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Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Its not a replacement. In order to come close to what you get on cable, you would have to get the following: - a fire stick/fire TV - Subscribe to something like Playstation Vue or Sling TV so that you can get some basic cable channels like ESPN/CNN and the major broadcast nets like NBC and CBS. The reason people say Amazon Fire could be a cable replacement is because of the software Kodi but 1) watching cable content on Kodi is illegal/pirating 2) it isnt really reliable (dead links and mostly non-HD content) and 3) The quality isnt always great. For me a Fire Stick is perfect for people who want to significantly cut their bill and are OK with having 30-40 channels. If thats you, a fire stick is perfect. Its also great as media streamer (what I use it for). I cant get it because it isnt reliable and user friendly enough. If I told my wife that we got rid of cable and now she has to hunt through Kodi to find links to her favorite Bravo shows...she would divorce me.

This and sports are the only reason we still have cable.