He forgot Kodi, the non-plus ultra in terms of streaming software. It wins every streaming device comparison just by not depending on closed hardware and beeing open source while supporting everything. Lacking an app? ( Not really, if you are missing an app in Kodi you'll miss it probably everywhere ) Sit back 2 hours and hack 100 lines in python to build it.

Also why is he recommending the fire tv stick and apple tv? The last time I took a look they weren't able to play AC3 and apple was still apple.

Edit: I just read that huge wall of... text and can't recommend anyone to read it aswell. Most of it is superficial and extremely biased in favor of apple tv. Some facts are just plain wrong. Why is h264/aac vimeo excluded from chromecast compatibility? Considering the _streaming quality_ doesn't even make sense from a technical point of view. 10,000 words and little to no value or facts. I am literally amazed how little facts, specs and test methods are this essay which should be called "Let me tell you about my favorite streaming device and drop some names of others".

Disclosure: Developing my own Media Center on Top of Plex is my part time hobby, which consists mainly of writing plugins that run on a broad variety of clients ( CC, Roku, Fire TV, Xbox 360, PS4, Kodi, Android and so on) for my personal niche media sources.

I'd place Roku as #1 and take the Chromecast out of the comparison. Apples and oranges. I wouldn't consider Fire TV and Apple TV as an option unless you are already up to the neck in their system.