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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. Â*Â*The Firestick has a great interface, very easy to use. Â*Â*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/ Â*Â*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/ Â*Â*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. Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â* Mikek "Cutting the cord"Â* (meaning cable/internet service) and going to streaming still requires a relatively fast internet service, does it not?Â* What service would you use? Â*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. Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 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 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.Â* No phone service and no extra cost channels.Â* 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.Â* I have a small, 23" HD TV on my desk beside my computer monitor. Rather than rent another small HD cable box from Comcast,Â* 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.Â* 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,Â* I just put the switch in the "A" position. Then, I added a remote control thing to change the channels from the office.Â* 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.Â* It duplicates the IR signal from the "clicker" on the LED mounted near the sensor on the cable box in the living room.Â*Â* Works great. It's funny that with three smaller HD TVs, I rarely watch the big one anymore.Â* 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. Â*Â* 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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amdx Wrote in message:
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.Â* 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 Â*Â*Â* plasma tv at good old Walmart. A side benefit is that I can heat Â*Â*Â* the house with it. Mine can become "smart" if I buy a Roku wireless streaming stick that plugs into the TV's USB port.Â* It's a 65" and I bought it before having Internet connectivity became built-in on most TVs.Â* Accessing the 'net via the PS4 is just as effective and it works fine.Â* I just don't watch TV enough to warrant buying another TV just for built-in Internet connectivity.Â* 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.Â* When they crap out or become so obsolete they can't run current apps efficiently I buy a new one.Â* 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.Â* Somewhere I have an old XP laptop as well but it is painfully slow compared to Win 7 and Win 10.Â* 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.Â* I took care of that issue on the first night. Me too.Â* 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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