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Ok another question. Now that we've cut cable we figured anything we couldn't find on July or Netflix we could just watch on the shows website online. But lo and behold, most of the networks now have you log in to make sure you have a cable subscription! So TNT, AMC, and USA shows are all locked down. Is there any way to get these networks? Are they broadcasted over the air?
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Pretty much not (in regards to over the air). However, some cable stations allow their shows on digital redistribution services (Hulu Plus, iTunes, Amazon Prime) so you should make a list of your favorite shows and see where you can find them online (https://www.fan.tv or their fan app work wonders for finding which streaming service offers your particular show, if any)
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Lowness 72 posted:Ok another question. Does anyone in your family have cable use their info. Don Lapre fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Jul 24, 2013 |
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Jul 24, 2013 14:00
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Don Lapre posted:Does anyone in your family have cablr . use their info. Can you get away with this?
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Jul 24, 2013 15:19
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Medikit posted:Can you get away with this? I used to use my parent's Dish info (back when Dish was accepted, now its not-so-much). Anecdotally, I know several households that share an HBOGo account.
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Jul 24, 2013 15:36
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Medikit posted:Can you get away with this? Yes. There is no location or IP verification.
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Jul 24, 2013 15:38
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Medikit posted:Can you get away with this? I know that Time Warner has some sort of account sharing option where you can allow someone else to make a Time Warner account to access stuff like streaming apps. My parents have TWC and I live out of market for sports teams and don't have cable, so they sent me one of those invitations and I was able to log in to the WatchESPN app to watch the local games with my TWC ID it allowed me to create. I can also log in to the TWC TV app to watch their streaming away from home selection, but it's really limited. I have no idea if this account sharing is supposed to be for family and/or household members only.
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I used my parents cable subscription to watch the Olympics (handball woo!) and the March madness tournament. As long as it does not require you to have a certain modem (time warner's channel on Roku requires a time Warner modem), then you should be fine. Edit: I was wondering. You mentioned Netflix and July as options to watch shows. What is July? Bizarro Kanyon fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jul 24, 2013 |
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Jul 24, 2013 16:36
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Edit: I was wondering. You mentioned Netflix and July as options to watch shows. What is July?
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Edit: I was wondering. You mentioned Netflix and July as options to watch shows. What is July? Don't worry about it, it is only available for another seven days and the background check to join takes longer than that.
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Jul 24, 2013 19:47
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/from-tvs-to-tablets-everything-you-love.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/ So this thing looks kind of neat, especially for $35.
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TheEye posted:will this provide what I'm looking for? I just bought one of these because of this thread and I have to say I'm impressed. I pick up about 25 channels, (18 of which are religious) but I just scotch taped it to the wall to test it out, I haven't mounted it yet. All the major networks come in crystal clear. I had one channel with some slight scrambling but I just rotated the antenna to see if orienting it fixes things and it does. It appears that if you mount it perpendicular to the direction of the signal it picks up better, so on the wall facing the ESB in your case. I called Comcast today to tell them I'm ditching cable and they tried to tell me that Netflix "just lost a bunch of content" including starz, so I'll regret it. I chuckled and told him I know he has a job to do but I know what I want and I'm happy with Netflix/web for entertainment. The last time I turned my TV on to regular cable was the super bowl. I also bought my own drat cable modem for internet. I've been a customer of theirs since 2003, when the modem rental fee was $3 a month. I don't know when it went up to $7, but a new cable modem will pay for itself in under a year. The basic cable service has crept up from $13 to $23 per month over that time, with a reduction in channels, so gently caress that noise.
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withak posted:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/from-tvs-to-tablets-everything-you-love.html ...can you browse the web on this?
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EugeneJ posted:...can you browse the web on this? http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/#chrome This shows it mirroring a Chrome browser window from a laptop.
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withak posted:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/from-tvs-to-tablets-everything-you-love.html I placed an order with Amazon (which is currently listed as shipping "who the hell knows"), just because it includes 3 months of Netflix which I would have been paying $24 for anyway. I'm still going to keep a dedicated box in the living room for streaming, but this will be great for all the times I pull up Netflix on my PC and end up watching a whole episode of some TV show on my computer monitor instead of the TV just a few feet over because I don't want to boot up my PS3 and browse to the same video. I suppose a second HDMI cable to my TV would accomplish the same thing, but hey! 
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Here is an amazon review that gives a pretty good description of what it actually does:quote:So I came on Amazon to just do some shopping, and I couldn't help but notice how the Google Chromecast somehow has reviews already. I'm sorry, but no consumer has this in their hands yet (until 1-2 more days). I want to provide an honest review with an actual understanding of what and how the product works having had it for a couple weeks, without violating my NDA. Sounds like the biggest "gotcha" may be the if your TV is more than a year or two old then it could require the USB dongle to also be plugged into a power supply to work. withak fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Jul 24, 2013 |
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Jul 24, 2013 23:40
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withak posted:Sounds like the biggest "gotcha" may be the if your TV is more than a year or two old then it could require the USB dongle to also be plugged into a power supply to work.
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wa27 posted:Though even lots of older TVs have USB ports on them that probably aren't being used. I wonder if that would supply enough power? I ran a rasberry pi off the usb port on a 5 year old Samsung DLP. I expect the CC won't need any more power than that.
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Does Chromecast deserve it's own megathread? Mine shipped! Is there any existing community on hacking these things? I was completely oblivious before yesterday.
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crm posted:Does Chromecast deserve it's own megathread? Mine shipped! I thought they wern't shipping until August, gonna have to order one if they're already going out.
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withak posted:http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/#chrome
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crm posted:Is there any existing community on hacking these things? I was completely oblivious before yesterday. I think the device was mostly hidden behind developer NDAs until yesterday.
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Rhyno posted:I thought they wern't shipping until August, gonna have to order one if they're already going out. I think places just ran out of stock really fast.
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Rhyno posted:I thought they wern't shipping until August, gonna have to order one if they're already going out. Best buy has them in stores.
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Don Lapre posted:Best buy has them in stores. Huh, might make a BB run at lunch.
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crm posted:Is there any existing community on hacking these things? I was completely oblivious before yesterday. It was just announced yesterday so no.
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Very annoying ChromeCast only supports 2.4Ghz. My 2.4 Ghz wireless spectrum is crowded as gently caress and drops all the time on my Nexus7.
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Thwomp posted:It was just announced yesterday so no. It already has an SDK though so support for apps/services other than Netflix is probably incoming.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-ends-chromecast-netflix-promotion-20130725,0,483513.story It appears that someone underestimated the demand for this. 
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withak posted:http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-ends-chromecast-netflix-promotion-20130725,0,483513.story edit: v I actually didn't know about the Netflix promotion when I heard about the device on NPR yesterday and thought $35 was very reasonable - I just expected a foaming-mouth overreaction. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jul 25, 2013 |
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Josh Lyman posted:Where's the nerd outrage over this? It's honestly not that big of a deal because it's still a $35 device.
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I wonder when they will officially cut off the promo since they never mentioned limited quantities before (I could be wrong). Do they stop it with the next shipment or any orders after the announcement? If you bought one earlier today, would you still be eligible?
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teagone posted:It's honestly not that big of a deal because it's still a $35 device. Also a significant number of people ordering one of these right away probably already pay for Netflix.
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Reports are coming in that Comcast shut down ClearQAM locals for at least the Northeast Region today. Wish I was an antenna OTA salesman today.
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Mighty Horse posted:Reports are coming in that Comcast shut down ClearQAM locals for at least the Northeast Region today. That's cute, you think a lot of people know or care enough about this to do something about it.
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I haven't checked because I don't use the bedroom TV much, but I got a notice for Sept 17 here so it's coming sooner or later.
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Jul 31, 2013 05:20
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Medikit posted:Can you get away with this? I share an amazon, netflix streaming and hbo go account a bunch of ways.
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Still got my ClearQAM signal in the midwest. No notice either. Where is that coming from?
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Detroit Q. Spider posted:That's cute, you think a lot of people know or care enough about this to do something about it. Well I know a lot of "cord cutters" just get cable internet and split off the cable lines for free ClearQam. Thwomp posted:Still got my ClearQAM signal in the midwest. Few posts on local forums. Seem to confirm what I and a few friends with HDHomeruns have found. It's coming for the rest of you, eventually everywhere. The rules were changed for them to be allowed to do this by the FCC last year. I doubt they will send out ANY letters.
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If you subscribe to basic cable you will get a letter offering you a discounted or free DTA.
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