What is a Streaming media player?
First off, if you’re new to the whole digital media player thing – a streaming media player (or digital media player/adaptor) is basically a set-top box that you can use to stream television shows and movies (some free with ads, some paid) to your television set or projector. They typically include an interface that is easier to use and more reliable than if you were to simply hookup your PC or laptop to your television set.
Actually, Apple TV, Google TV, Boxe, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon Fire, WD TV, PlayOn and TVersity are all excellent streaming media pla yer. But Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple have more users. So here we give a review for the top 5 streaming media player and a compasiron.
Pros and Cons of Roku, Amazon, Google, Chromecast and Apple
Roku:
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Price (MSRP)
- Roku 1 – $49.99
- Roku Streaming Stick – $49.99
- Roku 2 – $69.99
- Roku 3 – $99.99
- Roku 4 – $129.99
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Apple TV:
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Price (MSRP)
- Third Generation – Starting at $69
- Fourth Generation – Starting at $149
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Chromecast:
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Price (MSRP)
- $35
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Amazon Fire TV:
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Price (MSRP)
- Fire TV with 4K – $99.99
- Fire TV Stick – $39.99
- Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote – $49.99
- Fire TV Gaming Edition – $139.99
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Google TV:
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App selection should also be one of the biggest factors in choosing a streaming media player, because all the fancy features in the world don’t mean much if you can’t actually watch what you want.
What’s your favorite digital media player?
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Google TV generally supports the H264/AVC video and AAC audio codecs. If they’re not; however, then you can use some third-party software to convert them to the MP4/H264/AAC format necessary to be played on your Google TV device provided they don’t have any DRM assigned. So if you want to watch upcoming Christmas Blu-ray on Google TV using Thumb Drives, you need to choose one professional Blu-ray ripper to rip the Christmas Blu-ray movies to digital.mp4 videos for playing on Google TV via Christmas Blu-ray.
Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommend to you. It is the leader of the market Blu-ray ripper and copier. With it, the entire conversion is quick, safe, and clean. Besides Google TV, it also can convert DVD, Blu-ray to various TVS like Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, 3D TV, 4K TV, and more TV supported videos for smooth playback.
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How to Put Christmas Blu-ray to Google TV Using Thumb Drives?
Step 1. click the “Load file(s)” button on program toolbar to load Blu-ray movies from disc. Inserting the Blu-ray disc into Blu-ray drive is needed before the loading. All imported Blu-ray movies could be previewed on program right viewing window. 
Step 2. Select the output format from Format “TVs”, Or select .mp4 from “Common video” or “HD video” to suit your Google TV.
Tips: The default settings may not satisfy you, and you can click the “Settings” button to change the settings by yourself including video resolution, bit rate, audio sample rate, audio channel etc. for full screen playback smoothly. Or keep no changes, which is also a good choice.
Step 3. Click the “Start conversion” button on the main interface and the software will start to convert Christmas Blu-ray to Google TV friendly video formats immediately. When the conversion finishes, click “Open” to find the converted video files. Then you can effortless transfer the video files to Google TV for playback via Thumb Drives.
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