Priced at $199.
Pros
- Has a TV tuner (but is not a PVR)
- Very good parental controls allow PIN to be applied to all apps, as well as selected free-to-air channels
- Very accurate voice search recognised all search terms we spoke
- Has a Gigabit Ethernet port
- Has a USB port; useful for playing media
Cons
- Main interface for accessing content is not intuitive
- 'Continue watching' row in My Stuff section was not effective; showed minimal content
- HDR setting has to be enabled manually from the settings menu
- Remote control is large with lots of keys, but key layout is a bit unconventional
- Set-up of the Fetch TV box requires payment of a $1 activation fee and asks for personal details (name, address, phone number)
- High standby energy consumption
- User interface not as responsive as expected
- ABC iView and Paramount+ apps were old and did not support profiles
- No obvious app store
- Casting from a phone was limited to Netflix and YouTube
- Not easy to identify the streaming service provider of recommended content
Recommended products
- Recommended
Test results
- CHOICE Expert Rating
- Ease of use score
- Remote control score
- Standby power consumption score
Specifications
- Internal storage (GB)
- 8
- Ethernet port
- Memory card reader
- Toslink
- Bluetooth
- Dimensions (mm, H x W x D)
- 125 x 125 x 35
- Operating system
- 3.30.2 Acacia
- Website
- fetchtv.com.au
Cost
- Price
- $199.00
- Annual running cost
- $15.20
Features
- 4K capable
- HDR
- HDR10, Dolby Vision
- User profiles
- Child profiles
- Netflix
- Stan
- Amazon Prime Video
- Disney+
- Binge
- YouTube
- Paramount+
- Foxtel Now
- Kayo Sports
- Apple TV+
- BritBox
- Crunchyroll
- Tubi
- ABC iView
- SBS On Demand
- 7plus
- 9Now
- 10 play
- Plex
- Chromecast
- Apple AirPlay
- USB in
- DLNA
- Wi-Fi direct
- Miracast
- Home search screen
- Netflix remote button
- Stan remote button
- YouTube remote button