Recent content by ncted

Interesting that Paramount now includes Pluto.

Go to Youtube and search movie trailers or TV trailers, depending on what you are looking for. Also, most streaming services have a recommendations section in the user interface that uses what you've watched (and liked) in the past to suggest other things you may like. Depending on what...

Yeah, I hear ya. When we decided to get rid of Dish, I tried out all the big name devices available at the time. We settled on the Firestick because it seemed pretty stable and we liked the remote the best. After about a year, we found that the stability was deteriorating, and they changed...

There are some 5Ghz channels the iPhone won't use because they are not licensed for use in the US. Many devices will still connect to and use them, but not all. This is just one possible reason for the issue you are seeing. I actually had wi-fi issues with my Shields and had to put them all...

My brother got one of these and had wi-fi issues. He tried adding a wi-fi extender, but no joy. Eventually he just got a Roku box and the problems went away.

No wonder D* has been rolling out lower-priced packages.

Yeah, I have been watching some NCAA games. I wish I wasn't paying for it, but since I am...

This is about SmartTVs in particular, but worth knowing: https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney

Hmmm...well, I guess not. When I did a search earlier, I found a bunch of sites listing the best VPNs for Roku and NordVPN was usually the top choice, but when I bothered to actually read the sites, I found you have to have an intermediate device handling the VPN access, like a router. NordVPN...

Android is definitely the most customizable. As for the VPN functionality, all the major devices (except Roku) have VPN apps for the functionality you describe.

They are just testing it, so you may not see it right away. Same thing with the TV pause screen ads on other inputs they've been testing. We've only seen it once on the Roku TV in the kitchen which has an AppleTV connected. It works a lot like the pause screen ads you see on FireTV, except on...

You must really trust your friends.

Not just the US: Nearly half of Canadians have cut cable entirely: report

Seems to be a problem on Peacock on a number of platforms. The first post in that thread is about Sony Android TVs for instance. Also, it seems you can get HDR with ATV4K if you switch manually to the correct mode before watching. Not ideal, but a workaround. The Peacock app does kind of...

Figured I should also add I used to have NVIDIA Shields. I sold them when they rolled out the new UI several years ago that had a lot more ads. Before that, I had Firestick 4Ks. I dumped them after the same kind of thing with a new UI including a lot more ads. Not sure what I'd do if Apple...