Post #432,236
1/12/20 10:15:54 PM
1/12/20 10:15:54 PM
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Dedicated “Streaming” entertainment forum?
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Roku, Hulu, Criterion Channel, Apple TV? Might be a fertile field for discussion, gripes, solutions.
cordially,
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Post #432,239
1/13/20 2:51:49 AM
1/13/20 2:51:49 AM
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Wouldn't that belong in Art and Entertainment?
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Post #432,243
1/13/20 2:34:50 PM
1/13/20 2:34:50 PM
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Re: Wouldn't that belong in Art and Entertainment?
Perhaps so, but I was really thinking in terms of the technical impedimenta involved with set-top boxes, whereas A&E seems more content-focused.
cordially,
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Post #432,422
2/1/20 3:09:50 AM
2/1/20 3:09:50 AM
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Second the query ..it's a Transistor-jungle out there, while morphing daily (Is this thing ON?)
(Dunno about 'entertainment')--just wanna get a couple PBS stations sans any need for the Comcast-octopu$$, no desire for 500-stations with Nothing-I-wanna-see,
while maybe paying-for? some occasional HBO-grade spectacular, etc.
I. Mean. ..when PBS goes all paywall for Nova, Nature re-runs.. when commences the daily-Oxygen Tax?
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Post #432,799
2/27/20 1:52:57 PM
2/27/20 1:52:57 PM
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Hey there! mondo-Meeja-boffins..
Youse guys each have listicles of the latest er, means-for-untethering from cable /etc.
Rand asked politely for some TIPS. Moi seconded the query.
w.t.f. ya-Think We Are: chopped liver?
tl;dr: Stand and Deliver! saith the HIghwayman. Moi needs an (at least weekly-) infusion of Merrie Melodies % Looney Tunes in this
... waiting
... Period
before sentence-is-passed on the Futchah; there's W a a y too-much Biz-BS out there re the various claims for er, Roku, Cuckoo and
the Katzenjammer Kids ... to even begin to do comparos. [I cite: GIGO}.
er, Please?
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Post #432,801
2/27/20 4:45:24 PM
2/27/20 4:45:24 PM
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$18 for a mini roku, needs wireless to work, stupid to setup
$29 for a cheap wireless router need intarwebs to work.
pretty much pops up, looks for a network, asks for a passwd to the wireless router and
sproing,
tells you to go to a website to register it (used my laptop for keyboard convenience.)
then a menu of tiles like a windows phone shows up as an offering of different streams.
there is a search feature for free streams I like tubo for its selection of old westerns
it has commercials which is why it is free but I dont care. I like that I can pause a movie, take a break then restart "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,803
2/27/20 8:27:05 PM
2/27/20 8:27:05 PM
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Got one of the Roku sticks, mostly like it
Just put the tiles for the apps you use most at the top. Put the cursor on it and hit * to move it.
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Post #432,804
2/27/20 11:52:07 PM
2/27/20 11:52:07 PM
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only thing to be aware of is bandwidth and your internet plan
a hockey game in high def is 5.5 gb of data depending on usage example a pbs documentary will be less. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,805
2/28/20 5:19:35 AM
2/28/20 5:19:35 AM
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I probably won't be a lot of help.
Given I don't live in the US and most streaming services are regional.
However in the spirit of satisfying curiosity, I have a Fetch TV box which is a commercial PVR my ISP provides as part of my account. Mostly it records FTA for me, but I can buy movies if I like. It also supports Netflix, Youtube and all he catch-up services from the local networks. I use the Youtube app a lot.
I used to do streaming video on my PS3 until it had a small hardware failure. I've had the PS3 a lot longer than the Fetch TV box. I'd been on the edge of signing up to Amazon Prime for some months as there's a PS3 app. However, with the PS3 being retired, I will probably have to use my gaming PC if I go that route as the Fetch TV doesn't have the Amazon app.
Wade.
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