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I'm seeing a deal for Playon TV -$70 for a lifetime PlayOn/PlayLater subscribtion and a 'free' Chromecast. It looks pretty good. Anyone here using it? The only thing that's holding me back is they want an additional $15 for HD.
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porktree posted:I'm seeing a deal for Playon TV -$70 for a lifetime PlayOn/PlayLater subscribtion and a 'free' Chromecast. It looks pretty good. Anyone here using it? The only thing that's holding me back is they want an additional $15 for HD. I would look into Plex to see if it would suit your needs before paying 70 bucks for this.
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Jul 2, 2014 15:38
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MycroftXXX posted:I would look into Plex to see if it would suit your needs before paying 70 bucks for this.
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Jul 2, 2014 16:30
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porktree posted:I use Plex a lot (mainly in a usenet/Sickbeard/Couchpotato way) - I've never explored the channels much, but I thought they were more of an ala carte offering of fairly specific shows, and my (wrong?) impression of PlayOn is that they have complete shows from each channel. More a broadcast style. I was planning on getting another Chromecast anyway. Plex channels and PlayOn are both scraping the same web sites to give you the "free full episodes" they post online, although it's possible PlayOn might do a better job of it or something.
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Jul 2, 2014 16:52
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I will post this till my eyes bleed: XBMC. Play on is some weird server/scraper bullshit that plays less stuff yet you have to pay for it?? It's so weird, I don't understand why anyone would use that, much less pay for that.
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Jul 3, 2014 04:38
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EugeneJ posted:Does anyone still use those old-rear end giant rooftop antennas to get OTA HDTV? http://antennaweb.org/ There is a locator on there to help, you will not only get a much more consistent signal, you can likely pull in more stations.
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Jul 3, 2014 16:46
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PSA: Today only deal, refurbished amplified Mohu leaf for $35 here. I think it's the same as the Leaf 50.
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Jul 3, 2014 19:08
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Has anyone made the jump from a Roku 2 (OG. XS) to a Roku 3? I mostly use it for Netflix, YouTube, and sometimes Amazon. The YouTube app is cool and all, but it's slow as rear end and it crashes a lot. Will the Roku 3 fix this? Are there better options now?
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Jul 3, 2014 22:11
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azurite posted:Has anyone made the jump from a Roku 2 (OG. XS) to a Roku 3? I mostly use it for Netflix, YouTube, and sometimes Amazon. The YouTube app is cool and all, but it's slow as rear end and it crashes a lot. Will the Roku 3 fix this? Are there better options now? If you use it for netflix then roku 3 is a big upgrade since it gets the new UI.
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Jul 3, 2014 22:12
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azurite posted:Has anyone made the jump from a Roku 2 (OG. XS) to a Roku 3? I mostly use it for Netflix, YouTube, and sometimes Amazon. The YouTube app is cool and all, but it's slow as rear end and it crashes a lot. Will the Roku 3 fix this? Are there better options now? Roku 3 is way better because you can hard wire the Ethernet.
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Jul 3, 2014 22:25
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Don Lapre posted:If you use it for netflix then roku 3 is a big upgrade since it gets the new UI. It took them an eternity, but they backported that UI and the YouTube app to the Roku 2. I'm wondering more about performance and stability. The UI's good on Netflix, but it stalls and crashes on Youtube very frequently. The Chromecast-y YouTube control feature works if I hit "play" on the phone, set it down, and don't touch it for the duration of the video. If I move the scrubber or skip between videos, it'll freak out and crash 9/10 times. Netflix has started to skip and crash occasionally too. Also I feel the picture quality isn't quite as good as it can be. My Chromecast looks really crisp by comparison, but I like the Roku's ability to cruise lists of videos on the big screen so others can see. EDIT: BigFactory posted:Roku 3 is way better because you can hard wire the Ethernet. My Roku 2 has that too. What it doesn't have is dual-band wifi, which would be really helpful in my crowded apartment complex.
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Jul 3, 2014 22:27
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Yea, the Youtube UI is clunky but I'm usually just watching a playlist so it's not a big deal. And I can use the iPhone Youtube app and control it from there anyway (it's a lot faster to type searches too). My Roku 2 XS will crash every few months watching Netflix but it's not a huge deal as it saves the spot. Much easier to deal with compared to a scratched DVD at least. Also, Roku 2 XS has Ethernet/WiFi; Roku 2 XD only has WiFi.
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Jul 5, 2014 01:05
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azurite posted:Has anyone made the jump from a Roku 2 (OG. XS) to a Roku 3? I mostly use it for Netflix, YouTube, and sometimes I don't have a 2 to compare to, but my roku 3 is fine. Does not crash, pretty much ever. Takes a few seconds to load an app, but once loaded its very snappy. In a vacuum I recommend it highly.
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Jul 5, 2014 12:58
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Is there a listing online of all the different types of "premium" content providers like Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/Crunchyroll/etc. that compares what they have? I don't even really know the term for those.
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Jul 7, 2014 04:26
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the posted:Is there a listing online of all the different types of "premium" content providers like Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/Crunchyroll/etc. that compares what they have? I don't even really know the term for those. Something like this?
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Jul 7, 2014 04:53
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azurite posted:Has anyone made the jump from a Roku 2 (OG. XS) to a Roku 3? I mostly use it for Netflix, YouTube, and sometimes Amazon. The YouTube app is cool and all, but it's slow as rear end and it crashes a lot. Will the Roku 3 fix this? Are there better options now? For what it's worth my Roku 3 hasn't crashed or had a single issue in the months I've owned it. The only issue I can think of, which isn't REALLY an issue at all, is the fact that I've noticed it does get a litte warmer than I ever imagined it would. It doesn't get hot mind you, but I wouldn't exactly set it near a wax candle or anything.
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Jul 7, 2014 06:30
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Is the Roku channel for The Young Turks dead? I can't find it in the channel store (in Canada), but it's still up on their website. Pretty bad timing since I just re-upped my subscription to the site.
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Jul 13, 2014 17:22
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azurite posted:Has anyone made the jump from a Roku 2 (OG. XS) to a Roku 3? I mostly use it for Netflix, YouTube, and sometimes Amazon. The YouTube app is cool and all, but it's slow as rear end and it crashes a lot. Will the Roku 3 fix this? Are there better options now? I upgraded to the Fire TV from a Roku LT and it's like light and day. On the Roku LT, the Hulu app had a crazy amount of slow down with navigation and a delay when hitting buttons while a video's playing. On the Fire TV, it's buttery smooth. Same with YouTube. You may want to check it out if you're interested in XBMC and other android apps. But it's worth noting that the Fire TV Netflix uses the old interface http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3644021 Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jul 13, 2014 |
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Jul 13, 2014 18:40
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Short of a straight up Android box (which is what I use), the firetv blows all these rokus and stuff out of the water. Xbmc baby.
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Jul 13, 2014 20:18
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I had to upgrade from a Roku 2 to a 3 just because of a weird bug in the wifi/Plex setup where I would have to reboot the roku every time I watched a different video in Plex because they bandwidth would slow to a crawl. Interestingly, it only ever happened with the Plex server on the local network, it worked flawlessly when it was at my house, streaming over the internet.
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Jul 18, 2014 15:14
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I am sick of Brighthouse and am ditching them. I tried chromecast and didn't like it, should I try the roku 3 or a fire tv? Which has better speed / easier interface? I didn't see the fire tv in the op.
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Jul 19, 2014 04:36
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Sexual Aluminum posted:I am sick of Brighthouse and am ditching them. I tried chromecast and didn't like it, should I try the roku 3 or a fire tv? Which has better speed / easier interface? I didn't see the fire tv in the op. What are you wanting to do and what apps/services do you need?
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Jul 19, 2014 04:42
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I have a Roku 3 and I love it to death. I'm a huge fan of XBMC from the original xbox days and I'm sure the Fire TV rocks with it, but don't let it overshadow how great the Roku 3 is. I've also heard a few things here and there with the Fire TV about errors/lockups and although I don't mind a little work here and there, there's something AWESOME about my Roku 3 being 100% error/lockup/slowness/problem free. A friend of mine has a Roku 1 and the speed difference between the 1 and 3 is incredible. I'll eventually cave and get a Fire TV or some other android device one of these days, but for now the Roku 3 is working great and I'd recommend it to anyone. Also it's incredibly user friendly for people who aren't the most tech savvy and they are on sale all pretty frequently.
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Jul 19, 2014 05:24
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Maneki Neko posted:What are you wanting to do and what apps/services do you need? Mainly watch youtube and netflix, and maybe cbs.com for my horrible reality shows I know either can probably pull this off, but I guess I am worried newer = better on the whole fire tv vs roku.
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Jul 19, 2014 05:44
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Sexual Aluminum posted:Mainly watch youtube and netflix, and maybe cbs.com for my horrible reality shows ...Chromecast should be fine for this - why didn't you like it?
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Jul 19, 2014 14:10
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I don't even know how to google this (seriously, I tried and got nothing except some 3 year old Roku stuff). I've been watching "Orange is the New Black" on my iPad via Netflix; I noticed when I started watching season 2, it would default to Spanish audio with English subs. I could change it back in the app. I checked my Nfx settings and they are all to default to English. I let it go. Last night my wife wanted to watch "Orange is the New Black", season 1 - playing on my ATV2 (jailbroken with the older OS) - But it's not watchable because it too only plays with Spanish audio. (and I don't see a way; holding down the menu etc) of switching the language. Called Nfx and they have no IDEA, but gave me a free month. Anyone else run into this?
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porktree posted:I don't even know how to google this (seriously, I tried and got nothing except some 3 year old Roku stuff). I've been watching "Orange is the New Black" on my iPad via Netflix; I noticed when I started watching season 2, it would default to Spanish audio with English subs. I could change it back in the app. I checked my Nfx settings and they are all to default to English. I let it go. I don't have an answer but are you sure you didn't gently caress with the wrong Mexican?
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Sexual Aluminum posted:I am sick of Brighthouse and am ditching them. I tried chromecast and didn't like it, should I try the roku 3 or a fire tv? Which has better speed / easier interface? I didn't see the fire tv in the op. I made a Fire TV thread. I think the added functionality is worth it over the Roku and it's not that difficult to set up. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3644021
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EugeneJ posted:...Chromecast should be fine for this - why didn't you like it? It had really really slow load times for casting various items. Plus I didn't like having to control it from my phone or pc.
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Hadlock posted:I do not have a firetv (yet) but let me attempt to translate: Finally bought my Fire, it is very zippy. Finally got to try out these instructions. I saved my apk to the c:\ drive in the root directory as "xbmc13.apk" to make it easier to type, and installed the adb tools there as well, everything worked out great, very straightforward 
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Photex posted:I don't have an answer but are you sure you didn't gently caress with the wrong Mexican? Touche. A tip of the hat to you sir.
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Hadlock posted:Finally bought my Fire, it is very zippy. Finally got to try out these instructions. I saved my apk to the c:\ drive in the root directory as "xbmc13.apk" to make it easier to type, and installed the adb tools there as well, everything worked out great, very straightforward Or even easier. Call Me Charlie posted:I haven't tried it but some guy at XDA hacked together a GUI for it. Call Me Charlie posted:Since I was looking to do a factory refresh anyways, I decided to give this a test run.
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My parents are going to be cord-cutting in the very near future because they can't stomach paying $200 for Comcast triple play any more. They'll be changing their Netflix sub to get streaming, possibly subbing to Hulu+, getting a HD antenna, and they have Amazon Prime. They're not quite sure what they want, and I haven't used a streaming device yet. Roku or Fire TV? I'm not going to deal with installing XBMC on a FireTV and supporting it for them; they have very little tolerance with things crashing, and it sounds like Fire w/ XBMC isn't terribly stable at the moment (and Amazon might update it so it breaks it anyway). Given that, which streamer would be best for them?
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Pyroclastic posted:I'm not going to deal with installing XBMC on a FireTV and supporting it for them; they have very little tolerance with things crashing, and it sounds like Fire w/ XBMC isn't terribly stable at the moment (and Amazon might update it so it breaks it anyway). XBMC is pretty rock solid on FireTV and Amazon can't do anything to break it since it isn't installed through a hole but Amazon provided developer tools. Still, Roku 3 is probably the best parent friendly solution available.
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Pyroclastic posted:My parents are going to be cord-cutting in the very near future because they can't stomach paying $200 for Comcast triple play any more. If they're doing an antenna have you thought about a Tivo? Depending on what internet plan they have they may be interested in something like Blast Plus which is like 80 bucks a month but includes a pretty decent tv selection.
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Maneki Neko posted:If they're doing an antenna have you thought about a Tivo? Depending on what internet plan they have they may be interested in something like Blast Plus which is like 80 bucks a month but includes a pretty decent tv selection. I was going to say TiVo, OTA DVR, Netflix and Hulu and it has a guide.
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Maneki Neko posted:If they're doing an antenna have you thought about a Tivo? Depending on what internet plan they have they may be interested in something like Blast Plus which is like 80 bucks a month but includes a pretty decent tv selection. They actually already own a Tivo (Premiere XL). They bought it to replace their Series 2 pretty recently, before the Roamio was released. It supports the major streaming apps, but Roku's got shitloads of channels they could watch. The Roku's purchase price isn't really an issue; it's less than a month of TV. How many of the channels are premium, besides the obvious of Netflix/Hulu+/HBO? They don't give a poo poo about sports, but being able to bring up Disney or Nickelodeon when the grandkids are over without having to pay would be nice. Paying for a dozen premium services would eliminate the price advantage of cutting the cable.
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On Roku Disney is free but you need a cable subscription to verify. However it doesn't verify IP address or anything so if they have any family with a cable sub they can use their login. PBS kids is free with or without cable. There is no Nick app but Amazon Prime video has most of their shows anyways.
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So my cable/ISP advertises that I get espn3 with my service, and I have viewed programs on it before when espn had IP verification. Now, they've gone to watchespn format with all the live channels, and are asking for a login, and don't list my provider. Anybody deal with this? Thinking about cutting cable, being able to get some of the college football games that aren't OTA world be great. Edit: anyone have any comments on which device will allow the most access to college football? Also interested in possibly adding a DVR, any preference on that? angryrobots fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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I live about 33 miles from NBC/CBS/Fox transmitters. Tried picking up one of the cheapish Mohu Leaf paper antennas a few months back, but unfortunately I can only get a weak Univision signal with it (also around 33mi out). I live in a condo so I can't mount anything outside. Is there a more expensive multi directional antenna I could try? Or is anything indoors not likely to work? Honestly, just getting a station or two would be great.
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