Amazon Fire TV Is a Great Living-Room Companion

Is Amazon's Fire TV the ultimate living-room device? It's not perfect, but it certainly has potential.

Amazon unveiled its Fire TV set-top box on Wednesday to a market already crowded with players, both big and small. The company's goal with Fire TV is not to merely compete with the likes of Roku and Apple, but also to bring its full ecosystem of content, including games, to the living room.

In a lot of ways, Fire TV is everything Google TV should have been, but wasn't. Yes, Google TV was supposed to integrate with live TV, but that never worked well. Instead, Fire TV is a great example of bringing the world of mobile apps and games to television in a way that makes sense, and is easy to use. Read more...