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On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ed Robbins e...@erobbins.com wrote: We started bumping into this over the Christmas break. We streamed Netflix everyday, all day long and I was surprised to see how much bandwidth we where chewing through. The kicker was the snow days that lasted into the beginning of January, in one week we used up 30% of the 250gb cap. Knowing that I want to get rid of cable TV and seeing the writing on the wall, I switched over to Comcast business class, which doesn't have a bandwidth limit. At maximum quality, which the server defaults to, Netflix streams at 4.8Mbps, which would lead to 2.1 gigs per hour of streamed content. I'm not sure where the 'bottom' is, the 4.8 is the starting point for 'max quality', and they downshift based on how much data they can actually get to you fast. -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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I would have preferred to have gone with fiber but when Granite State Telephone came out to the house they were talking about trenching through my driveway and my neighbors driveway, plus it would be some unknown time in the future. I would have given up my whole driveway and half of my front yard (and I have a big front yard) for fiber. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On 01/28/2011 11:18 AM, Thomas Charron wrote: At maximum quality, which the server defaults to, Netflix streams at 4.8Mbps, which would lead to 2.1 gigs per hour of streamed content. I'm not sure where the 'bottom' is, the 4.8 is the starting point for 'max quality', and they downshift based on how much data they can actually get to you fast. 4800kbps (4.8MB) is the max for HD on Netflix. No US ISP can sustain that. http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org wrote: 4800kbps (4.8MB) is the max for HD on Netflix. No US ISP can sustain that. http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html Those are aggregate averages, disregarding variations based on service. This offsets fiber connects fast speeds by also including DSL slower speeds. I was curious what my Netflix streams in at, and it approaches the 4.8Mbps. Average was right around 4.0 for an hour and a half movie on fiber. -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Thomas Charron wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org wrote: 4800kbps (4.8MB) is the max for HD on Netflix. No US ISP can sustain that. http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html Those are aggregate averages, disregarding variations based on service. This offsets fiber connects fast speeds by also including DSL slower speeds. Indeed, if Verizon's numbers there were split between dsl and fios, the chart would look a lot different. I've got a 25Mbps symmetric fios pipe, and it routinely sustains max throughput, so netflix's measly 4.8Mbps is no problem. :) -- Jarod Wilson ja...@wilsonet.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com wrote: http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection Use the Watch Instantly box in the lower left to limit to diskless content. FYI, the above only works if you are not logged in to a Netflix account. If you are logged in, it redirects to WiHome page. Choosing SciFi category, for example, shows 17 titles when not logged in. Logging in to Netflix, shows 167 titles under that genre. Ah. I specifically logged out to get that link, but didn't drill down to make sure it had the same number of titles. I confirm similar behavior here. Crud. Playing around, http://www.netflix.com/AllGenresList will get you all the titles, but won't filter for diskless content. Rather dumb of them -- especially since they expose that info via a publicly documented web API (that's how InstantWatcher.com works). -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com writes: On 1/26/2011 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: Benjamin Scottdragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallettm...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). Is all your TV actually available on Netflix and Hulu? A friend of mine was showing me HuluPlus on his home TV, but when I look online I can't easily see a list of shows avaiable, without signing up for a one-week trial account. I kinda wish they would publish the lists of shows available before I subscribe to see if I want to subscribe. All I know is that SNL is available. TV = http://www.hulu.com/browse/tv Movies = http://www.hulu.com/browse/movies choose View as List in either case Okay, so it looks like NBC, ABC, and FOX are available, but CBS and AMC (for Mad Men) is not. -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.eduPGP key available ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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I pretty heavily use Netflix instant watch and my higher months barely break 200GB, but I think most of that is downloading media from alternative sources rather than Netflix itself because the ligher months where I'm not doing much alternative downloading (but my Netflix watching is about the same), I'm at or below the mid 100GB range. Granted, I'm watching 90% SD content using the Wii, but that's still 480p and that's just great for most TV shows. Probably averaging around 1-2 hours per day. - Chris On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do everything we want. I've never come anywhere near the cap myself. I've gotten up to 30 - 40 GB in a busy month, that's it. I suspect 500 GB/month is more than Comcast is really geared to sell. How much bandwidth does Netflix/Hulu/... consume? Just to get useful data, how much is, say, a typical Mythbuster's show and a 90 minute movie? I haven't seen official figures, but if it's anything like Tivo, a little less than 1 GB/hour for standard definition, and anywhere from 2 to 8 GB/hour for higher definition. With smart compression, it can vary quite a bit by nature of the program -- the more motion, the more bandwidth needed. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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My response to any company which doesn't want to do business with me is to give them what they want. I don't need TV to survive. I don't need internet to survive either. :-D But we digress. Their lack of ability to stream live baseball games lies with the problems with broadcast TV exclusivity contracts. -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:58:41PM -0500, Ted Roche wrote: Before I toss them up on Craigslist, then Freecycle then the local transfer station, I wanted to give folks a shot at this stuff. No reasonable offer refused. Pick up in Contoocook, ship at cost or rendezvous at a LUG meeting. 1. WinTV PVR-150: $40; used lightly to record 180 episodes of X-Files via MythTV a couple of years ago, now collecting dust. This is an _analog_ recorder. Includes MCE IR remote and receiver. Cost $150 new, eBay ~$55 2. PC-HDTV-5500: $40; QAM (non-encrypted) digital recording; also used in MythTV. See http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_5500.html Cost $129, now retails for $99 I'm not speaking for these, (and understand #2 is gone) but I'm curious as to why you're getting rid of them; what are you using in their places? As for me, I've got a few SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuners that work pretty well for unencrypted digital cable. I've also got a couple of Pinnacle PCI HDTV cards that give indications of working outside of Mythtv (e.g. with tvtime), but that so far I'm at a dead end with on MythTV. I've sort of got the impression that analog tuning is broken in MythTV 0.24 but am interested to know if your PVR-150 is any more usable as tuner for analog cable signals than the Pinnacle card is. And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. mm ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett m...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). YMMV. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett m...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). Is all your TV actually available on Netflix and Hulu? A friend of mine was showing me HuluPlus on his home TV, but when I look online I can't easily see a list of shows avaiable, without signing up for a one-week trial account. I kinda wish they would publish the lists of shows available before I subscribe to see if I want to subscribe. All I know is that SNL is available. YMMV. -- Ben -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.eduPGP key available ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:59:13AM -0500, Benjamin Scott wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett m...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). I cancelled almost all of mine too, about a year ago, and watch a lot of stuff online (much of it via a Roku box). There's a lot of alternative things available that way. But even with the minimum cable plan a bunch of digital content comes through, and I would like to be able to tune the basic handful of analog cable channels that I get. I haven't seen anything on Hulu to attract me though... maybe it's just me :-) mm (certainly not Hulu Plus) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On 1/26/2011 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: Benjamin Scottdragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallettm...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). Is all your TV actually available on Netflix and Hulu? A friend of mine was showing me HuluPlus on his home TV, but when I look online I can't easily see a list of shows avaiable, without signing up for a one-week trial account. I kinda wish they would publish the lists of shows available before I subscribe to see if I want to subscribe. All I know is that SNL is available. TV = http://www.hulu.com/browse/tv Movies = http://www.hulu.com/browse/movies choose View as List in either case For movies, change Display to All movies For tv, choose All shows to include clips, but Shows with full episides only is the more useful filter. This doesn't distinguish between Hulu and HuluPlus content, but, it's a help. There's no equivalent listing I can find in Netflix. From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That was pleasing to find out. -- Dan Jenkins, Rastech Inc. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com wrote: From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That was pleasing to find out. I've had a computer hooked up to my 52 TV for years now, even before I started streaming Netflix. Now I watch Hulu, Comedy Central, Amazon OnDemand and misc content providers, but I dropped Netflix we when I switched our TV computer to Ubuntu. Is there really a Silverlight for Linux? I'd be tempted to renew our Netflix account if I could get it to work without much hassle. I'd be happier if it were not an M$ software, but I see Flash as only slightly less evil and I happily made that concession a while ago. I looked through the previous thread you reference, but I don't find Silverlight in there anywhere. Is it a hack like IEs for Linux, or is it straight up supported by M$? Got a link handy? I don't mind googling on my own, so if it is not handy, don't bother. Netflix online is such a better deal than Hulu Plus right now. I too am annoyed at no public list of exactly what you get with HuluPlus over Hulu (exactly which shows you get full runs of, etc). Also, while I am very pleased with how Hulu has handled commercials so far (way less annoying than most content servers), but paying to watch commercials just doesn't feel right. =) Say, are there any more Linux friendly competitors to Netflix out there? ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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I think the Silverlight compatibility in Linux is from Novell's Mono/Moonlight environment. On Jan 26, 2011 2:06 PM, Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com wrote: From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That was pleasing to find out. I've had a computer hooked up to my 52 TV for years now, even before I started streaming Netflix. Now I watch Hulu, Comedy Central, Amazon OnDemand and misc content providers, but I dropped Netflix we when I switched our TV computer to Ubuntu. Is there really a Silverlight for Linux? I'd be tempted to renew our Netflix account if I could get it to work without much hassle. I'd be happier if it were not an M$ software, but I see Flash as only slightly less evil and I happily made that concession a while ago. I looked through the previous thread you reference, but I don't find Silverlight in there anywhere. Is it a hack like IEs for Linux, or is it straight up supported by M$? Got a link handy? I don't mind googling on my own, so if it is not handy, don't bother. Netflix online is such a better deal than Hulu Plus right now. I too am annoyed at no public list of exactly what you get with HuluPlus over Hulu (exactly which shows you get full runs of, etc). Also, while I am very pleased with how Hulu has handled commercials so far (way less annoying than most content servers), but paying to watch commercials just doesn't feel right. =) Say, are there any more Linux friendly competitors to Netflix out there? ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On 1/26/2011 1:47 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkinsd...@rastech.com wrote From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That was pleasing to find out. I looked through the previous thread you reference, but I don't find Silverlight in there anywhere. Is it a hack like IEs for Linux, or is it straight up supported by M$? Got a link handy? I don't mind googling on my own, so if it is not handy, don't bother. A misunderstanding on my part. I was doing some research on the side and found some references that it was working. Turns out it was just a virtual machine running Windows on a Linux host. There is no native Linux Silverlight, unless you count Moonlight, which, I gather, has some issues. My mistake. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Derek Atkins warl...@mit.edu wrote: Is all your TV actually available on Netflix and Hulu? Just about everything I cared about. There might have been something I lost, but if so, I don't miss it. I don't watch a lot of TV to begin with, and those two give me more content than I can keep up with. Mythbusters I have to go to the Discovery website to watch. I have to go to a friend's or a sports bar to catch the Pats games now. I can live with that. YMMV. A friend of mine was showing me HuluPlus on his home TV, but when I look online I can't easily see a list of shows avaiable ... http://www.hulu.com/browse/tv ?? -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com wrote: There's no equivalent listing I can find in Netflix. http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection Use the Watch Instantly box in the lower left to limit to diskless content. Or try http://instantwatcher.com/ for a less pretty, but possibly more powerful, UI. From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That was pleasing to find out. Netflix needs Silverlight (an implementation of which *is* available for Linux) and Microsoft's DRM libraries (which are not). -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On 01/26/2011 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: I'm not speaking for these, (and understand #2 is gone) but I'm curious as to why you're getting rid of them; what are you using in their places? Hi, Mark: I wish you could have joined us at Wings Your Way last night! It seemed like a ex-MythTV-admins meeting at times. And there was good food, good company and lots of stories to swap... I took a few notes: http://blog.tedroche.com/?p=3645 Personally, I wasn't willing to pay the premium cable rates for HD, considering the quality of network TV and the free/cheap alternatives out there. We have the TV on in the evening for background noise mostly, and watch most of the good stuff on DVD, Hulu or directly on the network's web sites. Years ago, without a lot of upfront effort and tinkering, Myth was too much hassle. For me, it was more of a hobby with spare underpowered hardware; with the modern stuff and investment in proper hardware, I suspect the experience is a lot better. I didn't really have sufficient interest to give it the time and budget it required to move it from the basement to the living room. One of last night's lightening talks was Kenta Koga showing off Boxee, an app built on top of, or evolved from, XBMC, and running on his Mac with his Android acting as a remote control. We talked about the various boxen available to hook up to TVs and where we thought the market would shake out. As for me, I've got a few SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuners that work pretty well for unencrypted digital cable. I've also got a couple of Pinnacle PCI HDTV cards that give indications of working outside of Mythtv (e.g. with tvtime), but that so far I'm at a dead end with on MythTV. I've sort of got the impression that analog tuning is broken in MythTV 0.24 but am interested to know if your PVR-150 is any more usable as tuner for analog cable signals than the Pinnacle card is. And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. The PVR-150 was rock solid when I used it on analog cable, but that was a version or two ago. As you say, they may have broken that support. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: Mythbusters I have to go to the Discovery website to watch. I have to go to a friend's or a sports bar to catch the Pats games now. I can live with that. I'm in the same boat, no cable, all internet based. I was planning on subscribing to MLB.TV, which is available for the PS3, to be able top watch Red Sox games this year. Come to find out, they black out local games, aka, I can't ever watch a Red Sox game using MLB.TV. :-( Kind of annoyed in order to watch any of them, I need to get something which has NESN. :-( -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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rant Uhg. I feel I new subject coming on, but I don't have the heart to go there yet. DRM is such a joke. Pirate says: You put pixels on my screen? I can capture them. Who do they think they are? DRM serves no purpose but to make it more difficult for legitimate users to get at the content they paid good money for. I'm a little annoyed that Amazon's down-loadable option is for windows only, but their lose since I just use their bandwidth to stream my videos in the Flash player, over and over and over... Donkeys. /rant ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Dan Jenkins d...@rastech.com wrote: There's no equivalent listing I can find in Netflix. http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection Use the Watch Instantly box in the lower left to limit to diskless content. Or try http://instantwatcher.com/ for a less pretty, but possibly more powerful, UI. From this discussion, I learned a few things I didn't know. I hadn't realized that Silverlight (required for Netflix) works under Linux. That was pleasing to find out. Netflix needs Silverlight (an implementation of which *is* available for Linux) and Microsoft's DRM libraries (which are not). -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do everything we want. How much bandwidth does Netflix/Hulu/... consume? Just to get useful data, how much is, say, a typical Mythbuster's show and a 90 minute movie? --Bruce On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Mark E. Mallett m...@mv.mv.com wrote: And interested in any other comments, of course, which is why I'm not replying off-list .. I canceled cable TV and watch all my TV via Netflix and Hulu now. I save $60+/month and have fewer commercials (none on Netflix). YMMV. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Thomas Charron twaf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the same boat, no cable, all internet based. I was planning on subscribing to MLB.TV, which is available for the PS3, to be able top watch Red Sox games this year. Come to find out, they black out local games, aka, I can't ever watch a Red Sox game using MLB.TV. :-( My response to any company which doesn't want to do business with me is to give them what they want. I don't need TV to survive. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately, even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do everything we want. I've never come anywhere near the cap myself. I've gotten up to 30 - 40 GB in a busy month, that's it. I suspect 500 GB/month is more than Comcast is really geared to sell. How much bandwidth does Netflix/Hulu/... consume? Just to get useful data, how much is, say, a typical Mythbuster's show and a 90 minute movie? I haven't seen official figures, but if it's anything like Tivo, a little less than 1 GB/hour for standard definition, and anywhere from 2 to 8 GB/hour for higher definition. With smart compression, it can vary quite a bit by nature of the program -- the more motion, the more bandwidth needed. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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The HDTV-5500 has been spoken for. PVR-150 still available... On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@tedroche.com wrote: Before I toss them up on Craigslist, then Freecycle then the local transfer station, I wanted to give folks a shot at this stuff. No reasonable offer refused. Pick up in Contoocook, ship at cost or rendezvous at a LUG meeting. 1. WinTV PVR-150: $40; used lightly to record 180 episodes of X-Files via MythTV a couple of years ago, now collecting dust. This is an _analog_ recorder. Includes MCE IR remote and receiver. Cost $150 new, eBay ~$55 Please don't be stubborn and hold out for the freecycle posting. If there's anything you see that you want, just drop me an email with your best offer, and it's yours! First come, first served. No reasonable offer refused! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Computer hardware for sale, cheap
Before I toss them up on Craigslist, then Freecycle then the local transfer station, I wanted to give folks a shot at this stuff. No reasonable offer refused. Pick up in Contoocook, ship at cost or rendezvous at a LUG meeting. 1. WinTV PVR-150: $40; used lightly to record 180 episodes of X-Files via MythTV a couple of years ago, now collecting dust. This is an _analog_ recorder. Includes MCE IR remote and receiver. Cost $150 new, eBay ~$55 2. PC-HDTV-5500: $40; QAM (non-encrypted) digital recording; also used in MythTV. See http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_5500.html Cost $129, now retails for $99 Please don't be stubborn and hold out for the freecycle posting. If there's anything you see that you want, just drop me an email with your best offer, and it's yours! First come, first served. No reasonable offer refused! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Hardware for sale
I have some hardware that I can not use and would like to sell: ATI All-In-Wonder 9000 - $40. Does not fully work with Myth, but you can watch tv in Myth with this card (if you are up for the challenge to configure myth). 256 256MB RDRAM PC-800 nonECC - $20/each (have 2 of them). NEC MC-4R256FKE6D-845 P4 1.3Ghz/256/400/1.7V Processor - $10. No HSF. Prices are negotiable. Willing to take best offer. Dan ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Hardware for sale
My wife would KILL me. sob Kjel On 4/2/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/2/07, Neil Joseph Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 - $700 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_ue3000.html Sun Enterprise 450 - $500 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_e450.html Mm. Big servers with all their covers off. Nerd porn! ;-) Wish I had use for it; those are good prices. Alas, it's x86 as far as the eye can see, from where I'm sitting. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Hardware for sale
If anyone's interested in some fun hardware that my company is selling, please let me know: Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000 - $700 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_ue3000.html Sun Enterprise 450 - $500 http://www.oasis-open.org/home/sunservers/sun_e450.html The prices are ballpark what I think they're worth after finding similar models on eBay and subtracting a lot, but they are flexible. Both can run Linux as that's what I used to shred the hard drives. Both are *very* heavy, especially the Enterprise 450. They are on wheels, but I can only barely lift them myself and they are best suited to a local delivery for those reasons. Let me know if you or anyone you know is interested. -N ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
OT: Hardware clearance sale
Hay all. Been cleaning out the old parts bins, etc., and with a meeting this week... I have the following items available for sale/donation to a good home. Prices are negotiable. I can deliver any items at the meeting on Wednesday. If you wish to reserve any selections, please do so by direct e-mail before 4:00 on Wednesday. 1 dual CPU P5 server - $400 - SuperMicro full tower AT case - Tyan Tomcat IV (S1564D) motherboard - 2 233 MHz Pentium processors w/heatsinks/fans - 128 Mb Crucial Tech. parity memory - 4 Mb Matrox Mystique 220 PCI video card - 4 Mb Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold ISA sound card - Promise Fastrak33 RAID controller - 1 6.4 Gb Western Digital hard drive - two 13 Gb Western Digital hard drives (mirrored) - 40x Toshiba 6102B CD-ROM drive - Focus AT-style keyboard w/3-foot extender - serial mouse - 3.5 floppy - all manuals, installation media and cables for above items Also: 4 - 80 mm case fans (Sunon) - $5 each 2 - Pentium heat sinks/fans - $2 each 1 - 4 Mb PCI video card - $10 (S3 Virge 3D) 3 - Power splitter cables - $1 each (single HD to two HD) 1 - AT to PS/2 adapter - $1 1 - PS/2 to AT adapter - $1 Assorted bay covers, screws,- free 3.5-5.25 drive rails, IDE cables, etc. PaulG -- Paul Gelinas MCP, MCP + I, MCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
