Ya... Amazon is not available on Apple TV... they are competing for
users at this point. LOL
The cool thing about Apple's service (music, movies, apps) is you can do
their Family Share plan that is $14.95/month and up to 5 family members
(using their own Apple ID) can all share any music, movies or apps that
you pay for and have access to.
So, I can buy a movie on my Apple TV for $9.99 and then all of my kids
have access to it on all of their devices (iphones, ipads, Apple TV) for
free.
With Apple TV you can also download apps like TnT and NFL and if you
have a satellite or cable account (with username/login and access to
those channels), you get access to them on Apple TV as well. :)
Travis
On 12/9/2016 11:32 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
OK, after my son taught me how to use the remote (you swipe the upper
half, it is pretty cool) I like the remote.
I taught it to control the volume of the TV and you can search with
voice. I really like the remote better than Roku once I got used to it.
Just swipe to skip ahead etc.
The video quality is the best of all the devices I am currently
trying. Gold Rush never looked so good.
It took some time for the Directv app to initialize and load the guide
etc. I left it on for an hour and came back to it mostly working.
I did have to upgrade the Apple TV software.
I tried to watched some old episodes of The Profit and it would stop
part way through with an apologetic error code on the screen.
So, a bit buggy for archived content. Once they get the DVR function
working, I think I will cancel SlingTV and Sony Playstation Vue.
I really like using the voice command for usernames and passwords.
Loaded up Netflix, Hulu, Showtime.
Oddly, no Amazon app. Must be some bad blood between companies or
something.
Oh well, keeping the Tivo, it does Amazon and all my locals. Did not
see any locals on Apple.
*From:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Friday, December 09, 2016 5:18 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now
Received mine yesterday. I couldn't tell the difference between it and
the HD FiOS TV I have. But haven't
moved it to my 4k TV yet.
Although, I hate the remote. The Roku remote is so ergonomically
friendly, just not happy with the Apple TV
remote.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 5:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
FedEx says my apple tv is waiting on my doorstep when I get home.
Be interesting to see the difference in the user experience as
compared to viewing on the PC.
