Silo or Atyme... pretty much the same. The remotes even work on each other.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Darin Steffl <[email protected]> wrote: > I find it's almost impossible to buy a non-smart TV nowadays. Most TVs 42" > or larger all have something built in but I still would only use a > dedicated device like Roku or fire tv for the best experience. > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2019, 1:24 PM Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can get non-smart TV's a lot cheaper and then get a Roku stick. I've >> got several sub $200 43 inch 4k TVs I got on the daily deals at frys. Most >> of them run off a cat-6 distributed network so they can all show the same >> thing at the same time. They are hanging in my DIY auto shop so people can >> all watch sports while working on their cars and such. I have the main roku >> running on the distribution and then individual rokus I hand out if they >> want to screen cast you tube videos or something to help them with their >> projects. >> >> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 3:59 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It's especially good when the router is sitting right next to the TV... >>> >>> But to be fair, the majority of cheap smart TVs and streaming devices >>> probably are wifi only. >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 7:58 AM Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> WiFi to the TV send like a waste. The TV never moves. Why not run a >>>> damn cable? I never have issues like this when the TV is hardwired. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019, 7:53 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does the hive mind have any suggestions for troubleshooting complaints >>>>> like “my LG smart TV can’t connect to Amazon Prime in the evening, it says >>>>> to contact my ISP”? Not an insufficient speed error, a cannot connect to >>>>> the service error. Yet the TV is connected to their WiFi, and its local >>>>> IP >>>>> address can be pinged just fine from the router. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Let’s say their connection checks out totally OK, and even though the >>>>> only thing they do on the Internet is watch Amazon Prime (because it’s >>>>> essentially free), we get them to check some other stuff like going to >>>>> Google from their phone or running a Netflix speedtest at fast.com >>>>> and that seems OK also. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If everything else seems OK, it seems like a pointless adventure of >>>>> reset your router, reset your TV, update the apps on your TV, try some >>>>> other streaming service like Netflix or Hulu, oh you don’t have >>>>> subscriptions. Do you get sucked into that, or just say call the TV >>>>> manufacturer, call Amazon Prime? They are just going to say call your >>>>> ISP. I’m tempted to say there are dozens of streaming services, if Amazon >>>>> Prime isn’t working for you, switch to Netflix, Hulu, etc. I know at one >>>>> time people would have trouble with their early Samsung smart TVs and I >>>>> would tell them to call a computer guy who would tell them their router >>>>> and >>>>> TV were incompatible and sell them a new router. So it’s not ALWAYS your >>>>> ISP’s fault. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At least with a website that’s not working, you can do pings and >>>>> traceroutes to its IP address. I have no idea how to check reachability, >>>>> packet loss, latency, etc. to Amazon Prime. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And if people complain about rebuffering or video quality there is a >>>>> TCP connection we can torch and figure out where the traffic is going. >>>>> How >>>>> do you troubleshoot with a TV? >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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