Fellow employee just cut the cord form cable and is using both an Apple TV and a Roku. He says they are perfectly satisfied with the available content and don’t miss cable at all.
Dan > On Nov 26, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > You could get a Chromecast. Supposedly sends whatever your watching on your > computer to a TV. I've got one although I've never even set it up. It came as > a giveaway with my phone. > We haven't ever had cable, everything we watch now is online, Youtube, Hulu > and Amazon.Lately working through "Bar Rescue" where everybody that has a > failing bar apparently makes the same mistakes. > -Curt > From: Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:13 AM > Subject: [MBZ] TV options > > The news is about the death of cable and other TV options. I will > need to replace a failing tv some time. We use a Make.com coat > hanger antenna. No cable, no internet connection to the tube at > this point. On occasion I watch a youtube thing on the computer, but > to this point there is no crossover. > > I could go out and buy a new TV.... but what are the alternatives? > > If I bought a TV i'd spend $200 or less. > > I saw an ad for a projector for $70 friday. If I were to get a video > projector, could I not use a tuner card in and old computer and hook > that up to the projector for a TV? Would that be much more of an > energy hog than using a tv? > > Is there a simpler or more elegant or cheaper solution? Would it > make sense to buy a big monitor an use a computer with a tuner card? > > What exactly does an apple tv do? It seems to be a glorified cable > box, or is there a tuner in it? > > What are the pros and cons? > > Where do you think the industry for viewing TV/streaming movies/dvd > movies/etc headed? > > Any way to cobble a solution on the cheap? > > One cheap solution is to wait until after Christmas and see if anyone > if throwing out an old tv, but most of those are CRT type. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
