Offgrid Organic Farmer
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Your cable is out, but your internet connection is still working?
My town does not have any cable company. We get online using our phone company landline. So we can watch netflix, etc.
Your cable is out, but your internet connection is still working?
Will the Amazon stick do services like YouTube?
Fire TV. I gave this one away. Works great with Amazon Prime and other Amazon products. It seems to push their products. And, this brings me to the reason I got rid of it. Amazon and Goggle do not play well with each other. I use Youtube TV as my prime tv source. It is not available on the Fire TV. You can side load it, but, for me, it is not worth the effort and many people say it is buggy.
AppleTV does both. It does a great job with Amazon Prime Video now that Amazon finally deigned to provide an app for the AppleTV.Will the Amazon stick do services like YouTube? The last I heard Amazon and Google will not play with each other. Not having YouTube is a big negative when one considers the vast amount of content on it.
Note: When I mention content I am not thinking of the cat videos and the other silly stuff.
Yes. It's related to some kind of switchover to digital TV.
We have an antenna and a ChannelMaster DVR. That combination works fine for the things you list.I've been playing with it, but I don't think it will work for us.
After 30+ years of skipping over commercials, I'm not willing to sit through ads. I know, I'm spoiled.
I just wanted to watch a nightly news program, but so far the ones I've tried either have a constant live broadcast (CBS Now) which can't be paused or fast forwarded, or NBC Nightly News, which has individual news articles.
With our Tivo, we'd record the nightly news (on three networks) then skip the ads and articles we didn't want to see. So far, I haven't found anything that will work like that on the Fire Stick.
I'd also like to watch the monologues for Kimmel, Meyers, and/or Colbert. Haven't found a way to do that yet.
Any suggestions?
For those that have Fire sticks, if you use the remote that comes with it, do you find that the batteries wear down quickly? Seems like I'm replacing them every 6 weeks or so.
Will the Amazon stick do services like YouTube? The last I heard Amazon and Google will not play with each other.
Someone responded earlier that the Fire Stick will not do YouTube. This is not exactly true. While it is true that the old dedicated YouTube app (developed by Google) no longer works, you can still view YouTube videos using one of a couple different web browser apps. We use it all the time and it works very well.
You might want to check with your cable company. I have Spectrum. They have an app. With that app and a smart tv or a streaming stick, I can watch cable tv without any box or cable wire attached to the tv. The catch is, however, that their app only works with a Samsung tv and the Roku. I have a Samsung and it works good so I’ll be getting rid of that box and save $8/mo. If I’m willing to give up my dvr, I can get a Roku for my other tv (an LG) and save $20/mo. Looking for Roku deals this shopping season but first need to understand the differences in their different models.
I use a TABLO with my Roku's. Tablo appears to have the bugs worked out now. no issues with it for 6 months now.
Don't mean to hijack this thread but regarding the Recast device, make sure you read the reviews before buying. I currently have a Tablo for OTA DVR and although it works pretty well, I often wished it wasn't so slow at times. When I heard about the Recast I was ready to jump in with both feet....until I read the reviews and learned more things about it.
Keep in mind this device is 'version 1' and it appears they tried to cut some corners in order to get it out the door. For example, you are unable to schedule recordings in advance. You must be watching the show before you can record it. Plus, there is no option (currently) to record the series of a show. Now all this might be quickly rectified with a software update but who knows how long it will take. I decided to stick with Tablo for now.
If that grid is your actual, you’re probably going to need a good antenna. 31 miles is a lot unless you have something close to line of sight. If you or those transmission antenna are on a hill/mountain, you’re going to be in a lot better shape. Is that all the channels your search uncovered, or, is that just an example?
Also, is it all or nothing? That is, do I either get a good picture or no picture?