Post #432,366
1/27/20 9:49:26 PM
1/27/20 9:49:26 PM
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espn+ 4.99 a month 2 habs games per week well worth it
not as nice as watching on my 55in tv but when I was a kid the screen was smaller, blurry and not in color so I am happy
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,375
1/28/20 9:30:41 AM
1/28/20 9:30:41 AM
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Chromecast to the big screen?
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Post #432,376
1/28/20 12:00:26 PM
1/28/20 12:00:26 PM
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get jitter the larger you make the screen, hard to follow the puck
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,379
1/28/20 10:09:39 PM
1/28/20 10:09:39 PM
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Guess bluetooth doesn't have the bandwidth
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Post #432,381
1/29/20 12:12:55 AM
1/29/20 12:12:55 AM
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I'm not sure of the process
Do you mean you mirror your phone screen to chomecast device or are you choosing a button on your phone to tell the source site to cast to the device and no longer see it on your phone?
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Post #432,382
1/29/20 12:20:18 AM
1/29/20 12:20:18 AM
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Android supports both
But to use the first model, the TV has to have access to the feed. If he had that he'd already be using it.
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Post #432,383
1/29/20 9:59:21 AM
1/29/20 9:59:21 AM
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Get the "app" on a firestick. Works great.
bcnu, Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #432,387
1/29/20 7:18:49 PM
1/29/20 7:18:49 PM
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will try similar, thanks
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,390
1/29/20 10:56:27 PM
1/29/20 10:56:27 PM
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had a spare roku, awesome pic on big screen, many thanks
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,394
1/30/20 8:26:21 AM
1/30/20 8:26:21 AM
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I hope your experience w/Roku is better than mine.
IME, Roku has a nasty habit of buffering excessively that I do not see on the same network plugged into the same tv with a firestick. Good luck!
bcnu, Mikem
It's mourning in America again.
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Post #432,398
1/30/20 11:37:01 AM
1/30/20 11:37:01 AM
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Needs strong WiFi
Mine in the basement tends to buffer a lot. The one sitting next to the router never does.
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Post #432,401
1/30/20 1:38:00 PM
1/30/20 1:38:00 PM
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6ft from the wireless router, will know for sure on tonights habs game
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,404
1/30/20 7:45:59 PM
1/30/20 7:45:59 PM
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very satisfied with picture quality, thanks for the advice
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,406
1/30/20 7:52:45 PM
1/30/20 7:52:45 PM
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How did you find a 55-inch non-"smart" TV? Thought everything in that range had Roku built in.
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Post #432,407
1/30/20 9:08:58 PM
1/30/20 9:08:58 PM
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1080 HD scepter 55inch low end price. $278 2 years ago. I dont want smart tv
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #432,409
1/30/20 11:53:01 PM
1/30/20 11:53:01 PM
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I had a "smart" TV at last airbnb
WiFi router was 2 feet away. Horrible screendooring and stuttering. Plugged my Chromecast in, casted the same Netflix movie, and it was perfect. I do not like "smart" TV's.
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Post #432,413
1/31/20 7:22:13 AM
1/31/20 7:22:13 AM
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The non-smart are often more expensive, the others are subsidized
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Post #432,418
1/31/20 11:09:35 PM
1/31/20 11:09:35 PM
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Re: "the others are subsidized"
Because you are spied on and your viewing habit information is sold.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #432,425
2/1/20 3:22:48 AM
2/1/20 3:22:48 AM
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Yup.. automatic now; no need to 'write down' what you *hand-switched ..on the Channel knob.
* that Whas-is-name Corp who rated stuff--and paid you, wayback; when everything becomes Opt-out-impossible, it's 1984 fershure
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Post #432,426
2/1/20 3:24:30 AM
2/1/20 3:24:30 AM
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^ This.
Someone (Cheddar? Vox?) did an article explaining this.
I don't want a "smart" TV either. Partly because it's one more device now in an upgrade cycle (there are stories of older such devices being abandoned by their maker, so now things like the Youtube app no longer works). Partly because I already have all my "smart" functionality in a DVR I pay a subscription for. I currently use a projector for the actual image.
Wade
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Post #432,427
2/1/20 10:22:20 AM
2/1/20 10:22:20 AM
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My next one will likely be a projector.
Easy solve for the smart TVs though: don't attach them to the network. Unless they've gotten truly smart and refuse to work unless they've been "updated" recently.
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #432,429
2/1/20 11:55:55 AM
2/1/20 11:55:55 AM
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At least it is less likely they have a camera on you
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Post #432,430
2/1/20 1:49:02 PM
2/1/20 1:49:02 PM
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If they don't already, it's coming
I just bought my daughter a cheap Windows laptop for school. It wouldn't complete setup without logging in to a Microsoft account. I created a throwaway, then after setup I had to go into settings and choose to log in as a local user to disconnect from the account.
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Post #432,460
2/5/20 8:05:41 AM
2/5/20 8:05:41 AM
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You can disconnect from the network before that point and it errors out but still installs
But that's Windows, not the hardware maker.
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #432,464
2/5/20 9:20:38 AM
2/5/20 9:20:38 AM
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It prompted me for wifi before prompting for the account
There was an option "I don't have a network" that I could have used, but I didn't know what was coming. After entering the wifi credentials, there was no way to continue without the account. That workflow was very carefully built.
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Post #432,470
2/5/20 4:41:16 PM
2/5/20 4:41:16 PM
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Yup, for sure.
The only reason I knew about it when we were setting up the gaming PC is that I decided to Google about it before continuing on.
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #432,472
2/5/20 7:28:08 PM
2/5/20 7:28:30 PM
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I almost did that
But this is an $80 notebook, literally disposable. Not worth even 10 minutes of research.
Edited by drook
Feb. 5, 2020, 07:28:30 PM EST
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