Re: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Les Gordon]

the new remote on the apple tv really takes some getting use to. you can 
still use the old remote with the new apple tv,
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From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 6:48 PM
Subject: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV


For those in australia, Plus7 is now available on the Apple TV - I assume 
its the 4G model we’re talking about here -.


Plus7 is the Seven Networks “Catchup TV” service.

I’m looking forward to trying this when I get my Apple TV which will be 
early next year some time so therefore I can’t give any information as to 
the accessibility of the App but I doubt there’ll be any problems if my 
encounters with previous Apple TV offerings are anything to go by.



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Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Dane Trethowan]

For those in australia, Plus7 is now available on the Apple TV - I assume its 
the 4G model we’re talking about here -.

Plus7 is the Seven Networks “Catchup TV” service.

I’m looking forward to trying this when I get my Apple TV which will be early 
next year some time so therefore I can’t give any information as to the 
accessibility of the App but I doubt there’ll be any problems if my encounters 
with previous Apple TV offerings are anything to go by.


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Jonathan Mosen has a book about the 4th gen Apple TV: wasRE: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Kevin Minor]

Hi Dane.

Subject says it all.  I've asked Santa for the 4th gen for Christmas, and I got 
Jonathan's book on the 4th gen Apple TV.  Not sure where the link is, since I 
clicked in the email Jonathan sent out.  I can see if I can find it if you need 
it.

Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
kmino...@outlook.com

Re: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Dane Trethowan]

Thanks for that.

I’m going to have fun in a month’s time or thereabouts then.

Jonathan Mosen wrote a book on the Apple TV though I’m still trying to find out 
whether it covers the 3G or 4G, the book came out before the official release 
of the 4G.

For those who are interested - and if you don’t want to be bothered with Apps - 
the 3G Apple TV version is still being sold in the Apple Store - at least in 
Australia - but that of course means that you won’t get the benefit of Apps - 
but you can still enjoy things the way they are.

Another workaround with the new Apple TV might be a Bluetooth keyboard? As far 
as I know the 4G - like the 2G and 3G before it - will work with a Bluetooth 
keyboard.

The iPhone App I think mary is referring to is the Apple Remote App so I’ll 
take a look at that at the appropriate time.


> On 21 Dec 2015, at 11:13 AM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> Well, this new way of doing things on apple tv means you really can't
> go by previous experiences with older models. That is because they now
> have an app model rather than a channel model. So gone is the
> accessible grid-type layout. The remote is totally different. There is,
> as yet, no bt keyboard access, but there is apparently some sort of
> work around involving the use of an iPhone. Since I don't have the A tv
> 4, I didn't pay particular attention to the details. And, with the app
> model, it means that who ever develops the app for the channel or group
> of channels is free to make it as accessible or not as they wish.
> Hopefully, this one you just mentioned will have done the right thing
> with regard to implementing accessibility within their app.Netflix
> still hasn't managed to make  audio description accessible by the end
> user. You have to call them and hope you get a rep with a clue; they
> turn it on for you at their end, and then it is on for everybody all
> the time on any program that has it, whether they want it or not, e.g.
> somebody sighted who doesn't want it is out of luck. 
> 
> Hopefully, all this stuff will get ironed out in time, and the
> experience will end up being a positive one with more variety and
> flexibility than we enjoyed with older versions. I myself am not
> running out to buy one. 
> 
> Mary
> 
> 

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Re: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Mary Otten]

Well, this new way of doing things on apple tv means you really can't
go by previous experiences with older models. That is because they now
have an app model rather than a channel model. So gone is the
accessible grid-type layout. The remote is totally different. There is,
as yet, no bt keyboard access, but there is apparently some sort of
work around involving the use of an iPhone. Since I don't have the A tv
4, I didn't pay particular attention to the details. And, with the app
model, it means that who ever develops the app for the channel or group
of channels is free to make it as accessible or not as they wish.
Hopefully, this one you just mentioned will have done the right thing
with regard to implementing accessibility within their app.Netflix
still hasn't managed to make  audio description accessible by the end
user. You have to call them and hope you get a rep with a clue; they
turn it on for you at their end, and then it is on for everybody all
the time on any program that has it, whether they want it or not, e.g.
somebody sighted who doesn't want it is out of luck. 

Hopefully, all this stuff will get ironed out in time, and the
experience will end up being a positive one with more variety and
flexibility than we enjoyed with older versions. I myself am not
running out to buy one. 

Mary

Re: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Dane Trethowan]

Do you navigate using the new remote as you would on a touch screen for an IOS 
device or is that slightly different again.


> On 21 Dec 2015, at 10:50 AM, Les Gordon <mr...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> the new remote on the apple tv really takes some getting use to. you can 
> still use the old remote with the new apple tv,
> - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 6:48 PM
> Subject: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV
> 
> 
> For those in australia, Plus7 is now available on the Apple TV - I assume its 
> the 4G model we’re talking about here -.
> 
> Plus7 is the Seven Networks “Catchup TV” service.
> 
> I’m looking forward to trying this when I get my Apple TV which will be early 
> next year some time so therefore I can’t give any information as to the 
> accessibility of the App but I doubt there’ll be any problems if my 
> encounters with previous Apple TV offerings are anything to go by.
> 
> 
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> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Mary Otten]

Nope. No bluetooth keyboard, or that's what I've read in the mainstream
tech press. That's the bummer. The layout for typing on the new one
stinks and no bluetooth keyboard support. But there is something you
can do with an iphone to enable a better typing experience; that's what
I was mentioning in my other message on this thread. I should have paid
more attention to the steps, I guess, but since I wasn't going to buy
the new tv any time soon, and I have enough trouble remembering stuff I
need to know,  Well, you get the picture. 

Mary

Re: Jonathan Mosen has a book about the 4th gen Apple TV: wasRE: Plus7 Now Available On Apple TV

[Dane Trethowan]

that’s okay about the link, I have it here so thanks for the confirmation that 
the book covers the latest Apple TV version.

For those interested you can find a review of the book in a previous edition of 
AFB’S Access World.


> On 21 Dec 2015, at 11:30 AM, Kevin Minor  wrote:
> 
> Hi Dane.
> 
> Subject says it all.  I've asked Santa for the 4th gen for Christmas, and I 
> got Jonathan's book on the 4th gen Apple TV.  Not sure where the link is, 
> since I clicked in the email Jonathan sent out.  I can see if I can find it 
> if you need it.
> 
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
> kmino...@outlook.com

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