Amazon Fire TV vs Steam Link

[mathmeister]

For streaming video through Plex and other streaming sites, which streaming box works better? I'm already leaning towards the Link for the $15 price tag and game streaming but I wanted to know the video streaming performance.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

9 minutes ago, mathmeister said:

For streaming video through Plex and other streaming sites, which streaming box works better? I'm already leaning towards the Link for the $15 price tag and game streaming but I wanted to know the video streaming performance.

these products are completely different one the steam link just mirrors your computer screen pretty much. while the fire tv is essentially a stand alone computer if you want to have some one watch a movie as you play games fire tv. (unless there's some new way to use the steam link as its own entity)

[AshleyAshes]

Uhh... The SteamLink doesn't stream anything except for Steam, period.  That's literally the ONLY thing it does.

 

I mean I guess you could run Plex (or anything ELSE) on your PC and have the SteamLink then stream the PC's streaming... But that'd be stupid.

[Tsuki]

steam link wont do what you want it to. a better comparison would be amazon fire vs roku.

[dalekphalm]

On 22/06/2017 at 4:42 PM, mathmeister said:

For streaming video through Plex and other streaming sites, which streaming box works better? I'm already leaning towards the Link for the $15 price tag and game streaming but I wanted to know the video streaming performance.

You should be comparing Streaming boxes, such as:

 

Roku 3/4K/4K Pro

Amazon FireTV

ChromeCast

Android boxes, etc

 

I personally have a Roku 4K Premiere and I quite like it. Works well, has lots of apps, plays Plex fairly well, and is relatively cheap. Get the Roku 3 if you don't mind a slightly slower interface and no 4K capability. I got the Roku 4K because the interface (GUI) is more responsive, and I'll eventually jump to 4K.