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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:01:03 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/26/18 4:55 PM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:55:36 -0500, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:46:05 -0500, wrote: . What could be easier than a mouse and a real keyboard for entering things you want to search for? I hate trying to poke out text on a TV remote. With the Amazon thingy, you just talk to it. Haven't you been watching the Olympics at all? The cute little thing's name is 'Alexa'. We have one, I won't have it on in the house. I don't need a spy listening to everything I say and broadcasting it on the internet. Hell, we can hear and see everything you do through your microwave. ) Maybe one of those new fangled ones but not mine. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/microwave.jpg That is even worse. No security updates. |
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:39:07 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/26/18 8:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: So am I now-a-days.* I just bought a WiFi outdoor security camera.* I didn't want "Ring" or "Nest" or "Google Home" versions that you have to set up an account for.* Just a simple WiFi camera that will connect to the home network.* It's made by a company called MyDlink. Anyway, first thing I found out is that Firefox no longer supports it and I use Firefox exclusively and not the Microsoft Edge browser.* So, I decided to access it via my phone.* I downloaded the Android "MYDLINK app. as instructed, it found and connected to my WiFI router but it doesn't work.* Keep getting error messages saying the video was "lost". Don't know why. Reloaded everything again ... same thing.* Gave up for now.* I'll try again tomorrow. A shot in the dark...many routers offer two different bands on different frequencies. Perhaps your wi-fi camera wants one band and not the other. The camera or its software might connect, but it won't work. Did you get the chance to enter the WiFi password and did that work? |
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On 2/26/2018 9:39 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/26/18 8:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: So am I now-a-days.* I just bought a WiFi outdoor security camera.* I didn't want "Ring" or "Nest" or "Google Home" versions that you have to set up an account for.* Just a simple WiFi camera that will connect to the home network.* It's made by a company called MyDlink. Anyway, first thing I found out is that Firefox no longer supports it and I use Firefox exclusively and not the Microsoft Edge browser.* So, I decided to access it via my phone.* I downloaded the Android "MYDLINK app. as instructed, it found and connected to my WiFI router but it doesn't work.* Keep getting error messages saying the video was "lost". Don't know why. Reloaded everything again ... same thing.* Gave up for now.* I'll try again tomorrow. A shot in the dark...many routers offer two different bands on different frequencies. Perhaps your wi-fi camera wants one band and not the other. The camera or its software might connect, but it won't work. You may be on to something. At one point in the setup the instructions ask you to pick "A" or "B" as a channel, but didn't offer any info as to which one to pick. I picked "A". The camera connects to the network ok but like I said, it keeps reporting "lost image", try again. Might go get another camera with a 100 ft video output cable and be done with it. :-) |
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:39:07 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/26/18 8:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: So am I now-a-days. I just bought a WiFi outdoor security camera. I didn't want "Ring" or "Nest" or "Google Home" versions that you have to set up an account for. Just a simple WiFi camera that will connect to the home network. It's made by a company called MyDlink. Anyway, first thing I found out is that Firefox no longer supports it and I use Firefox exclusively and not the Microsoft Edge browser. So, I decided to access it via my phone. I downloaded the Android "MYDLINK app. as instructed, it found and connected to my WiFI router but it doesn't work. Keep getting error messages saying the video was "lost". Don't know why. Reloaded everything again ... same thing. Gave up for now. I'll try again tomorrow. A shot in the dark...many routers offer two different bands on different frequencies. Perhaps your wi-fi camera wants one band and not the other. The camera or its software might connect, but it won't work. Did you get the chance to enter the WiFi password and did that work? Those camers are tricky to set up. You need to give the camera a user name and password. Also you need to change the lan port and the wan port. You can do all that with an ethernet connection on your PC. And then you need to set up wireless. Connecting with wps is easiest. Then you need an app to view the cameras. Those are hit or miss too. Try a few different ones to see what works. When you get totally frustrated you might give the mfr. remote access and let him set it up for you, if you think you can trust them. My experience is that android apps are easier to set up than PC apps. All that said, Luddite is a pretty smart fella. He just needs a little time to figure out the details. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 2/26/2018 9:39 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/26/18 8:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: So am I now-a-days. I just bought a WiFi outdoor security camera. I didn't want "Ring" or "Nest" or "Google Home" versions that you have to set up an account for. Just a simple WiFi camera that will connect to the home network. It's made by a company called MyDlink. Anyway, first thing I found out is that Firefox no longer supports it and I use Firefox exclusively and not the Microsoft Edge browser. So, I decided to access it via my phone. I downloaded the Android "MYDLINK app. as instructed, it found and connected to my WiFI router but it doesn't work. Keep getting error messages saying the video was "lost". Don't know why. Reloaded everything again ... same thing. Gave up for now. I'll try again tomorrow. A shot in the dark...many routers offer two different bands on different frequencies. Perhaps your wi-fi camera wants one band and not the other. The camera or its software might connect, but it won't work. You may be on to something. At one point in the setup the instructions ask you to pick "A" or "B" as a channel, but didn't offer any info as to which one to pick. I picked "A". The camera connects to the network ok but like I said, it keeps reporting "lost image", try again. Might go get another camera with a 100 ft video output cable and be done with it. :-) Channel A or B might be referring to speed. I don't know. Or it could be referring to lan or wan. Most routers can work on 2.4 gig or 5 gig. Some cameras might be restricted to 2.4 gig. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote:
I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I posted this yesterday, didn't see it show up. The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick. This has all the TV shows you would want. https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/ I have also added Mobdro Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it. I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming. I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available on the apps I posted. Also, a program called Real Debrid, https://real-debrid.com/ It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams. Mikek |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:
Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote: Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com Bull****. |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote: Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. Bull****. === Not at all. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On 2/27/18 11:10 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote: Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. Bull****. === Not at all. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com Yup. BTW, I see that Larry no longer posts in the rec.boats.cruising newsgroup, the one you **** in. You've pretty much killed that newsgroup, eh, W'hine? I liked Larry. I thought he was a bit over the deep end, but he was a kind and often helpful soul, not a turd like you and your buddies here. |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:12:35 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/27/18 11:10 AM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote: Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. Bull****. === Not at all. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com Yup. BTW, I see that Larry no longer posts in the rec.boats.cruising newsgroup, the one you **** in. You've pretty much killed that newsgroup, eh, W'hine? I liked Larry. I thought he was a bit over the deep end, but he was a kind and often helpful soul, not a turd like you and your buddies here. === What a remarkable fantasy world you live in. |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:45:37 -0600, amdx wrote:
On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I posted this yesterday, didn't see it show up. The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick. This has all the TV shows you would want. https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/ I have also added Mobdro Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it. I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming. I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available on the apps I posted. Also, a program called Real Debrid, https://real-debrid.com/ It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams. Mikek It showed up and I thanked you for it. Thanks again. |
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On 2/26/2018 10:42 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 11:28 AM, amdx wrote: On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. **The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. **I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick. This has all the TV shows you would want. https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/ **I have also added Mobdro Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it. I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming. I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available on the apps I posted. Also, a program called Real Debrid, https://real-debrid.com/ **It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams. ************************* ** Mikek "Cutting the cord"* (meaning cable/internet service) and going to streaming still requires a relatively fast internet service, does it not?* What service would you use? I have 30Mbps and I don't have any problems, but I also don't have any other demands on the service, while I'm streaming. Mikek |
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On 2/27/2018 10:58 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:45:37 -0600, amdx wrote: On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I posted this yesterday, didn't see it show up. The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick. This has all the TV shows you would want. https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/ I have also added Mobdro Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it. I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming. I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available on the apps I posted. Also, a program called Real Debrid, https://real-debrid.com/ It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams. Mikek It showed up and I thanked you for it. Thanks again. :-) I just logged on with my laptop and I see my original post. I have a buddy that has studied a lot of youtube videos and has several different boxes setup in his home, Raspberry Pi, several android boxes, Roku, a computer with Kodi and the Firestick. He has many different streaming sources on them, he recently showed me one (can't recall the name) that you can pick a city and watch TV stations from that city. I don't know much about the technology, but he keeps my informed on how to get things working and upgraded. Mikek |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote: Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service. No phone service and no extra cost channels. Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located. I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast, I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room. When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV, I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office. It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at. It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room. Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore. It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com We camped at James Island park once and he came to visit. He was/is a very interesting character. It's too bad the group was trashed and turned into a political sewer. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 2/26/2018 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 12:38 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:35:02 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:26 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:52:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory.* My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart ***** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat ***** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. I still don't really understand how people who want to get rid of services like Comcast cable TV and Internet and go to streaming only are going to have access to the Internet. I think I posted the results of the tests I did that compared download speeds of AT&T's 4G WiFi service that I have in my truck and the download speeds of the Comcast (cable) WiFi router in my house. Comcast was consistently 3 to 4 times faster, sometimes even more.* The AT&T test (I did several for each)* often reported that although web browsing would be ok, videos may be slow, especially if more than one device was connected to the WiFi server.* The Comcast speed report consistently said that it's speed would allow web browsing and HD video downloads to several devices at the same time. For me, cutting the cord would be cutting the TV and telephone cords. The internet cord would stay whole. The TV cord is over $100/month, and that's without a bunch of movie channels. The telephone cord is another $40/month. How much is your Internet service? I don't have that problem.* I have just have what's called "expanded basic TV".* I can always order something "On Demand" but I can't remember the last time I did.** Forget what it costs but it's cheap compared to the Internet service.* I don't have phone service via cable. * Just use my cell phone. It's a second account on her cell phone service and compared to her cell phone bill, mine contribution to it is peanuts. I pay $55 for internet. Ok.* I pay a little less ... $49/month.* The AT&T WiFi in the truck is $20/mo. for unlimited service but it's not anywhere near as fast.* I may cancel it.* Don't really know why I even got it. I have buddy the recently switched from Comcast to WOW, because Comcast wouldn't negotiate their price. Wow gave him internet for $39.99. He recommended Wow to a friend and the friend got the same 100Mbps service for $29.99. My buddy was a bit perplexed! Mikek |
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On 2/27/2018 12:36 PM, amdx wrote:
On 2/26/2018 10:42 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:28 AM, amdx wrote: On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. **The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. **I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick. This has all the TV shows you would want. https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/ **I have also added Mobdro Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it. I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming. I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available on the apps I posted. Also, a program called Real Debrid, https://real-debrid.com/ **It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams. ************************* ** Mikek "Cutting the cord"* (meaning cable/internet service) and going to streaming still requires a relatively fast internet service, does it not?* What service would you use? *I have 30Mbps and I don't have any problems, but I also don't have any other demands on the service, while I'm streaming. ************************* ******* Mikek 30 Mbps is fine for streaming HD video, even with other devices connected. What service do you have for Internet? |
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On 2/27/2018 12:57 PM, amdx wrote:
On 2/26/2018 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:38 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:35:02 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:26 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:52:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory.* My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart ***** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat ***** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. I still don't really understand how people who want to get rid of services like Comcast cable TV and Internet and go to streaming only are going to have access to the Internet. I think I posted the results of the tests I did that compared download speeds of AT&T's 4G WiFi service that I have in my truck and the download speeds of the Comcast (cable) WiFi router in my house. Comcast was consistently 3 to 4 times faster, sometimes even more.* The AT&T test (I did several for each)* often reported that although web browsing would be ok, videos may be slow, especially if more than one device was connected to the WiFi server.* The Comcast speed report consistently said that it's speed would allow web browsing and HD video downloads to several devices at the same time. For me, cutting the cord would be cutting the TV and telephone cords. The internet cord would stay whole. The TV cord is over $100/month, and that's without a bunch of movie channels. The telephone cord is another $40/month. How much is your Internet service? I don't have that problem.* I have just have what's called "expanded basic TV".* I can always order something "On Demand" but I can't remember the last time I did.** Forget what it costs but it's cheap compared to the Internet service.* I don't have phone service via cable. * Just use my cell phone. It's a second account on her cell phone service and compared to her cell phone bill, mine contribution to it is peanuts. I pay $55 for internet. Ok.* I pay a little less ... $49/month.* The AT&T WiFi in the truck is $20/mo. for unlimited service but it's not anywhere near as fast.* I may cancel it.* Don't really know why I even got it. * I have buddy the recently switched from Comcast to WOW, because Comcast wouldn't negotiate their price. Wow gave him internet for $39.99.* He recommended Wow to a friend and the friend got the same 100Mbps service for $29.99. My buddy was a bit perplexed! ******************* Mikek The problem is that WOW isn't available in many places. In many areas Comcast is the only game in town. |
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On 2/27/2018 10:12 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/27/18 11:10 AM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:55:00 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/27/18 10:51 AM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:43:37 -0500 (EST), justan wrote: Wrote in message: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:30:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: That seems to be the going rate around here for all those services. I pay $73 a month for expanded basic cable TV, a HD DVR box, two small HD cable boxes and Internet service.* No phone service and no extra cost channels.* Four TV's but one is set up like the following: My little "office" is on the other side of a wall from the living room where the 65" TV and the large HD/DVR cable box is located.* I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast,* I bought a HDMI switch box for cheap bucks and ran a HDMI cable through the wall from the living room to the office room.* When I want to watch the TV in the office, I just switch the HDMI switch box to the "B" position and it sends the signal from the cable box to the little TV in the office. If I want to watch the big TV,* I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office.* It has a LED that mounts near the sensor on the cable box and a receiver in the office room that you point the cable box remote control at.* It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room.** Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore.* It's great for football games and baseball but I usually end up watching them on the small ones also. Dish receivers have an RF out that you can distribute around the house on coax for the "B" tuner and control it with RF remotes. The "A" tuner is also on that coax on a different channel. I also have a Tivo that goes out on a HDMI splitter to the bedroom and the living room. I never really watch TV out in the pool area but I have 2 PC connected TVs out there that pretty much just play music. I put a monitor in our Bud Light sign and it runs from the lap top, pretty much just showing a slide show of whatever we choose. ** http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20tiki%20screen.jpg I can stream to that too if I want. Too bad you never met Larry from Charleston. You guys would have had a lot of fun discussing "stuff". === Larry, another guy that 'Airree ran off with his insults, just because he wanted to talk about boats once in a while. Bull****. === Not at all. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com Yup. BTW, I see that Larry no longer posts in the rec.boats.cruising newsgroup, the one you **** in. You've pretty much killed that newsgroup, eh, W'hine? I liked Larry. I thought he was a bit over the deep end, but he was a kind and often helpful soul, not a turd like you and your buddies here.\ Keysor, I was clicking through these posts, and I read the post above I thought the turd was you, then I saw you wrote the post. You clearly don't see what your persona is in this newsgroup. You need some perspective. Mikek |
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On 2/26/2018 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:38 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:35:02 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:26 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:52:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon. Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port. It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs. Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine. I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity. Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs. When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one. I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer. Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10. I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. I still don't really understand how people who want to get rid of services like Comcast cable TV and Internet and go to streaming only are going to have access to the Internet. I think I posted the results of the tests I did that compared download speeds of AT&T's 4G WiFi service that I have in my truck and the download speeds of the Comcast (cable) WiFi router in my house. Comcast was consistently 3 to 4 times faster, sometimes even more. The AT&T test (I did several for each) often reported that although web browsing would be ok, videos may be slow, especially if more than one device was connected to the WiFi server. The Comcast speed report consistently said that it's speed would allow web browsing and HD video downloads to several devices at the same time. For me, cutting the cord would be cutting the TV and telephone cords. The internet cord would stay whole. The TV cord is over $100/month, and that's without a bunch of movie channels. The telephone cord is another $40/month. How much is your Internet service? I don't have that problem. I have just have what's called "expanded basic TV". I can always order something "On Demand" but I can't remember the last time I did. Forget what it costs but it's cheap compared to the Internet service. I don't have phone service via cable. Just use my cell phone. It's a second account on her cell phone service and compared to her cell phone bill, mine contribution to it is peanuts. I pay $55 for internet. Ok. I pay a little less ... $49/month. The AT&T WiFi in the truck is $20/mo. for unlimited service but it's not anywhere near as fast. I may cancel it. Don't really know why I even got it. I have buddy the recently switched from Comcast to WOW, because Comcast wouldn't negotiate their price. Wow gave him internet for $39.99. He recommended Wow to a friend and the friend got the same 100Mbps service for $29.99. My buddy was a bit perplexed! Mikek Amazon has the firestick on sale for $29 free shipping with prime. Aparently it's sideloadable with android operating sys. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:36:00 -0600, amdx wrote:
I have 30Mbps I often wonder how that translates to the real world. I had a lot of conversations with various tech support groups leading up to switching my web host and the problems that prompted that. The consensus was running a speed test to your ISPs test site was meaningless other than what the max is you can get. When you go to 3d party sites, that is a test of your servers and their servers but the real issue is what you can actually get when talking to a web site or other service. I know my news server is not even close to being able to keep my 10mb pipe full. I have also had times when Amazon was not able to keep a stream going without buffering, even tho I still had plenty of capacity on my end. (I could start a Netflix). It was just a new show on Prime and I am guessing they were slammed. That huge capacity may be good for multiple users hitting multiple byte hungry sites but I am not sure it is of a lot of value for 1 or 2 users. My wife's place was running the whole club on one Comcast line and they finally had to buy another one, not because of throughput but simply because one IP address could not support the number of unique sub net IPs they had on the LAN. Granted all of them were not streaming cat videos on Facebook but it was more than a few. |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:08:01 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/27/2018 12:57 PM, amdx wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:38 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:35:02 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:26 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:52:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory.* My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart ***** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat ***** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. I still don't really understand how people who want to get rid of services like Comcast cable TV and Internet and go to streaming only are going to have access to the Internet. I think I posted the results of the tests I did that compared download speeds of AT&T's 4G WiFi service that I have in my truck and the download speeds of the Comcast (cable) WiFi router in my house. Comcast was consistently 3 to 4 times faster, sometimes even more.* The AT&T test (I did several for each)* often reported that although web browsing would be ok, videos may be slow, especially if more than one device was connected to the WiFi server.* The Comcast speed report consistently said that it's speed would allow web browsing and HD video downloads to several devices at the same time. For me, cutting the cord would be cutting the TV and telephone cords. The internet cord would stay whole. The TV cord is over $100/month, and that's without a bunch of movie channels. The telephone cord is another $40/month. How much is your Internet service? I don't have that problem.* I have just have what's called "expanded basic TV".* I can always order something "On Demand" but I can't remember the last time I did.** Forget what it costs but it's cheap compared to the Internet service.* I don't have phone service via cable. * Just use my cell phone. It's a second account on her cell phone service and compared to her cell phone bill, mine contribution to it is peanuts. I pay $55 for internet. Ok.* I pay a little less ... $49/month.* The AT&T WiFi in the truck is $20/mo. for unlimited service but it's not anywhere near as fast.* I may cancel it.* Don't really know why I even got it. * I have buddy the recently switched from Comcast to WOW, because Comcast wouldn't negotiate their price. Wow gave him internet for $39.99.* He recommended Wow to a friend and the friend got the same 100Mbps service for $29.99. My buddy was a bit perplexed! ******************* Mikek The problem is that WOW isn't available in many places. In many areas Comcast is the only game in town. We now have a choice of Verizon or Cox. I've been with Cox since early 90's, but just about every year my bill jumps up $40-$50, sometimes more. And then I call, argue for an hour, threaten to go to Verizon, and my bill stays around $150-160, with 'promotions'. In September all my promotions run out and the lady says my bill would go to $240. We'll see how many promotions I can qualify for in September. |
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On 2/26/2018 12:54 PM, wrote:
You don't need to get "the bundle" to get internet from Comcast but they usually throw in basic cable for free. I would not have Comcast here. They are too unreliable. Fast internet when is running does not offset the times when it is totally down. I use DSL from the Telco and I have Dish that is $170 a month I would like to lose. I can get HBO, Sho and one other streaming host like Hulu for around $30. We are already buying Prime and Netflix. It is actually amazing how much in on You Tube for free. It is not just cat videos and people taking a baseball to the nuts these days. In case Harry needs to know, you can search "Fox News Live Stream" on Youtube and see a live stream of Foxnews channel. Pick the one with the most people watching for the best stream. I'm watching this now, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqcLGNHMqg4 It has about a 30 second delay, but I only know because I'm watch it over cable too. Mikek |
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On 2/26/2018 12:55 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:46:05 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:34:48 -0500, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon. Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port. It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs. Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine. I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity. Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs. When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one. I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer. Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10. I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. What could be easier than a mouse and a real keyboard for entering things you want to search for? I hate trying to poke out text on a TV remote. With the Amazon thingy, you just talk to it. Haven't you been watching the Olympics at all? The cute little thing's name is 'Alexa'. Have you ever told her she is awesome? Mikek |
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On 2/26/2018 2:06 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 2:01 PM, Its Me wrote: On Monday, February 26, 2018 at 1:32:32 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart *** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat *** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Those are plenty fast enough to stream TV and if you reloaded it back to what it was when you bought it, it would be as fast as it was then. Most "old and slow" PCs are just slow because they are loaded up with useless software, spyware and other barnacles you collect over the years. PCs make TVs smart and I have been doing it for close to 20 years. At first you needed a TV-out card but these days TVs have VGA ports and newer PCs have HDMI ports. They are naturals for each other. I would suggest your travel lap top for the TV. Then once you have that all set up, when you travel, you can hijack the TV wherever you go. The only time it is a problem is in a "Lodge Net TV" hotel. They have special TVs that I have not been able to hack into. You also find out the free WiFi is not fast enough to stream. When we rent houses, that is never a problem. Back in the days when I traveled and did system installs, I was staying in hotels and always had my traveling toolkit with me. Typically, the hotel TV's picture looked like crap and the adjustments were behind a screwed-down door to prevent the average joe from messing with them.* I took care of that issue on the first night. Me too.* Used to drive me nuts. Seems like they set them up in "Vivid" or store display mode. Now a days, you need to carry a pair of channel locks and your favorite shower head. Just don't forget it when you leave. Mikek |
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On 2/27/2018 12:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/27/2018 12:36 PM, amdx wrote: On 2/26/2018 10:42 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:28 AM, amdx wrote: On 2/25/2018 9:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. **The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. **I have added Terrarium TV on my Firestick. This has all the TV shows you would want. https://troypoint.com/install-terrar...fire-tv-stick/ **I have also added Mobdro Mobdro has many, many networks and TV stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWip-rgCjmc Kodi can also be installed on your Firestick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQogjnEqLhs I have not put Kodi on mine but I have a buddy that uses it. I did use Kodi when I used a Raspberry pi for streaming. I have not used any of the Prime videos, as there is so much available on the apps I posted. Also, a program called Real Debrid, https://real-debrid.com/ **It's not needed and has a small cost but it picks the sources that will give you the best sources to stream from automatically, without you picking from a list. Also picks the 1040p and 4k streams. ************************* ** Mikek "Cutting the cord"* (meaning cable/internet service) and going to streaming still requires a relatively fast internet service, does it not?* What service would you use? **I have 30Mbps and I don't have any problems, but I also don't have any other demands on the service, while I'm streaming. ************************* ******** Mikek 30 Mbps is fine for streaming HD video, even with other devices connected.* What service do you have for Internet? I have Wow, but Comcast is available, they both have excellent cable service, work consistently. But, I suspect like all cable companies, if you need personal care, good luck. Mikek |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:55:41 -0600, amdx wrote:
On 2/26/2018 12:55 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:46:05 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:34:48 -0500, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon. Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port. It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs. Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine. I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity. Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs. When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one. I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer. Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10. I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. What could be easier than a mouse and a real keyboard for entering things you want to search for? I hate trying to poke out text on a TV remote. With the Amazon thingy, you just talk to it. Haven't you been watching the Olympics at all? The cute little thing's name is 'Alexa'. Have you ever told her she is awesome? Mikek I don't have one. Tell me what happens. I know you can ask Suri to flip a coin. I thought that was cool. I told my daughter, and she thinks it's the most valuable thing in the world. Stops a lot of arguments with the kids. I wonder if Suri would 'pick a number between one and ten'. Would be interesting to do it a hundred times just to see the distribution of the answers. |
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On 2/27/2018 1:12 PM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:55:41 -0600, amdx wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:55 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:46:05 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:34:48 -0500, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon. Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port. It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs. Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine. I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity. Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs. When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one. I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer. Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10. I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. What could be easier than a mouse and a real keyboard for entering things you want to search for? I hate trying to poke out text on a TV remote. With the Amazon thingy, you just talk to it. Haven't you been watching the Olympics at all? The cute little thing's name is 'Alexa'. Have you ever told her she is awesome? Mikek I don't have one. Tell me what happens. I know you can ask Suri to flip a coin. I thought that was cool. I told my daughter, and she thinks it's the most valuable thing in the world. Stops a lot of arguments with the kids. I wonder if Suri would 'pick a number between one and ten'. Would be interesting to do it a hundred times just to see the distribution of the answers. I recall it's a little different each time, but she's very polite and accepting. Mikek |
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On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 2:20:28 PM UTC-5, amdx wrote:
On 2/27/2018 1:12 PM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:55:41 -0600, amdx wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:55 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:46:05 -0500, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:34:48 -0500, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon. Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port. It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs. Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine. I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity. Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs. When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one. I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer. Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10. I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. What could be easier than a mouse and a real keyboard for entering things you want to search for? I hate trying to poke out text on a TV remote. With the Amazon thingy, you just talk to it. Haven't you been watching the Olympics at all? The cute little thing's name is 'Alexa'. Have you ever told her she is awesome? Mikek I don't have one. Tell me what happens. I know you can ask Suri to flip a coin. I thought that was cool. I told my daughter, and she thinks it's the most valuable thing in the world. Stops a lot of arguments with the kids. I wonder if Suri would 'pick a number between one and ten'. Would be interesting to do it a hundred times just to see the distribution of the answers. I recall it's a little different each time, but she's very polite and accepting. Mikek Ask her "Who let the dogs out?" Siri has retired that one. |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/27/2018 12:57 PM, amdx wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:38 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:35:02 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 12:26 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:52:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory.* My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart ***** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat ***** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Besides, the little Roku thingy is much smaller and easier to mess with. I still don't really understand how people who want to get rid of services like Comcast cable TV and Internet and go to streaming only are going to have access to the Internet. I think I posted the results of the tests I did that compared download speeds of AT&T's 4G WiFi service that I have in my truck and the download speeds of the Comcast (cable) WiFi router in my house. Comcast was consistently 3 to 4 times faster, sometimes even more.* The AT&T test (I did several for each)* often reported that although web browsing would be ok, videos may be slow, especially if more than one device was connected to the WiFi server.* The Comcast speed report consistently said that it's speed would allow web browsing and HD video downloads to several devices at the same time. For me, cutting the cord would be cutting the TV and telephone cords. The internet cord would stay whole. The TV cord is over $100/month, and that's without a bunch of movie channels. The telephone cord is another $40/month. How much is your Internet service? I don't have that problem.* I have just have what's called "expanded basic TV".* I can always order something "On Demand" but I can't remember the last time I did.** Forget what it costs but it's cheap compared to the Internet service.* I don't have phone service via cable. * Just use my cell phone. It's a second account on her cell phone service and compared to her cell phone bill, mine contribution to it is peanuts. I pay $55 for internet. Ok.* I pay a little less ... $49/month.* The AT&T WiFi in the truck is $20/mo. for unlimited service but it's not anywhere near as fast.* I may cancel it.* Don't really know why I even got it. * I have buddy the recently switched from Comcast to WOW, because Comcast wouldn't negotiate their price. Wow gave him internet for $39.99.* He recommended Wow to a friend and the friend got the same 100Mbps service for $29.99. My buddy was a bit perplexed! ******************* Mikek The problem is that WOW isn't available in many places. In many areas Comcast is the only game in town. I had DSL before Comcast. Problem I had was urban area and in the evening might as well have no internet. Too many people, and he Mbps went to near zero. |
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amdx wrote:
On 2/26/2018 2:06 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 2:01 PM, Its Me wrote: On Monday, February 26, 2018 at 1:32:32 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart *** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat *** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Those are plenty fast enough to stream TV and if you reloaded it back to what it was when you bought it, it would be as fast as it was then. Most "old and slow" PCs are just slow because they are loaded up with useless software, spyware and other barnacles you collect over the years. PCs make TVs smart and I have been doing it for close to 20 years. At first you needed a TV-out card but these days TVs have VGA ports and newer PCs have HDMI ports. They are naturals for each other. I would suggest your travel lap top for the TV. Then once you have that all set up, when you travel, you can hijack the TV wherever you go. The only time it is a problem is in a "Lodge Net TV" hotel. They have special TVs that I have not been able to hack into. You also find out the free WiFi is not fast enough to stream. When we rent houses, that is never a problem. Back in the days when I traveled and did system installs, I was staying in hotels and always had my traveling toolkit with me. Typically, the hotel TV's picture looked like crap and the adjustments were behind a screwed-down door to prevent the average joe from messing with them.* I took care of that issue on the first night. Me too.* Used to drive me nuts. Seems like they set them up in "Vivid" or store display mode. Now a days, you need to carry a pair of channel locks and your favorite shower head. Just don't forget it when you leave. Mikek You notice that in countries like Costa Rica. No low flow shower heads. |
Amazon prime TV
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:49:43 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/27/2018 1:17 PM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:36:00 -0600, amdx wrote: I have 30Mbps I often wonder how that translates to the real world. I had a lot of conversations with various tech support groups leading up to switching my web host and the problems that prompted that. The consensus was running a speed test to your ISPs test site was meaningless other than what the max is you can get. When you go to 3d party sites, that is a test of your servers and their servers but the real issue is what you can actually get when talking to a web site or other service. I know my news server is not even close to being able to keep my 10mb pipe full. I have also had times when Amazon was not able to keep a stream going without buffering, even tho I still had plenty of capacity on my end. (I could start a Netflix). It was just a new show on Prime and I am guessing they were slammed. That huge capacity may be good for multiple users hitting multiple byte hungry sites but I am not sure it is of a lot of value for 1 or 2 users. My wife's place was running the whole club on one Comcast line and they finally had to buy another one, not because of throughput but simply because one IP address could not support the number of unique sub net IPs they had on the LAN. Granted all of them were not streaming cat videos on Facebook but it was more than a few. Years ago when we wintered in Florida we had DSL because cable was not available. It worked ok but videos and HD media was not as popular and as heavily downloaded back then. When I opened the guitar shop in 2009 the building was not wired for cable so I had to get DSL again. That's when I really starting to notice the difference between the shop's DSL Internet speed and the speed of Comcast cable we had at the house. I used to update the shop's website daily and the program I used reloaded all of the website's content which would take forever on DSL. I ended up doing it at home after the shop closed. On cable the complete site would upload in less than 30 seconds. At the shop it sometimes took 5-10 minutes and often it would hang up and I'd have to start all over again. There is a difference, especially when more and more devices are added. Now with two or cell phones constantly connected, multiple computers, tablets, Smart TVs, etc., I can't see how DSL can be quick enough, but I don't have it anymore so I don't know. === DSL was always much slower on upload compared to download if I recall correctly. It was a feature. :-) --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
Amazon prime TV
On 2/27/2018 2:59 PM, Bill wrote:
amdx wrote: On 2/26/2018 2:06 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 2:01 PM, Its Me wrote: On Monday, February 26, 2018 at 1:32:32 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:26:30 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 11:18 AM, wrote: On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:00:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/26/2018 7:48 AM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 2/25/2018 10:33 PM, wrote: I am really serious about cutting the cord. My wife says after the olympics but that was today. I am already transitioning to streaming, I am working my way through the Amazon Prime documentaries They have just about anything that PBS ever aired. I talked about the American Experience show about the MLK assassination the other day. Today I am watching Frontline season 27 ep 8. This is contemporary with the 2009 crash and it is pretty interesting, carving through some of the myths we may have. I occasionally watch something from Amazon Prime's inventory. My large HD TV is not "smart" (connected to the Internet) so I use the Sony PS4 to stream stuff from Amazon.* Their prime account entitles you to many movies and archived shows as you mention for free. I can also access Hulu, Netfix and other sources but I don't watch enough to bother with them. Smart tvs are cheap nowadays. I paid 800 for a 60 inch smart *** plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat *** the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.* Most of the time I just use a little 23" HD TV that sits on my desk beside my computer monitor. Just hook an old PC to it. With a 2.4gz wireless mouse you end up with a TV that is a whole lot smarter than the ones sold as smart. We have both here. The PC connected wins every time in every category. The best combo seems to be my "travel" laptop connected to some no name TV. When the lap top turns off the TV goes to sleep and I have it set to hibernate when you close the lid. Open the lid, the pc comes to life and the TV comes on. You can get to any streaming service that way along with being able to play music or look at your pictures using whatever PC app you like. I don't collect or save old PCs.* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.* I "do" have an older Win 7 laptop that I no longer use regularly but I keep it as a backup or possible traveling computer.* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.* I wouldn't even bother with it. Those are plenty fast enough to stream TV and if you reloaded it back to what it was when you bought it, it would be as fast as it was then. Most "old and slow" PCs are just slow because they are loaded up with useless software, spyware and other barnacles you collect over the years. PCs make TVs smart and I have been doing it for close to 20 years. At first you needed a TV-out card but these days TVs have VGA ports and newer PCs have HDMI ports. They are naturals for each other. I would suggest your travel lap top for the TV. Then once you have that all set up, when you travel, you can hijack the TV wherever you go. The only time it is a problem is in a "Lodge Net TV" hotel. They have special TVs that I have not been able to hack into. You also find out the free WiFi is not fast enough to stream. When we rent houses, that is never a problem. Back in the days when I traveled and did system installs, I was staying in hotels and always had my traveling toolkit with me. Typically, the hotel TV's picture looked like crap and the adjustments were behind a screwed-down door to prevent the average joe from messing with them.* I took care of that issue on the first night. Me too.* Used to drive me nuts. Seems like they set them up in "Vivid" or store display mode. Now a days, you need to carry a pair of channel locks and your favorite shower head. Just don't forget it when you leave. Mikek You notice that in countries like Costa Rica. No low flow shower heads. First thing I do when I replace a shower head is remove the flow restrictor. Helps a little. Restrictors are fine for the sinks but not for the shower, IMO. My current house has a separate shower and tub. I wish the shower had the water supply the tub has. It must be fed with 3/4 inch pipe. When I need to refill the humidifier I can fill a gallon jug of water from the tub faucet in 10 seconds flat using cold water only. It's even faster if I use both hot and cold. Takes 60 seconds or more from the kitchen sink faucet. |
Amazon prime TV
On 2/27/2018 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:49:43 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/27/2018 1:17 PM, wrote: On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:36:00 -0600, amdx wrote: I have 30Mbps I often wonder how that translates to the real world. I had a lot of conversations with various tech support groups leading up to switching my web host and the problems that prompted that. The consensus was running a speed test to your ISPs test site was meaningless other than what the max is you can get. When you go to 3d party sites, that is a test of your servers and their servers but the real issue is what you can actually get when talking to a web site or other service. I know my news server is not even close to being able to keep my 10mb pipe full. I have also had times when Amazon was not able to keep a stream going without buffering, even tho I still had plenty of capacity on my end. (I could start a Netflix). It was just a new show on Prime and I am guessing they were slammed. That huge capacity may be good for multiple users hitting multiple byte hungry sites but I am not sure it is of a lot of value for 1 or 2 users. My wife's place was running the whole club on one Comcast line and they finally had to buy another one, not because of throughput but simply because one IP address could not support the number of unique sub net IPs they had on the LAN. Granted all of them were not streaming cat videos on Facebook but it was more than a few. Years ago when we wintered in Florida we had DSL because cable was not available. It worked ok but videos and HD media was not as popular and as heavily downloaded back then. When I opened the guitar shop in 2009 the building was not wired for cable so I had to get DSL again. That's when I really starting to notice the difference between the shop's DSL Internet speed and the speed of Comcast cable we had at the house. I used to update the shop's website daily and the program I used reloaded all of the website's content which would take forever on DSL. I ended up doing it at home after the shop closed. On cable the complete site would upload in less than 30 seconds. At the shop it sometimes took 5-10 minutes and often it would hang up and I'd have to start all over again. There is a difference, especially when more and more devices are added. Now with two or cell phones constantly connected, multiple computers, tablets, Smart TVs, etc., I can't see how DSL can be quick enough, but I don't have it anymore so I don't know. === DSL was always much slower on upload compared to download if I recall correctly. It was a feature. :-) I think that's true of cable also. But here's something I found interesting when I did the speed tests to compare the AT&T WiFi in the truck and Comcast WiFi. AT&T's uploads were always a bit faster than the downloads. Maybe it's because the download speeds were very slow in comparison. |
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