Cord Cutters

[Devilmaycare]

Hmm. I've tried different ways to enter it, but I'm not interested in buying a domain for almost $400,000.

Only 1 s when you join the words and the TLD is ws, not com. I haven't tried that site yet so no comments on it. I stream east period app is my normal way to sit at my desktop.

 

[Mainstreet]

Only 1 s when you join the words and the TLD is ws, not com. I haven't tried that site yet so no comments on it. I stream east period app is my normal way to sit at my desktop.

Good stuff. Thanks for the information.

 

[Cardsmasochist]

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[Devilmaycare]

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Everything this app does is the same as Kodi which has been around fovever. It's a media player with an add-on architecture that has add-on for everything talked about in the video. It's also great at playing my local UHD rips which is the main reason I have a box running Kodi. The one I have will actually play the FEL layer of DV rips.

If you use anything like this with the torrent plugins make sure you're on a VPN. You will get emails from your ISP if you're not. Debrid services can be used without one.

 

[Cardsmasochist]

Everything this app does is the same as Kodi which has been around fovever. It's a media player with an add-on architecture that has add-on for everything talked about in the video. It's also great at playing my local UHD rips which is the main reason I have a box running Kodi. The one I have will actually play the FEL layer of DV rips.

If you use anything like this with the torrent plugins make sure you're on a VPN. You will get emails from your ISP if you're not. Debrid services can be used without one.

I actually don’t use Streamio it was just an fyi for Mainstream

I personally use Stream Source

 

[Chaplin]

So fun story. On Sunday I started going through a massive upgrade of my Media Server from an old slow Windows box to a really fast Linux Mini-PC. Everything went well, except sometime while I was going through the Operating System setup, I lost 8 of my drives, nearly 50TB of media files. Turns out the files aren't gone, the drives themselves should still have all the content, it just needs to go through a recovery process. But it's going to take a couple weeks to recover, at least.

 

[Devilmaycare]

So fun story. On Sunday I started going through a massive upgrade of my Media Server from an old slow Windows box to a really fast Linux Mini-PC. Everything went well, except sometime while I was going through the Operating System setup, I lost 8 of my drives, nearly 50TB of media files. Turns out the files aren't gone, the drives themselves should still have all the content, it just needs to go through a recovery process. But it's going to take a couple weeks to recover, at least.

That sucks, good luck with it.

 

[Adrian]

So I bought max yesterday. It was nice watching the NASCAR race without commercials

 

[Adrian]

I’m getting peacock too. The only way I go back to cable is because of espn. But no interest in getting cable again.

 

[Adrian]

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[Chaplin]

My media server is still not completely fixed, so I did temporarily subscribe to Hulu and then use Amazon Prime (but very rarely -- I can't believe they want MORE money for no ads).

 

[Mainstreet]

I bought a new television expecting simple plug-and-play.

Instead, I got an entire production involving TV settings, streaming options, a satellite receiver, a DVD player, a soundbar, and several remotes that won’t stay in sync.

The TV itself works, but getting everything else set up feels like solving a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded. Life shouldn’t be this hard.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I bought a new television expecting simple plug-and-play.

Instead, I got an entire production involving TV settings, streaming options, a satellite receiver, a DVD player, a soundbar, and several remotes that won’t stay in sync.

The TV itself works, but getting everything else set up feels like solving a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded. Life shouldn’t be this hard.

Ironically, it's called a Smart TV.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ironically, it's called a Smart TV.

Tell me about it. It's kind of like dealing with some current AIs. It can't see the forest for the trees.

Some tech doesn't mesh intuitively.

 

[Devilmaycare]

Ironically, it's called a Smart TV.

And I wouldn't touch the smart tv features with a 10' pole. Don't even hook the tv up to the internet. They're a privacy nightmare. Samsung has been caught with their hand in the cookie jar before, LG is doing the below, and brands like TCL are no better. Use an AppleTV or Nvidia shield for steaming services.

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[Cardsmasochist]

And I wouldn't touch the smart tv features with a 10' pole. Don't even hook the tv up to the internet. They're a privacy nightmare. Samsung has been caught with their hand in the cookie jar before, LG is doing the below, and brands like TCL are no better. Use an AppleTV or Nvidia shield for steaming services.

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We’re so screwed as a society

 

[Devilmaycare]

We’re so screwed as a society

This is why I do stuff like don't give devices internet access. When I do they're on their own isolated vlan, have DNS filtering running so that things can't call home, etc. I feel sorry for people who aren't computer nerds that don't know how to or even what's going on. It's ugly what some companies try to do and get away with.

 

[elindholm]

Looks like I'm joining the ranks of the cord-cutters. After years of being horribly overcharged by Speculum, we're moving to Hulu Live. The ads are annoying, but we'll be saving well over $100 per month.

 

[Mainstreet]

This is why I do stuff like don't give devices internet access. When I do they're on their own isolated vlan, have DNS filtering running so that things can't call home, etc. I feel sorry for people who aren't computer nerds that don't know how to or even what's going on. It's ugly what some companies try to do and get away with.

I just bought a Vizio TV. Trying to use it mostly as a monitor with DirecTV.

 

[Devilmaycare]

I just bought a Vizio TV. Trying to use it mostly as a monitor with DirecTV.

That's the way to do it. It's what I do. None of my TVs have internet connections.

 

[Yuma]

I do Directv through a Firestick. That way I get NFL Sunday Ticket. My family really does Sunday football watching on a high level.