I think that this is where the battle lines are being drawn in the "streaming wars." It's really about who gets what deal with what provider. I was listening to The Verge podcast earlier today, and they pointed out that Netflix has the whip hand. Whoever you are, Roku, Amazon, AN Other TV set manufacturer, you have to have Netflix available. Indeed Netflix probably want a dedicated button on your remote control.
But HBO Max and Peacock aren't getting the same deals that Netflix has demanded (and got) or even Disney+. Roku wants to share Peacock's ad dollars; Amazon wants control over data and how things appear. It's a mess. I can't see any way to get everything right now without having multiple devices. And that means a multiplicity of remote controls because that's where we are in 2020... I mean some kind of regulation might be the answer but, ha ha ha ha ha Adam On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 1:50 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:46 AM David Risner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I taught my 73 year old mother-in-law how to use Chromecast. It wasn’t >> very difficult at all. >> >> >> >> The nice part about it is you just have to set things up on your phone or >> tablet, and then you can watch it on the TV. You don’t have to go through >> an arcane login process on the TV. >> >> >> >> She was more confused when the TV went out and we replaced it with a >> FireTV enabled TV. It took her quite some time to get how to use FireTV >> even with explaining it multiple times over the course of weeks. >> > > I find the situation to be increasingly frustrating. There is an exploding > number of streaming apps and a bunch of hardware build-ins and add-ons and > you don't know which player you need for which service. Side loading apps > works but doesn't help the situation for most of us. My setup is I have a > Vizio TV and a Channelmaster OTA DVR with a Chromecast built in. Through > the DVR I can't download the apps for Prime, Netflix, or Hulu because of > some contract issue. I don't know if a stand alone Chromecast has that > issue. My TV has those apps and even dedicated buttons on the remote but it > won't hold a WiFi signal and video just hangs after playing for 10 seconds. > I don't know if that's because the TV is cheap or it's obsolete and since > it's useless I disconnected the WiFi so I'm not letting companies harvest > data. > > I could get a Shield but that's one more remote to find room for and one > more plug for the power strip. This situation of new apps coming out and > having to figure out not only do I want the content but do I have the right > hardware or do I want to buy something new in order to play it frustrates > the hell out of me. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHFT3u24hmvo-kciHPD01AXTvW0JViOpERR3HdAZGvnSA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHFT3u24hmvo-kciHPD01AXTvW0JViOpERR3HdAZGvnSA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDDcY03soVnmKJ86OYkE6Q1BFhDO%2Bzx4udfA7kZke1gLg%40mail.gmail.com.
