There are a ton of televisions for sale out there. Some have fantastic Smart TV environments with great app support and sleek user interfaces that are a dream to navigate and intuitive to use. Other TVs can feel like the Smart TV environment was created as a cruel social experiment to test your sanity. That’s what makes external streaming devices so great.
Is FireStick Lite Fast?
FireStick Lite Pros and Cons
The FireStick Lite is a great budget streaming device. At $29.99, it has almost no direct competition. It is great for travel, plugging into your home TV, and never leaving HDMI 1. Here are the pros and cons:
The differences between the different models come down to just a few features. That is why the price range between the four models isn’t that wide. Most of the four models have most of the same features. The differences tend to be minor, such as memory, Dolby Vision and Atmos. The CPU and GPU speed is equivalent across all of them.
As you can see from the above table, the differences between the FireStick Lite and the FireStick are minimal. The same is true for the FireStick 4K and the FireStick 4K Max. The differences are so minute it is highly unlikely that if someone were to plug the two in right next to each other, you would be able to notice any discernable difference.
The clock speeds on the CPU & GPUs are identical, so you aren’t going to notice much better quality video. There might be slightly more vibrant colors with Dolby Atmos, but that may be too subtle for most people. Many people have not set up their TVs correctly for their environment or are not using soundbars for audio. So, the differences will not be noticed by 99% of users.
Conclusion
As the market moves towards 4K UHD and eventually 8K, the FireStick shows its age, but at $29.99, it might be worth it just to have around and throw it in a bag somewhere for when you go on vacation, and the hotel doesn’t have any good channels.
