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Joe

#180
April 26, 2012, 11:52:42 AM
Quote from: Tracy on April 26, 2012, 11:45:38 AM:rolleyes: boys and their toys! :laugh:

And then there are boy toys. :laugh:
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Tracy

#181
April 26, 2012, 01:49:53 PM Last Edit: April 26, 2012, 01:51:03 PM by Tracy
Joe's a boy toy!

We use to have roku but now netflix comes as an app thru the tv
is that what you guys are talking about?

all kinds of apps on new tv's I might just click on that hulu and pandora button one of these days :laugh:

The TV is my husband's area :laugh:

DigiCorn

#182
April 26, 2012, 01:52:36 PM
Quote from: Tracy on April 26, 2012, 01:49:53 PMWe use to have roku but now netflix comes as an app thru the tv
is that what you guys are talking about?
yup!

Quote from: Tracy on April 26, 2012, 01:49:53 PMThe TV is my husband's area :laugh:
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"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

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― Ernest Hemingway

t-pat

#183
April 26, 2012, 01:54:32 PM
Pandora is simply awesome. I actually pay the $36 a year for no commercials. I use it on my phone to and from work, and all day on my work computer. Worth a look.
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Tracy

#184
April 26, 2012, 01:58:30 PM
I will check it out! thanks!

I had to ask my husband how to use the remotes to play a dvd the other day :laugh:

t-pat

#185
April 26, 2012, 02:05:24 PM
Quote from: Tracy on April 26, 2012, 01:58:30 PMI will check it out! thanks!

I had to ask my husband how to use the remotes to play a dvd the other day :laugh:

the thing about Pandora is that it's not some random playlist. You create a "station" based off an artist or particular song, and it will play related music based on thousands of parameters, which are manually tagged and categorized by actual humans working for Pandora.

So for example you like Pearl Jam, you're going to hear them, Nirvana, Blind Melon, and everyone that influenced them.

To make it more interesting you can, via  the Pandora website, then customize a station by doing "add variety" - so to your station you based off Pearl Jam you can say add some Johnny Cash - which will mix in some man in black and probably other artists that were influenced by him and vice versa.
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gnubler

#186
April 26, 2012, 02:34:24 PM
Quote from: Tracy on April 26, 2012, 01:49:53 PMJoe's a boy toy!

Please elaborate. :naughty:
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So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Farabomb

#187
April 26, 2012, 02:41:06 PM
Quote from: Tracy on April 26, 2012, 01:49:53 PMJoe's a boy toy!

We use to have roku but now netflix comes as an app thru the tv
is that what you guys are talking about?

all kinds of apps on new tv's I might just click on that hulu and pandora button one of these days :laugh:

The TV is my husband's area :laugh:

My TV has internet apps as well but the Roku blows it out of the water. Downloads faster, keeps what I viewed updated in reatime, the TV would take a day to update and far more channels than the very limited ones on the TV.
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DigiCorn

#188
April 26, 2012, 02:47:05 PM
I go my tv just before apps on a tv became the norm. Mine gets weather and news, but that's it. Directv has a few fairly useless apps also. Roku kicks ass.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Joe

#189
April 26, 2012, 03:37:23 PM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 26, 2012, 02:41:06 PMMy TV has internet apps as well but the Roku blows it out of the water. Downloads faster, keeps what I viewed updated in reatime, the TV would take a day to update and far more channels than the very limited ones on the TV.

Quote from: DigiCorn on April 26, 2012, 02:47:05 PMI go my tv just before apps on a tv became the norm. Mine gets weather and news, but that's it. Directv has a few fairly useless apps also. Roku kicks ass.

Ditto!
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t-pat

#190
April 26, 2012, 04:12:55 PM
I really should have posted a referral code for Roku when I recommended it, I'd have a free one by now or something.
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Joe

#191
April 26, 2012, 04:24:53 PM
Quote from: t-pat on April 26, 2012, 04:12:55 PMI really should have posted a referral code for Roku when I recommended it, I'd have a free one by now or something.

Maybe 2! :laugh:
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The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

t-pat

#192
April 26, 2012, 04:44:11 PM
it's enough for me that a) people like something I recommended way back, and are using it and b) Roku didn't pull a d-link or Boxee asshole move and just quit developing rather than moving a good product forward.
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DigiCorn

#193
July 09, 2012, 11:32:48 AM
My daughter ripped the "select" button out of my remote. You use that button for everything. I have been getting by using the app on my phone, but it's a PITA if I want to use my phone for something else while watching tv, so I ordered a new remote. Cheapest one I could find was $20. The LT model I'm using only cost $40!
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

DigiCorn

#194
December 06, 2012, 12:31:48 PM
I'm thinking of setting up a Private Channel using Roku SDK. It will host my personal collection of movies, tv and whatnot, for personal use. Has anyone else done this?
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway
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