This whole channels in the App Store thing could be a blessing in the long run. That is how Roku, may I say the absolutely and totally inaccessible Roku, operate. They have more channels than anybody. Unfortunately, the equally ridiculous Amazon will not let their precious prime stream on Apple TV. Too bad, they could probably sell it in the app store, but they won't. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > > hey Jonathan, > > Just an FYI as I went to your sound cloud page but got an error message from > safari that the page was not available. > > One issue off the bat with the new AppleTV is it has already caused Siri on > my iPhone to launch four times and that was just me messing around with the > setup of the Apple TV. Strange as neither I nor the Apple TV even said Siri. > > Thanks for the layout again, I figured you missed the Siri button but figured > that one out. > > Yes, you need to go to the app store to download the channels. Kind of a pain > but it is quick. Have not had a chance to log in to anything yet with my > cable credentials, which was a pain on the old AppleTV and I had a sighted > buddy help me to make it much quicker. > > One other button which had me scratching my head for a few minutes during > setup is you have to press down on the trackpad to select things. Tried every > button to select English for VO before realizing you need to press down on > the track pad to select things. The remote takes a little getting used to but > can see after a bit that it will be much quicker to make selections compared > to the old Apple TV remote. > > One thing I need to figure out is how when going through your computer and a > long list of items is how best to do this. as flicking with one hand does get > tiring. > > Did not notice any sports like MLB or NFL on it yet, but also noticed that > CBS sports is gone so either I am looking in the wrong area or they are not > here yet. >> On Oct 30, 2015, at 5:58 PM, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> So their isn't a list of tv like channels like before? >> >> John Diakogeorgiou >> >>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John, the paradigm with this Apple TV is totally different from before. >>> So no, you only get a small number of Apple apps pre-installed. If you want >>> anything else, you need an app for that, and you go to the App Store to get >>> the apps you want. That's why in the podcast, we had to download Netflix >>> and YouTube. They're no longer pre-installed. >>> Jonathan Mosen >>> Mosen Consulting >>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>> http://Mosen.org >>> >>>> On 31/10/2015, at 10:02 AM, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I listened to the podcast which was really good. The question that >>>> came out of it for me is are the tv channels the same as before or >>>> have they added any new ones? >>>> >>>>> On 10/30/15, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi Brian, the top left button is menu, use this to work your way back when >>>>> you need to. Triple click menu for VO. Next to it is home. One press takes >>>>> you back to the home screen. >>>>> Below Menu is play/pause. And you have a very large button that's volume >>>>> up >>>>> and down. >>>>> Yesterday, I did a podcast exploring Apple TV 4 here: >>>>> http://soundcloud <http://soundcloud/>.com/jmosen/appletv4 >>>>> Jonathan Mosen >>>>> Mosen Consulting >>>>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>>>> http://Mosen.org >>>>> >>>>>> On 31/10/2015, at 9:32 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Just go my new Apple TV but of course not sure what the buttons on the >>>>>> new >>>>>> remote are, does any partial sight know what they are did a google search >>>>>> but have not come up with a good descriptive layout. 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