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On 2/26/2018 5:01 PM, 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.* ) Or in rec.boats |
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On 2/26/2018 5:53 PM, Bill wrote:
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. My Comcast deal is 2 years and is about $135 a month. TV, bunch of channels, most I never watch, internet and home phone. 3 TV’s. Phone went from ATT of $24 and a bunch of taxes to $10. Extra TV’s add I think $5 each for $10. One TV the X1 box. 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. |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 5:53 PM, Bill wrote: 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. My Comcast deal is 2 years and is about $135 a month. TV, bunch of channels, most I never watch, internet and home phone. 3 TV’s. Phone went from ATT of $24 and a bunch of taxes to $10. Extra TV’s add I think $5 each for $10. One TV the X1 box. 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. The big TV, 40” :). Is in the family room with the X1 box. Is a smart Tv as the old one died last year. But the other two are in the breakfast area, so wife can watch while in kitchen and the other is in the office /sewing room. I could put a switch in, but wife is technologically challenged. |
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On 2/26/2018 8:42 PM, Bill wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 5:53 PM, Bill wrote: 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. My Comcast deal is 2 years and is about $135 a month. TV, bunch of channels, most I never watch, internet and home phone. 3 TV’s. Phone went from ATT of $24 and a bunch of taxes to $10. Extra TV’s add I think $5 each for $10. One TV the X1 box. 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. The big TV, 40” :). Is in the family room with the X1 box. Is a smart Tv as the old one died last year. But the other two are in the breakfast area, so wife can watch while in kitchen and the other is in the office /sewing room. I could put a switch in, but wife is technologically challenged. 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. |
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On 2/26/18 8:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2018 8:42 PM, Bill wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/26/2018 5:53 PM, Bill wrote: 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. My Comcast deal is 2 years and is about $135 a month.** TV, bunch of channels, most I never watch, internet and home phone.** 3 TV’s. Phone went from ATT of $24 and a bunch of taxes to $10.* Extra TV’s add I think $5 each for $10.** One TV the X1 box. 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. The big TV, 40” :).* Is in the family room with the X1 box.** Is a smart Tv as the old one died last year.** But the other two are in the breakfast area, so wife can watch while in kitchen and the other is in the office /sewing room.** I could put a switch in, but wife is technologically challenged. 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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 succa belongs in Fat Harry's cellar kitchen. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:56:56 -0500, "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. My cameras go to a 4 channel, (expandable to 8) security type DVR. I have a terrabyte of video I have never seen ;-) I also have a box of X10 stuff I got from Ebay that I have never fooled with but there are a few cameras in there too. I did play with one on the bench to see how well it worked but I never set it up. This thing will RF out about 100' so I was thinking if the car hoppers came back, I would hide one in the car somewhere for a good close up of the weasel. I also have a PC based DVR in one of my WYSE thin clients that I have never fooled with. I can get to either of the DVRs with anything on the network using a small application. Nothing has ever happened here worth looking at the video. I can get some great pictures of Deuce in the pool tho I guess. |
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