TV Streaming Devices

Here is a list of devices that can be used if your TV is not a smart TV. It might be cheaper to go this route for a non-smart TV or existing TV than the expense of a new smart TV that might not support the video and audio codecs that are the latest and best. The other issue for many location is that broadcast TV over the air is moving to a new signal format so that they can broadcast in 4K resolution. In the United States they are moving to ATSC 3.0. The benefit of going with this particular setup and streaming devices is that you will not need to replace all your TVs to be able to watch the new broadcast formats in 4K. Archon server will handle all of this for you, even if your TV is not a 4K TV as well.

The least expensive device, at the time of writing, is the Walmart Onn Android TV UHD 4K which does everything but the AV1 video codec. The Amazon Firestick 4K Max is currently, at the time of writing, the least expensive device that supports the AV1 video codec.

Note that most devices are able to support VP9 Video Codec, Opus Audio Codec and WEBM container. If subtitles are converted to VTT subtitles then it becomes possible to create an entire container for videos that is open-source and patent license free.

Please check with stores for current pricing on devices.

	OS	Max Resolution	Audio Codecs	Video Codecs	Containers	Storage	Connectivity	Price
Apple TV HD	iOS	1080p	HE-AAC (V1), AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, AC-3 (Dolby Digital 5.1) and E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound)	MPEG-4, H.264, H.265/HEVC, Main/Main10	M4V, MP4, MOV	32GB	802.11ac, 100Mb Ethernet	$149.00
Apple TV 4K	iOS	4k	HE-AAC (V1), AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, AC-3 (Dolby Digital 5.1) and E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound)	MPEG-4, H.264, H.265/HEVC, Main/Main10, Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10	M4V, MP4, MOV	32GB	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6, 1Gb Ethernet	$179.00
Amazon Firestick Lite	Fire OS 7	1080p	HDMI Audio passthrough for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, Dolby Atmos, and DTS. AAC-LC, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, DLS, XMF, MP3,Vorbis, Ogg, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, VP8, VP9, H.265/HEVC, Main/Main10, HDR10/HDR10+/HLG	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$29.99
Amazon Firestick (2020)	Fire OS	1080p	Dolby Atmos, AC3, eAC3, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, Vorbis, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, Main/Main10, HDR10/HDR10+/HLG	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$39.99
Amazon Firestick 4K	Fire OS	4k/2160p	Dolby Atmos, AC3, eAC3, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, Vorbis, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, Main/Main10, Dolby Vision HDR10/HDR10+/HLG	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$49.99
Amazon Firestick 4K Max	Fire OS	4k/2160p	Dolby Atmos, AC3, eAC3, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, Vorbis, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, AV1, Main/Main10, Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10+/HLG	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	8GB	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6	$54.99
Amazon Fire TV Cube (2019)	Fire OS	4k/2160p	Dolby Atmos, AC3, eAC3, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, Vorbis, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, WMV9/VC1, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, Main/Main10, Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10+/HLG	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	16GB	802.11ac	$119.99
Chromecast with Google TV	Google TV 11.0	4K/2160p	FLAC, HE-AAC, LC-AAC, MP3, Opus, Vorbis, WAV, WEBM	H.264, HEVC/H.265, Main/Main10, VP9, Dolby Vision HDR10, HDR10+	MP2T, MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$49.99
Mi TV Stick	Android TV 9	1080p	MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, DOLBY, DTS	VP8, VP9, H.265, H.264, VC-1, MPEG1/2/4, Real8/9/10	RM, MOV, VOB, AVI, MKV, TS, WMV, MP4	8GB	802.11ac	$55.99
Mi Box S	Android TV 9	4K/2160p	MP3，APE，FLAC, OGG, DOLBY, DTS	VP9, H.264, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1, Real8/9/10	RM,MOV, VOB, AVI, MKV, TS, MP4, 3D	8GB	802.11ac	$68
NVidia Shield	Android TV 11.0	4K/2160p	AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X (pass-through), and DTS-HD (pass-through)	MPEG1/2, H.263, MJPEG, MPEG4, WMV9/VC1, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10	Xvid, DivX, ASF, AVI, MKV, MOV, M2TS, MPEG-TS, MP4, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$149.99
Nvidia Shield Pro	Android TV 11.0	4K/2160p	AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X (pass-through), and DTS-HD (pass-through)	MPEG1/2, H.263, MJPEG, MPEG4, WMV9/VC1, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10	Xvid, DivX, ASF, AVI, MKV, MOV, M2TS, MPEG-TS, MP4, WEBM	16GB	802.11ac, 1Gb Ethernet	$199.99
Roku Express	Roku
Roku Express 4K+	Roku	4k/2160p
Roku Streambar	Roku
Roku Streaming Stick 4K	Roku	4k/2160p
Roku Streaming Stick 4K+	Roku	4k/2160p
Roku Ultra	Roku	4k/2160p
Tivo Stream 4k	Android TV	4k/2160p	MEPG, AAC, HE-ACC, OGG, OGA, FLAC, Opus, ALAC, Ape, M4A, RM, MPEG-1 layer1/2, MPEG-2 Layer II, Dolby Digital/Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, DTS, WMA, WMA Pro (WMV optional)	AVS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP9, RealVideo 8/9/10, Dolby Vision HDR/HDR10+/HLG	AVI, DAT, ISO, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, MKV, RM, WEBM, WMV	8GB	802.11ac	$39.99
Walmart Onn FHD	Android TV 9	1080p	Dolby Atmos, AC3, eAC3, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, Vorbis, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	H.264, H.265, VP9, Main/Main10	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$14.88
Walmart Onn Android TV UHD 4K	Android TV 9	4k/2160p	Dolby Atmos, AC3, eAC3, AAC-LC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, Vorbis, PCM/Wave, AMR-NB, Opus	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9, Main/Main10	3GP, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4P, MKV, MP4, OGG, MPEG-TS, WEBM	8GB	802.11ac	$19.88