Firesticks on offer on Amazon. £29.99 STD and £34.99 4k.

[IANB]

Not had any issues but maybe just been lucky I power my firestivk from TV usb I will make sure it's powered off in future just in case

 

[alimac]

i may add only had issue with 4k sticks rest have been solid

your mate could well be right laws of average

 

[chookey]

Hdmi ports are hot pluggable but it's the same old case that you only get what you pay for. The manufacturer can use cheap or quality hdmi sockets or plugs in their equipment. After a short time or many insertions, the cheap one doesn't fit so well and the hdmi plug's ground pins may not insert first resulting in a blown hdmi chip or corrupt firmware.
I found most times I could just rewrite the hdmi firmware to get the tv operational again.

 

[roberto892]

I wonder if this is one of those times when it's on sale in the UK first and then in the US.. amazon.com doesn't seem to have this sale