB
Storage
Internal
8 GB 8GB internal
External
USB up to 128GB n/a up to 128 GB microSDXC n/a
Microphone
Wireless
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 4.0
HID, SPP Profiles
Bluetooth 3.0
HID, SPP Profiles
Bluetooth 4.1
HID, HFP, SPP profiles
Bluetooth 4.1
A2DP, AVRCP, GAVDP, HID, IOPT profiles
BT 4.2 + LE
Supported profiles: A2DP1.2-SRC, AVRCP1.0-TG, HID1.0-Host, HOGP1.0-Host
Wi-Fi
Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n
2x2 MIMO
Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n
2x2 MIMO
Dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac
2x2 MIMO
Dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac
2x2 MIMO
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac; 2x2 MIMO
(2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz dual band)
Dimensions
84.9 mm x 25.0 mm x 11.5 mm 115 mm x 115 mm x 17.8 mm
4.5" x 4.5" x 0.7"
85.9 mm x 30.0 mm x 12.6 mm
3.4" x 1.2" x 0.5"
65.0 mm x 65.0 mm x 15.0 mm
2.6” x 2.6” x 0.6”
Power Supply
6.25V, 2.5A, 16W, DC
Plug: 5.5mm (outer) x 2.5mm (inner)
5V, 1A, 5W, DC
Micro USB Cable and USB Power Adapter required
15V, 1.4A, 21W, DC
Plug: 3mm (outer) x 1mm (inner)
5V, 1A, 5W, DC
Micro USB Cable and USB Power Adapter required
Reception[edit]
Dan Seifert from The Verge reviewed Fire TV on April 4, 2014, giving it an 8.8/10 and largely praising its current functionality and future potential.[21] Dave Smith from ReadWrite wrote: "Fire TV aims to be the cure for what ails TV set-top boxes."[22] GeekWire editor Andy Liu's review is headlined "Amazon's Fire TV sets a new bar for streaming boxes."[23] Ars Technica praised the device specs that are better than the competition, the build quality was high, and if you use Amazon content, the microphone works very well. However, the reviewer did not like that media browsing puts Amazon content in the front thus making other apps less convenient, the game selection is limited and many games are unoptimized, and its free space is only 5.16GB, limiting the number of games that can be installed.[24]
See also[edit]
Comparison of set-top boxes
Smart TV
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Amazon Fire TV now available for pre-order in the UK and Germany".
Jump up ^ "Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Coming to Japan".
^ Jump up to: a b Horn, Leslie (April 2, 2014). "Fire TV: Everything You Need to Know About Amazon's $100 Streaming Box". Gizmodo. Gawker Media. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Publish to Fire OS 5". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "Amazon Fire TV –Streaming Media Player –Shop Now". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ James, Dave. "Amazon Fire TV review". techradar. Retrieved 25 Jul 2016.
Jump up ^ https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/customerdocumentation/Amazon_Fire_TV_User_Guide.pdf
Jump up ^ Solomon, Kate. "Amazon Fire TV is Amazon's powerful new streaming box". Techradar.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ Tam, Donna. "Amazon unveils Amazon Fire TV for streaming video". CNET. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ James, Dave. "Amazon Fire TV review". techradar. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Amazon Fire Stick launched in India: Detailed review 2017". Finissue. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "The Amazon Fire TV Stick 2’s codename is Tank". AFTVNews.
Jump up ^ "Amazon's Fire TV Piles Into the Living Room". Businessweek. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
Jump up ^ James, Dave. "Amazon Fire TV review". techradar. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Fire TV Device Specifications - Amazon Apps & Services Developer Portal". developer.amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
Jump up ^ "How Amazon's Fire TV Stick Compares to Other Streaming Dongles - WIRED". WIRED.
Jump up ^ Fire TV Stick - Official Site. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
Jump up ^ Estrada, Maren (2016-10-17). "Amazon’s next-gen Fire TV Stick with Alexa is only $40, and it launches this week". BGR. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
Jump up ^ All-New Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote | Streaming Media Player.
Jump up ^ "Amazon Announces New Features for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick". Amazon. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
Jump up ^ Seifert, Dan (2014-04-04). "Amazon Fire TV review". The Verge. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
Jump up ^ "Review: The Amazon Fire TV Is Kind Of A Mess – ReadWrite".
Jump up ^ Liu, Andy. "Review: Amazon's Fire TV sets a new bar for streaming boxes". GeekWire. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
Jump up ^ Amazon Fire TV misses the same marks as Ouya, other media boxes. Ars Technica. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
24. Mouse Toggle For Fire TV - Android Appwww.apkbolt.com Retrieved
15 Sept 2017
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