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[Prime] Amazon Fire TV Cube $109 | Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen $49 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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[Prime] Amazon Fire TV Cube $109 | Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen $49 Delivered @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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Cheapest ever!

As confirmed via Implusegamer

Update, now confirmed via Amazon AU press release

Create your smart home with 50% off RRP on the Echo Dot (5th Gen), available in three signature colours and featuring a sleek design and improved audio, for vibrant sound anywhere in the home, live from 00.01AM AEST 03 July until 23.59 AEST 12 July

Link to the Echo Dot

50% off RRP on the Fire TV Cube, where you can stream more than 200,000 movies and TV shows from Netflix, BINGE, Stan, Disney+, Prime Video and more (subscription fees may apply), live from 00.01AM AEST 3 July until 23.59 AEST 12 July

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  • bargainatoraah on 23/06/2023 - 08:25
    +9

    HDMI cable NOT included

    • XCOM v2 on 23/06/2023 - 09:32
      +22

      Unbelievable

      • Jugganautx on 23/06/2023 - 10:39
        +14

        It had no fire, no energy, no nothing! Y'know I got a Show to run here, and it must pop pop pop! …

        • Sneeze on 23/06/2023 - 11:46
          +4

          Are we green?

        • Skinnerr on 23/06/2023 - 12:15

          How did Amazon execs come up with this, modern marvel? They rubbed each others heads together very fast until they discovered fire.

        • casval on 03/07/2023 - 09:50

          I heard that post. Now Bzzzzzz!

      • Dreamcast on 03/07/2023 - 09:05

        Believable

  • OZBUser2022 on 23/06/2023 - 08:36

    Still waiting for the echo 4th gen deal

    • Tiggrrrrr on 23/06/2023 - 13:53
      +1

      Which deal?

  • FrugalFindsDownUnder on 23/06/2023 - 08:40
    +11

    In the article you linked it claims "Bargain bliss: Nearly two-fifths (36%) of surveyed Aussies say they feel great when they buy something that is discounted". What in the world does the other 64% feel?

    • ace310 on 23/06/2023 - 08:41
      +15

      That the other 36% are lying..

    • OZBUser2022 on 23/06/2023 - 08:43
      +2

      The other 64% are rich enough who do not care about the price.

      • WhyAmICommenting on 23/06/2023 - 08:54

        Pollies and reserve-bankers

      • Brianqpr on 03/07/2023 - 10:28

        In my experience rich people care more than anyone, part of the reason that they are rich.

      • formulated on 10/07/2023 - 10:34

        re: the cost of living, someone on reddit posted their outrageous price for a handful of groceries. I pointed out one of the items is discounted heavily on a regular basis or 2 for 1 and buying at full price only makes sense in an emergency. Their response, "oh, I forgot about specials"

        They forgot that things aren't always full price. 64% of people probably don't think about it, or think at all.

    • Thrifty McGifty on 23/06/2023 - 09:08
      +4

      What in the world does the other 64% feel?

      An insatiable hunger to do it again. Welcome to Ozbargain.

    • tryingtohelp on 23/06/2023 - 09:20
      +5

      Or, they belong to a group of people referred in this clip :-)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0YVPZBTuxI&ab_channel=Prime…

    • morestuff on 23/06/2023 - 10:24
      +1

      Yes , there is nothing like statisics.

      Did you know that 80% of drivers think that they are better than average ?

      • Tiggrrrrr on 23/06/2023 - 13:43
        +2

        Fun fact: Western Australians drivers are the most likely to have driven in thongs (40%)

    • Kontiki on 23/06/2023 - 10:36

      “I don’t need it… don’t need it. Be smart… be strong…” click “Damnit…”

      • Tiggrrrrr on 23/06/2023 - 13:51
        +3

        So you just paid $179 instead of waiting 10 days for $109.50?
        That really is terrible impulse control

        • Kontiki on 26/06/2023 - 08:49
          +2

          What are you talking about? I was talking about what the other 64% feel when they buy a bargain.

    • Leeeroy on 23/06/2023 - 13:14

      Maybe they just feel good?

    • Davo1111 on 03/07/2023 - 10:04

      Probably indifferent

      Example: kathmandu standard is 30% off, so i know the discount is not real

  • atlas on 23/06/2023 - 08:45

    Is there a native binge app now?

    • mitchbourke on 23/06/2023 - 08:48
      +3

      there sure is! Kayo as well!

      • atlas on 23/06/2023 - 16:34

        Cheers thanks. Sideloading was always annoying

      • ssd01 on 03/07/2023 - 10:18
        +1

        Have u noticed last weekend they removed Bein sport from Kayo !! But price the same

    • Oldmate88 on 23/06/2023 - 10:10

      Might have to plug my old firestick back in now

  • Wt133 on 23/06/2023 - 08:51
    +13

    Still seems overpriced. Just a streaming box but with 4K and atmos support might be better to get the fire stick 4K.

    You also never see any devices that support HDMI Ethernet and can share the Ethernet connection. That way if the tv had Ethernet it would share the internet connection to the box.

    • Irishness on 23/06/2023 - 08:57
      +2

      agree only thing going is a few extra connections & 16gb storage but give me a chromecast tv or firestick rather than this lump

    • jasswolf on 23/06/2023 - 17:20

      Yup, twice as powerful but no real additional features. Would need multistream/multiview or 120Hz support to make things interesting.

    • G-rig on 25/06/2023 - 03:26
      +1

      Yeah Google TV is fine/good, 4k & Atmos and they go for as cheap as $54. Better if you have other Google devices for smart home.

      I do have the ethernet adaptor but wifi I flawless and sitting next to router anyway. The ethernet removes some functionality (like can't use send to tv app).

      • Jackson on 03/07/2023 - 11:16
        +1

        Someone needs to sort out this issue with being unable to cast if using Ethernet, how hard could it be to have it connected by both but preference Ethernet for the stream

        • G-rig on 03/07/2023 - 11:23

          yeah bs isn't it - same network whether wired or wireless.
          I just leave the LAN cable unplugged and only use wifi these days.

          • Jackson on 03/07/2023 - 11:24

            @G-rig: Same here on my TV, the Ethernet was much better but what good is it if you aren't casting?

            • G-rig on 03/07/2023 - 11:31

              @Jackson: yeah it's pointless and could have saved 10$ or whatever on the ethernet adapter.

  • Jemz on 23/06/2023 - 08:52
    -2

    10/100mbps Ethernet port.

    Will need an Ethernet to usb adapter for any high bitrate blu-ray rips from media server e.g. Plex

    • samfisher5986 on 23/06/2023 - 09:00
      +9

      You don't need more then 100mbps for that.

      Technically your 2 hour movie would need to be more then 90GB, maybe a little less to count for buffering.

      Even raw Bluray's are less then that.

      • Tunblor on 23/06/2023 - 20:11
        +2

        than*

      • Jimbuscus on 23/06/2023 - 22:40

        Almost all Blu-ray's, low enough to not consider.

        • Ozpit on 03/07/2023 - 09:40
          +1

          Blu-rays* is acceptable. But, more commonly, Blu-ray is used for both the singular and plural. However, to use the possessive ’s, as in Blu-ray’s, to make a noun plural is wrong, as is to omit the hyphen in Blu-ray (as above) .

    • XCOM v2 on 23/06/2023 - 09:32

      The port is 100mbs but it has wifi6e?

      • dav3 on 23/06/2023 - 11:27
        +1

        Ethernet is probably on a USB interface that won't achieve gigabit speed, while wifi is probably on-chip or in an M2 slot

    • UltimateAI on 23/06/2023 - 22:36

      Or just use WiFi.
      Agree for really high bit rate content 100mbps is not enough. Media comes in bursts so to play 90mbps content your connection needs to be well above 100mbps

  • pacificstorm on 23/06/2023 - 08:54
    +12

    Real life advantages over the Fire Tv Stick 4K Max?

    • silenthillrocks on 23/06/2023 - 08:58

      Bigger is better

      • xoom on 23/06/2023 - 11:14
        +4

        Thats what she said.

    • Ryanek on 23/06/2023 - 09:02
      +1

      It's essentially a Fire TV Stick and Echo speaker combined. Fire TV also upscales which I believe the stick does not.

      • pacificstorm on 23/06/2023 - 09:11

        @Ryanek
        Don't Plex upscales too?

        • Eatoff on 03/07/2023 - 10:27

          No upscaling in Plex. It can downscale (transcoding) but not upscaling

    • Dienk on 23/06/2023 - 09:11

      I would like to know as well

    • Shiva24488 on 23/06/2023 - 09:12

      I have the same ques.. I have a 4k max.
      Are Ethernet ports used for internet ? Or to connect with TV like LAN? Sorry if it's a dumb question

      • adinico on 23/06/2023 - 09:17
        +1

        For internet connection over cable to avoid interference / stability issues.

    • auMouth on 23/06/2023 - 10:28
      +4

      Hands-free with Alexa
      Connect & control your devices (game console, webcam)
      Wi-Fi 6E + Ethernet port (vs Wi-Fi 6)
      16 GB (vs 8Gb)
      Octa-core 4x 2.2GHz 4x 2.0GHz, GPU 800MHz (vs Quad-core CPU 1.8GHz, GPU 750MHz)

      • Jackson on 03/07/2023 - 11:20

        Hmm, maybe these specs make it perfect for an emulation box?

    • M00Cow on 23/06/2023 - 10:32

      Does the firestick have USB port?

      I can see this being a all-in-one takeaway on holidays box. add a usb drive for content.
      Looks like you can plug in your xbox, switch too it too.

      • ridhuankim on 10/07/2023 - 00:55
        +1

        I had the same idea to plug-in usb for local contents and there are limitations.
        Its an USB 2.0 and it does not seem to support USB hdd/ssd enclosures so you will need to use thumbdrive and it does not seem to support high capacity like 256GB.
        64GB is recognized.
        And it does not seem to support any files larger than 4GB, I tried playing bluray rip in mkv format but it does not play when it is larger than 4GB.
        And I tried NTFS and it worked but it is does not seem to be officially support it.
        exFAT is not recognized.

        So this USB port had very limited use.

        And I didn't know the ethernet port was not gigabit, maybe I should just use wifi6.

        And the speaker is limited to alexa, I thought I can play the hdmi audio through this cube speaker as my monitor does not have speaker but I was wrong.

        This cube also didnt have a speaker out or optical out, I hope this will be in the next release.

        But this cube has obsoleted my fire tv stick 4k and echo dot which I am happy.
        The performance is also impressive.

        • ridhuankim on 10/07/2023 - 01:22

          hmmm… I see in the comments to use powered usb hub for external disks…
          maybe I will try this.
          I thought the 15W power supply to cube should be sufficient.

        • G-rig on 10/07/2023 - 12:04

          Wow that is all something no one gets told about in on the reviews, makes a massive difference to its usefulness if you wanted to use USB.

          I guess you'd just copy a couple of downloads temporarily to watch, but easier plugging in a hard drive to any TV.

          Glad I didn't get one, happy enough with Google TV.

    • bdl on 23/06/2023 - 11:19
      +1

      These are physically stackable

      • andresampras on 23/06/2023 - 11:28
        +14

        Certain trigger words send OzB'ers into a frenzy.

        'Stackable' is one of them, please think twice before use.

        • bdl on 23/06/2023 - 14:48
          +6

          My bad.

          "Tetrisable"

    • UltimateAI on 23/06/2023 - 11:56
      +3

      As someone who has both, not huge,
      - Faster
      - 4k Upscaling
      - More Storage
      - In-Built USB Ports
      - HDMI Input with Passthrough
      - Echo Speaker (although I mute mine and don't use that)
      - Wi-Fi feels better as the Stick even with dongle is often restricted by the TV screen

    • G-rig on 25/06/2023 - 03:30

      Native kayo few other thing, google vs.

  • Fuzor on 23/06/2023 - 08:59
    +1

    Its good that this isn't using micro-usb.

  • Justin9mm on 23/06/2023 - 09:03

    So looking at that back of the cube, am I right in saying you can connect the cube to TV via HDMI and then there is the second HDMI port to connect soundbar directly to it?

    • Wt133 on 23/06/2023 - 09:23
      +2

      Nope. You would connect this to the soundbar to get the atmos sound. Then using the soundbar HDMI connect that to the tv to get the picture. It seems weird but the only way to get atmos sound if your soundbar or receiver supports it

      • G-rig on 25/06/2023 - 03:32

        Yes I connect it this way for Google TV and works great with Atmos and HDMI arc/CEC (my TV also doesn't have Atmos).

    • adinico on 23/06/2023 - 09:23
      +4

      Considering there's mention of that ability plus no ARC/eARC label on the HDMI ports, I highly doubt it. Just connect the sound bar to the HDMI ARC/eARC port on your tv, then you'll have all sources playing from the tv to the soundbar, not just the cube.

      • Shiva24488 on 23/06/2023 - 09:38

        I think so too.. I have rarely come across soundbars that have a passthrough for video.. the HDMI ports on soundbars are purely for input.. they cannot output video signals. For achieving this you need a receiver with passthrough..

        • adinico on 23/06/2023 - 11:34
          +1

          Considering some soundbars have multiple HDMI inputs & a HDMI out, wouldn't that mean video is outputted from the soundbar to the display? As for "passthrough" doesn't that just mean the amp doesn't need to be on (just standby) in order for the A/V to viewed on the display i.e PS5 to amp HDMI 1, amp to display HDMI 1, cycle through HDMI 1-8 inputs on amp to view on display even though amp is on standby. I'm uncertain if any soundbars have passthrough as a feature, generally amps within a range (like my entry level 2017 Pioneer) do these days.

          • Shiva24488 on 23/06/2023 - 15:28

            @adinico: Passthrough simply means the device doesn't do any processing on the signal and passes it through to next device. So soundbars, which usually don't have video processing capabilities (unlike receivers, not amps) pass the signal to video display.. which is the TV in this case.. doesn't mean device doesn't need to be switched on.

    • Domingo on 23/06/2023 - 09:25

      It has a HDMI in and a HDMI out. The in is to pass through another device like a gaming console (noting the device can only manage 4k @ 60hz) or a bluray player. The HDMI out then goes to your TV and you can select the HDMI input when you're using the cube to pass it through.

      Your TV would connect to the sound bar instead.

    • M00Cow on 23/06/2023 - 10:34

      I think the HDMI input is for connecting XBox/Switch/Bluray, etc so you can free up TV HMDI input & use the Firebox remote to change over to them.

      Actually might be handy as I have unplugged my Fetchbox since I don't have a spare port. But I miss the ability to pause tv.

    • DangerNoodle on 23/06/2023 - 22:43

      You could connect the fire tv cube to your tv, then connect the soundbar to the tv via its ARC port. The audio will feed through to the soundbar.

  • Raj09 on 23/06/2023 - 09:11
    +5

    What's the use case if you have the fire stick? This box looks more pain than convenience

  • superbird on 23/06/2023 - 09:15

    i would love to get rid of foxtel but love the iq box for recording. is there an alternative? this one only seems to have 16gb of space and you cant record free to air?

    • PainToad on 23/06/2023 - 09:31
      +2

      That’s not what this is at all. You’re looking for something like FetchTV.

      • Jackson on 03/07/2023 - 11:26

        Or a Vodafone TV, but realistically what do you need to record that you can't stream anyway?

        • PleasureMe on 12/07/2023 - 21:28

          Most smart TVs have a record to USB feature too. But I get it, the Foxtel IQ box is amazing and so convenient. I've yet to see anything on the market that works as well as it does. It's just a shame that Foxtel is so expensive and their content is not super amazing.

  • jztilly on 23/06/2023 - 09:20

    i understand these can passthrough uncompressed truehd tracks, but no DTS-X?

    • wombat_58 on 23/06/2023 - 09:24

      This is not correct, I have a Fire TV Cube 3 and it passes all uncompressed audio that I have tested so far including DTS-X using the nightly builds of Kodi.

      • jztilly on 23/06/2023 - 09:27

        oh really, thats pretty a awesome. for a hundred bux this might be worth a shot

        • wombat_58 on 23/06/2023 - 09:40
          +2

          For media playback it is basically as good as a Shield (in my opinion) for half the money. There are other reasons you may prefer a Shield but for my use case this does all I need. Yes I have owned a Shield before :)

          • Jackson on 03/07/2023 - 11:28

            @wombat_58: Been waiting for someone to mention the Shield, considering it's popularity on OB, and the fact that this relatively high powered box should be giving the closest experience, but having never had a Shield I don't know where the differences between them are, if you care to elaborate? Apart that for 110 bucks this is way cheaper than the Sheild has ever been

    • UltimateAI on 23/06/2023 - 12:02
      -1

      FireCube and FireStick 4k do NOT support HD Audio such as TrueHD or DTS MA-HD.
      This includes Plex when set to pass-through. Audio will play however when you check your receiver it won't be TrueHD.

      There is one exception, The KODI developers are using a different player, that unlike Plex and others seems to pass through the Audio in TrueHD.

      • wombat_58 on 23/06/2023 - 14:52

        Using Kodi nightlies which is trivial to install it does play all formats. Using a slightly older version of the Plex add on (or Composite) for Kodi gets you all uncompressed audio passed as you would expect. I use it almost every night and it works perfectly.

        • UltimateAI on 23/06/2023 - 22:26

          Yep agree. People who negged have no idea.

  • Mokr on 23/06/2023 - 09:23

    The box

  • kirt on 23/06/2023 - 09:23
    +1

    Amazing price if true!

    Might look at replacing my 4K Max Sticks with these, given the benefits of the Cube over the Sticks:

    • Audio passthrough
    • Super Resolution Upscaling
    • Ethernet
    • USB port
    • HDMI In
    • IR extender port
    • A few extra buttons on the remote
    • wombat_58 on 23/06/2023 - 09:25

      Well worth it in my opinion. I did the same and am happy with it at $149 which I paid. Even handles some emulation if you want it to which is great.

    • Wombatstew on 23/06/2023 - 09:57

      If I have a modern “smart” TV is there much use for this? Have OLED LG with webOS and have all these apps on there already, as well as a decent sound system. I assume there must be a benefit but struggle to see why. Would it’s Kayo app stream at 4K (tv and phone currently don’t)

      • wombat_58 on 23/06/2023 - 10:08
        +1

        I have an LG OLED as well and I find the apps on the Fire TV Cube to work much more quickly with little to no lag. My understanding is Kayo does not stream in 4K at all. The Fire TV Cube also passes DTS sound unlike the LG TV when connected directly to the soundbar/receiver.

        • Wombatstew on 23/06/2023 - 10:43
          +1

          thanks fellow wombat.

          Kayo is horrible on webOS with know issue for constant buffer (always at the most critical F1 moments) so end up casting via phone. Added to the wishlist for a think over the next 10 days.

          • wombat_58 on 23/06/2023 - 11:09

            @Wombatstew: I use Kayo via a Kodi add on. When the Kayo app launched on the Fire TV devices it did not do frame matching. I am not sure if that has changed but the Kodi add on works so well I just keep using it.

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