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Foreign Invaders crisis cost $150B in 2023, forcing some areas to cut police and fire services: report Israel kills head of Hezbollah Intelligence. Status: Not Logged In; Sign In Video and Audio See other Video and Audio Articles Title: Sling TV Source: [None] URL Source: [None] Published: Jul 4, 2015 Author: sneakypete Post Date: 2015-07-04 20:44:05 by sneakypete Keywords: None Views: 19838 Comments: 124 www.sling.com Above is the link to the homepage of sling tv,and below is a review by CNET magazine. www.cnet.com/news/sling-t...rything-you-need-to-know/ Anybody else at LF trying this streaming tv service? 1st week is free,and after that it is 20 bucks a month and you get AMC and TNT,among other stations. HBO is another $15 per month. There are also free movies for your basic monthy subscription,as well as pay movies. My Direct TV account was 70 bucks per month,but is creeping back up to a little over 100 bucks a month again,so I am looking for options. I subscribed and hook up to it using my ROKU player,but you can also do both on your PC,or even on your smart phone. Click for Full Text! Poster Comment: Just subscribed a couple hours ago,and have mixed feelings about it. A lot of the programs I would watch on it can also be watched on my Netflix and my Amazon Prime account for free,but not all. RIght now I have am/have been watching the History Channel on it,and the History Channel is also available on Netflix. Haven't checked to see if the programming is identical yet,though. Frankly,AMC and TNT are big draws for me and why I am looking into it. So far MY opinion is that it works as advertised,but there are a couple of negatives. The 2 big negatives is I don't see any way to record programs there yet,and the programming is hard to figure out. Frankly,I am spoiled by my Dish Network and Direct TV DVR's and their ability to check upcoming shows and record them instantly as well as VOD shows. Trying to find and view a program in episode order is at best "clunky" for me. I may just decide at the end of the 7 days that it's worth another 80 bucks a month to have the convenience of recording and an excellent search engine from Dish or Direct. My time may not be worth much dollar wise,but it is worth something to me and I would rather spend it watching shows than trying to find them and remember when they come on. What say yee? Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 74. #1. To: sneakypete (#0) Seems to me like you're wandering back into sat subscription. You may as well just do it. I don't see that the TNT/AMC combo with CNN and a few others is an especially good value. AFAIK, you can get the ultra-cheapo package on Directv or Dish for only a little more with higher reliability. I saw something today at Ars Technica, an article on the best of the WiFi range extenders. Ars is a huge techie site if you aren't aware of it. ArsTechnica: From the Wirecutter: The best consumer-grade Wi-Fi extender The winner is this Netgear, currently showing at $120 but you can look around and find it for $100. Amazon: NETGEAR AC1200 High Power 700mW Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender - Desktop with 5 Ports (EX6200) It's dual-band, supports wireless printers, has a built-in DLNA media server if you plug in a USB hard drive with a bunch of movies (compatible with all your TV boxes like Roku and with computers and smartphones and tablets). My thinking is you could try one of these Netgear range extenders. Put in in front of a window that faces your outlying metal shed. This Netgear has different modes for 2.4GHz and/or 5GHz so you can set it only to rebroadcast 2.4 or 5 or a combo. So you might choose 2.4GHz for the house but use the 5GHz band to transmit to your shop. (Naturally, you have to have 5GHz-capable networking for this, check your Roku 'cause it might be 2.4Ghz-only). Anyway, if you could use one of these to boost your shop WiFi to work, it would still probably be cheaper than hiring someone to dig a trench for you to bury some cable. And if it didn't work, pack it up and send it back to Amazon for a refund. And it should work at that price and over that range because that is a very pricey WiFi booster. A pricey Wifi booster had better deliver what it promises or it should be returned to the retailer. Amazon's top reviews provide some experience with using it to cover a entire backyard well enough for 1080p streaming without buffering. Tooconservative  posted on  2015-07-05   10:52:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #4. To: TooConservative (#1) Seems to me like you're wandering back into sat subscription. Not really. While it shows a lot of promise and may be the future,it ain't there yet. From what I have seen so far,it's not worth 2 dollars a month and I will cancel before my free 7 day trial is out. Primarily because I can get the same content from Netflix cheaper,and the service is MUCH better. No,I can't record the streaming video from Netflix either,but I don't have to because it is there for me to view anytime I want. On Sling I have to pick a viewing time and remember to go there while it's playing. Plus there is no memory. If I stop a play to answer the telephone,I have to go back to the start of the program again. Plus I have already had instances twice of the streaming video dying,and had to start viewing at the start of the show once I got it to start loading again. Maybe I am wrong on some of this and just don't understand the Sling format yet,but I have another 5 days to try. I definitely need to check out other avenues for betting AMC,TLC,Sundance,etc before I make the final decision,but it's not looking good for Sling so far. I am sure it will be a much better service a year from now than it is now because streaming video IS the future of tv and movie viewing,and the Big Sat company that owns Sling no doubt sees the end of their almost monopoly coming up soon. They have the bucks to invest to make it better,and and they have a reason to do just that. Big Sat is dead,and just waiting around to be buried. ArsTechnica: From the Wirecutter: The best consumer-grade Wi-Fi extender The winner is this Netgear, currently showing at $120 but you can look around and find it for $100. Thanks,but I already have 200 feet of ethernet cable,all the ends and crimper bought and paid for as well as the plastic tubing and connection boxes,and I can get the trench dug for less than 100 bucks to bury it and not have to worry about ever buying anything else. Plus,I like the idea of a dedicated connection that I KNOW will work and can bury and forget that can't be pulled off the air by anyone passing by. My thinking is you could try one of these Netgear range extenders. Put in in front of a window that faces your outlying metal shed. I have no windows facing my "metal shed",which is actually a 35x50 metal building with a 18 foot ceiling and 14x14 insulated commercial garage doors at each end. I do appreciate being show an option,though. I would almost certainly have given that a shot if I hadn't already bought everything necessary for a buried dedicated connection. Thank you! sneakypete  posted on  2015-07-05   12:13:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #6. To: sneakypete (#4) No,I can't record the streaming video from Netflix either,but I don't have to because it is there for me to view anytime I want. Netflix changes their movies all the time. Also you can record Netflix. I read about it somewhere a while back Here is the best choice. Everything. No cost. www.thepiratebay.se www.thepiratebay.cr A K A Stone  posted on  2015-07-05   12:17:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #9. To: A K A Stone (#6) (Edited) Also you can record Netflix. I read about it somewhere a while back I never doubted there was some way to do that. I was only certain that I didn't know how to do it. IMHO,for a commercial service to be successful,stuff like being able to record their shows should be so simple to do that anyone who casually streams video should just be able to click on a button and do it. If they make it hard to do or so complicated that only a techie can figure it out,they are going to fail. Here is the best choice. Everything. No cost. www.thepiratebay.se www.thepiratebay.cr Thanks. You have used both of those services and have never had a Trojan worm it's way into your system? The app you have to download doesn't have any hidden secrets? BTW,what is the difference between those two sites? They look identical to me. sneakypete  posted on  2015-07-05   12:23:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #58. To: sneakypete (#9) Pirate bay I used twice, both times I ended up with massive problems with virus and worms. I would never use it again. Others have told me they have no problem though. jeremiad  posted on  2015-07-06   0:42:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #59. To: jeremiad, AKA Stone.Too Conservative (#58) Pirate bay I used twice, both times I ended up with massive problems with virus and worms. I would never use it again. Others have told me they have no problem though. I just downloaded the whole 3rd season of Homeland last night from Lime Torrents. Took over 6 hours using a Torrents player I got for free from the Windows Apps Store. The download went fine,but I can't get the damn player to play and it had 1900 positive feedbacks! I obviously did or am doing something wrong and it is driving me nuts. sneakypete  posted on  2015-07-06   9:00:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #61. To: sneakypete (#59) You need to have something that is compatible with your video player. There is an ap called plex for the roku. It plays almost all video types. Also some of the higer def movies also have high def audio. So you would need to have correct audio setup to play them. You'll figure it out. It is a pain sometimes but it gets easy. A K A Stone  posted on  2015-07-06   9:29:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #63. To: A K A Stone (#61) You need to have something that is compatible with your video player. There is an ap called plex for the roku. It plays almost all video types. I downloaded a app from the Windows store named "Torrent" that had around 1900 positive votes and can't get it to play the videos. I am using Win 8.1 if that makes any difference. I am not trying to use my ROKU for this. I don't even know how to use it to download files from the web. sneakypete  posted on  2015-07-06   9:51:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #64. To: sneakypete (#63) CODE C's are just files that "translate" different videos depending on what "language" they are in. To get plex. You just look at the ROKU's free channels and add it. It plays pretty much everything. Also in the roku store. Is a channel called media player. That plays a lot of stuff too. It is just like adding channels to your roku. If you need a new media player for your PC. Get VLC media player. It is open source and plays loads of types of files. You could also use google to download a codec packet. Use a site like majorgeeks.com. They don't have adware in their downloads. A K A Stone  posted on  2015-07-06   10:05:40 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #70. To: A K A Stone (#64) (Edited) If you need a new media player for your PC. Get VLC media player. It is open source and plays loads of types of files. I checked that out,and there are a bunch of people who say it doesn't work with Win 8.1. In fact,when you go to the torrent players on the Win 8.1 Apps download page,it seems like none of the ones they offer work well (or at all) with Win 8.1. You could also use google to download a codec packet. Use a site like majorgeeks.com. I took your advise and went to major geeks and ended up downloading Bit Comet,and it works like a charm and was free. Supposed to be one of the most basic torrent players out there,it's perfect for my needs. My computer came with Power DVD,but I can't get it to open or update without having to pay extra,and I am not paying extra for something I am not certain will work for me. I had no trouble viewing youtube videos,Amazon Prime,or Netflix videos on my computer before,so all I needed was a basic program to open and view torrent downloads. I will be making a small donation to major geeks if it's still working this time next week with no problems. Thanks for your help! sneakypete  posted on  2015-07-06   15:57:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #74. To: sneakypete (#70) Thanks for your help! You're Welcome. Also if you notice in Bit Comet. When the download finishes there is a little green play button you can use to play the videos in a built in player. Another thing. When downloading complete seasons of things. You can right click and just check say the first few episodes. So that it downloads them first. Then add the others as you want to by right clicking again and starting the download again. A K A Stone  posted on  2015-07-06   21:00:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   Replies to Comment # 74. #76. To: A K A Stone (#74) Also if you notice in Bit Comet. When the download finishes there is a little green play button you can use to play the videos in a built in player. The first program I downloaded is namned Torrent. It did a good job of downloading,but I saw no option other than to download the whole season at once,and then 6+ hours later I couldn't even get it to play any of the episodes. Bit Comet was falling off the log easy to use to load all 12 episodes in order for me to to play them,and there was no learning curve at all. I'm going to try to use Bit Comet to download season 4 tonight so I can compare it with Torrent. Frankly, I thought Bit Comet was just a player until you told me it would download the videos too. sneakypete  posted on  2015-07-06 21:22:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   End Trace Mode for Comment # 74. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

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