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Behold, the pros and cons of TV apps and media streamers. First, some terminology. A smart TV is one with built-in apps for services like Netflix. Often they have web browsers, games, and other timesinks. A media streamer is something like Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, and so on.They are solely for the purpose of streaming content from the Internet or local network to your TV. On a basic level, smart TV features and media streamers do the same thing (stream content), but how well they do it varies a lot.ehold, the pros and cons of TV apps and media streamers. First, some terminology. A smart TV is one with built-in apps for services like Netflix. Often they have web browsers, games, and other timesinks. A media streamer is something like Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, and so on.
(2) you cannot get the AMAZON app on Apple TV, they consider it a competitor to iTunes (!). so if you have cut the cable and want one device to stream ALL services, Apple TV will not do that. sad. I have to use my Blu-ray player to access the Amazon app, and that is much slower than the Apple device. I also have a Roku 3 on another tv and you can get ALL the apps on that. it also has a voice search function, but not enabled for rewind and FF. too bad, get with it Roku :o) I use the Amazon, Netflix and Hulu apps every day (but never iTunes), so I use the Roku as my #1 device. but the Apple TV device is still awesome, and I'm glad I have it.