Best Networked Media Players

The Birde is Perfect for Little Readers! We recently got the Birde for our two kids (ages 5 and 6), and I couldn't be happier with it! The… Read more

read-along books are absolutely fantastic! This is hands-down the standout feature for us. My kids love following along with the stories, complete with music and multiple character voices that really bring the books to life. As a parent, I love that it's helping them develop a genuine love for reading while they're still learning. There's something so special about watching them engage with physical books while the Birde guides them through the story - it feels far more educational and meaningful than just passive listening.

The tap-and-play seeds are brilliant - my kids find them so intuitive, and they're impressively durable. We've had our fair share of drops and tumbles, and everything still works perfectly!

The size and design are spot-on for little hands - it's lightweight and easy for young children to hold without worrying about them dropping it. You can tell it was made with kids in mind.

If you're looking for a device that encourages reading, sparks imagination, and is built to withstand the chaos of childhood - the Birde is it. We absolutely love ours!

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Rarely needs updating manually as it does it on its own and has great apps on it. For the price you can’t beat it. Only had a couple of issues with… Read more

it but that was because i had too many screens open so it wouldn’t open an apo. I love my Apple TV! I also watch YouTube through it. I watch a LOT of docos and love that it has Docplay even though of course i have to pay for that. Apple is great! Just need to provide two remotes, it’s so little i always lose it!

Please don't be fooled by all the fake positive reviews! – Terrible product. Constantly buffers like crazy, my poor farther for years has been calling me to complain but there's nothing I can do for him as we… Read more

are dealing with a business with zero ethical standards. Please do not purchase this service under any circumstances, I 100% guarantee you will regret it!

Yup while the price point may be a concern for some (Aussie $300+) and an update would be nice, you do get what you pay for in terms of premium… Read more

performance and long-term reliability. Apart from the Apple TV (which doesn't support uncompressed audio passthrough), there isn't much else on the market as solid as the Shield TV Pro. I've been using it for nearly a decade, and its seamless integration with Plex means I don't use the built in LG apps and related issues!

The SHIELD Pro version specs are still good with NVIDIA Tegra X1+ processor, 256-core GPU and 3 GB RAM does 4K streaming and gaming. The 16 GB of internal storage isn't thrilling but expandable via USB3 to whatever SSD you have. Main reason to buy the "latest" Pro 2019 version is 4K HDR with Dolby Vision and HDR10, and AI-enhanced upscaling to elevate lower-resolution content. On the audio side, it does Dolby Atmos and uncompressed formats DTS-HD MA, Dolby TRUE-HD etc. If you have a small-medium Plex library the built-in Plex Media Server isn't a bad option, GeForce NOW is built in for cloud gaming, Google Assistant voice integration, and Alexa compatibility. Android TV gives you many app options, side loading smart tube is easy enough even for beginners. The remote control is minimal but works really well, I don't think I have used a remote as comfortable as this one. You can re-assign the launch button via ButtonMapper app - overall highly recommend!

We found the Shield TV Pro just fantastic. We bought a cheap TV from Big W for a couple of hundred dollars. It was ok, but the picture quality was… Read more

mediocre, reflecting the price of the TV. We did buy a NVIDIA and we hardly could believe the picture quality, similar to a TV a thousand dollars dearer. It allows us to download a huge number of apps and view paid and free VOD from Netflix to obscure overseas TV channels.

What a lemon – We had the box for 4 days and it was a terrible experience. The streaming was scratchy and the remote froze every 10 minutes and it required constant… Read more

paring. We tried everything to fix the problem. We removed the HDMI cable, turned the box on and off, we also removed and replaced the remote batteries with no luck. With that frustration, we purchased a Blaupunkt android tv box and we now have zero problems. We do not recommend Xiaomi.

This is possibly the worst piece of tech I've purchased. Looks good but so many glitches in the software make it barely usable and all I wanted was… Read more

digital clock and play music on voice command. A number of menu items just won't load. Many factory reset later and I'm less impressed every minute!

Had a Google Hub Max for 3 years. Was mediocre at best, good for digital photo frame and turning lights on and off. Connecting to Google Home… Read more

initially worked, and then I added a second smart tv to it, and it totally trash the bed misunderstanding commands and simply doing something unrelated to the command given. Recently, it lost network connection and can no longer connect. Google's online help is perhaps a contradiction, and less than useless, wasting alot of time following procedures that fail, such as simply connecting the device back to Google Home and my home network after a factory reset. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, because you won't know when it will simply stop working and you'll have next to no support for it. I will never buy another google product ever again.

Entertainment completed – We use this everyday! Catching up on series, watching movies, documentaries.... anything you could think of is on here. Access to Netflix and YouTube… Read more

as well. If something you want to watch isn’t on there there is an option to request it to be uploaded! This product has saved my sanity these Christmas holidays!!

Google Home / Google Nest are, without exaggeration, the most unreliable consumer electronics I have encountered. I own at least six different Google… Read more

Home and Nest devices, and when they actually function, it is close to miraculous. Voice recognition is inconsistent, device routing is chaotic, and the system behaves unpredictably. One moment a command triggers on a particular speaker or display, the next moment a completely different unit responds (or fails to respond at all). Switching between devices is erratic, and half the time the system simply refuses to connect or execute basic tasks. Google Home has already been discontinued, and the Google Nest Hub is not an improvement. Based on the direction of the product line, I would not be surprised if Nest is discontinued sooner rather than later. On top of this, the devices are data-harvesting machines that depend on faulty updates, often rendering them temporarily or permanently useless. I have spent serious money on equipment that is now essentially worthless and unwanted on the second-hand market. Google’s priority is not the customer; it is the monetisation of user data for advertising. Reliability and support are afterthoughts. My advice: avoid Google Home and Google Nest products entirely. They are outdated, unreliable, intrusive, and a poor investment.

Purchased as an upgrade to the chromecast for tv. Your typical google experience setting it up which was a breeze. Navigation is the main thing i… Read more

wanted improved and it has delivered as i have experienced no slower movements thus far. The remote works with my pixel phone, so "hey google, find my remote" makes the remote start ringing out a chime which will be so useful. Now the for the main unexpected improvement and that is my oled tv is now so much more colorful then before and that has to be the upgraded hardware. Seriously the improvement is stark. I highly recommend upgrading.

Absolutely brilliant product, best of it's kind – That other reviewer, totally dismantled, had no idea what they're talking about. This machine is exceptional in value and ability. Highly recommended. Thank you, Sam. Show details

At the first I did not like user interface, though it may be subjective opinion. But, after spending 6 hours to set it up I realised it only supports… Read more

very few languages. For me that was decisive point. I could not setup the additional language support in stock keyboard nor was able to install the third party one. Third party launcher was not working either. Why limit user to stock apps? st^pid.

Best product for the money – I bought this product on 3 days ago and so far it is fantastic, I am really impressed. I have quite high end audio gear , however I enjoy watching… Read more

older video music clips as well as movies. It is difficult to find a player or streamer which can play both videos and music well; for its price , this is a fantastic piece of hardware. The remote and UI are excellent, way better than my HiFi Rose RS250 that I have (which plays excellent hifi audio, but stutters even with low resolution video).

Disgraceful customer service – I recently purchased a TF-6211PVR from JB HiFi. On getting the PVR home I discovered it only has Ethernet connection and no WiFi. Ok that's my… Read more

fault for not checking and making an assumption. So, I purchased a dongle online from the Topfield website. This was where I started having issues. Once I connected to my wifi network, I found that I could not connect to Netflix, or any other streaming App for that matter. I just ended up in this frustrating circular dead end. I called Topfield on their 1300 for help. I did this at least four times (during normal business hours BTW) and each time after being placed on hold for about10 minutes, I was disconnected. Message saying the office was unattended and to send an email. I then wrote an email via their website asking for help. After four days, no response, I wrote again and no response. It's now been over 6 weeks and still nothing. The online manual (PDF download) didn't help either as does not reflect the interface, which by the way is a shocker, not at all intuitive. Thus, I seem to have been left with a worthless product. In fact, there may have been nothing wrong with it, I just needed some support. In the end, I contacted JB and they were happy to give me a full refund. Good on them. That left me with a Topfield dongle that I had no use for. So I packaged it up with a nice letter explaining my predicament and asked for a refund. That was a month ago and I have heard nothing from them since. I have since bought a Fetch TV and absolutely love it. I would advise anyone considering buying the Topfield PVR to reconsider and by something else....In particular, the FetchTV. It's so easy to use and set up. Brilliant performance too.

Worse than useless – Difficult to use with the remote control and extremely slow to respond to all commands. Difficult to connect and stay connected to wifi due to bad… Read more

internal antenna design. Video streams constantly buffered and froze even on a 50Mbps LAN connection. Many of the apps were non-functional and/or duplicated. Just a bad experience all round. Contacted Strong about firmware improvements and got a smug CBF reply asking what did I expect from an early unit and should get something better. Literally ended up smashing it with my fist in frustration. No more Strong for me.

Works great for the Price – I mainly use it for Kodi as I can run a lot of apps from that. Remote control is a bit stodgy and could do with an upgrade but all else works fine. But forget about netfix as it's not tuned well for it. Show details

I'm so unhappy and so sad because #Marhaba is the worst TV CHANNELS I ever met and I wish to take my money back and I will not deal with them any more Show details

Beware, they quote you in AUD but when you check your bank account they charge in USD, nearly double. Don't purchase, they are just another mob of… Read more

scammers! I will be reporting to Australian Consumer Affairs. Item has arrived,just as I expected. It will be going straight into the bin. Does nothing like they quote. I can do the same thing on my smart television. The geeks who promote these have a lot to answer for. Try and contact them. Good luck! Emails all bounced back so looks like I've been fleeced.

no instructions no dongle – I purchased a proht 4k android tv box, it came with no instructional manual and no dongle, useless to someone that is not tech savy, I tried to… Read more

connect it to my modem without any success. As Islandus.com is an American based company it will be useless to contact them, I am endeavouring to return it.

Want to give it 0 stars – This is just rubbish. Audio codecs are prehistoric, most modern xvid do not play audio or at all. WiFi hardly works, does not work at all if above 2… Read more

mete range from access point. Remote control stalls, Youtube stutters. It says its a quard core but sure works like a Pentium 1