I agree the chaos is annoying. However, as of this writing I am able to stream everything through my very cheap Amazon Fire stick. Despite conversation here, still not sure if my “side loading” (that is the term I needed to know) of HBOMax will continue to work after 7/31. If not, I suspect it will be relatively temporary until they resolve their dispute, and I can still access HBOMAX directly on my IPad. Also, Xfinity has sent us a message that sounds like we soon will be able to access via their cable.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 6:12 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDDcY03soVnmKJ86OYkE6Q1BFhDO%2Bzx4udfA7kZke1gLg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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/CAKGtkYJYKSpwbEC%2BEZfsrCYMGsz%3DvLM5F5nS_%2BhTxMfAJpd66w%40mail.gmail.com.
