On rereading it I see what you mean. I like to
watch a lot of auto racing and downhill skiing and
have seen on OTA broadcasts a lot of pixilating,
more in the background then the center of focus. I
guess I will give it a try and see how it goes.
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Yeah, the Tablo
Pluto TV is an app that lets you watch free TV, too. It’s got a lot of old
stuff on it, but there’s some more modern things, too. Kind of fun to just
troll through it to see what’s there.
-D
> On Oct 15, 2019, at 5:28 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I have been watching Netflix a
I have been watching Netflix and Amazon Prime mostly, the quality seems
to be getting better. I have like 15Mbps cnxn so plenty of bandwidth.
It's really weird, every evening at like 11:44PM the bandwidth goes to
like a 56k dial up connection, picture gets all blocky. This is every
night at
Yeah, the Tablo does H.264, but then again, so do a lot of streaming devices.
As our OTA stuff is no better than 720p for the most part, there’s little to no
loss. That and the majority of what we watch form the Tablo is stuff that’s low
res, like old Perry Mason episodes, so again, quality isn’
I got the impression that it had nothing to do
with bandwidth. Here is a quote of what I read,
What's not so good about Tablo?
One thing we haven't touched on yet gets a little
technical. Tablo has some additional hardware
inside that "transcodes" the video stream from
MPEG-2 to H.264. If yo
That’s certainly possible, especially if you don’t have a lot of bandwidth, but
we haven’t seen it. We don’t really watch sports unless maybe a Succaneers game
is on, and that’s just to enjoy the sucking, so picture quality is not a
concern.
There’s more of an issue with the OTA (over the air)
Thanks Dan,
One of the reviewers was saying something about
a slight picture problem in fast action shots so I
was wondering about that.
MG
Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
We’re working off our alternate sources right now to get a feel for how things
will be, and we haven’t had any quality iss
We’re working off our alternate sources right now to get a feel for how things
will be, and we haven’t had any quality issues so far. That’s with both
streaming services as well as the OTA stuff. It also includes setups that are
wired as well as streaming over WiFi.
-D
> On Oct 14, 2019, at 12
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:25:18 -0800 Clay Monroe via Mercedes
wrote:
> AKC has crap internet.
AKC? Surely not American Kennel Club ...
Craig
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Did you buy this yet or are you just in the
considering stage?
I was wondering as to how much degradation of the
picture the transcoding causes in quick action
scenes and sports.
MG
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Our cable company (Comcast/Spectrum) is about to bend us over the back of a
c
So, what took ya so long to tell them to stuff it?
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote on 10/13/19 11:53 AM:
I’m wondering that myself. I’m not putting up a dish as I don’t want to mess
with all the related crap that goes with it. That’s one of the great things
about streaming services - you can get
It does. You have to have interwebz access.
-D
> On Oct 13, 2019, at 8:25 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> How does youtubeTV get there? I had assumed it ran on your interwebz.
>
> I gave up on live TV due to poor quality digital signal and cost of service
> for cable shows. I
How does youtubeTV get there? I had assumed it ran on your interwebz.
I gave up on live TV due to poor quality digital signal and cost of service for
cable shows. I had intended to swap to the DSL folks back many years ago and
took the crimecast box back to their store. The fellow behind th
Hmm, this guy claims the guys selling unthrottled are FOS:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-Unlimited-4G-LTE-Data-Plan-34-99-Hotspot-/173875000427
> On October 13, 2019 at 4:28 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Maybe I should get one of these to run my home internet instead of paying
We have a Verizon Fios bundle (internet, cable TB, land line) and their
customer service is surprisingly good/prompt. Cable DVR picture quality is
a little spotty but I really cant complain.
On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 4:28 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Maybe I sho
Maybe I should get one of these to run my home internet instead of paying $98 a
month for 12gb wireless radio service
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:20 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> BTW, I don't know the details, but people on eBay are selling the right to
> buy $35
BTW, I don't know the details, but people on eBay are selling the right to buy
$35 uncapped/unthrottled AT&T hotspot service:
https://www.ebay.com/i/123800554069
A year ago, if you bought a in-car hotspot, AT&T would sell you the same
service for $20.
I guess they got tired of people throwing th
Looks like it's conditions placed on one company's merger approval, not the
industry as a whole.
Mitch
> On October 13, 2019 at 3:34 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Looks like that’s the law until 2023 or thereabouts.
>
> https://www.vox.com/2016/4/25/11586392/charter-fcc-broadband
Looks like that’s the law until 2023 or thereabouts.
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/25/11586392/charter-fcc-broadband-data-caps
-D
> On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I just checked their web site and Spectrum does not have data caps.
>
> -D
>
>
>> On Oct 13, 2
I just checked their web site and Spectrum does not have data caps.
-D
> On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Russ Williams via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Is Comcast/Spectrum your internet provider too?
> I have a client that has them. When he cut the cord and started using
> streaming services
> Commie
Where do you get internet access?
Gerry
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 11:48:55 -0400
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> Our cable company (Comcast/Spectrum) is about to bend us over the back of a
> chair since our ”promotional” pricing is over so it’s time to cut the cord.
> Did a lot of research and foun
4GB or 400GB?
If I only needed 4gb/mo, I wouldn't buy it from Comcast.
(8 years ago, I paid $40/mo for Virgin Wireless datacard with 4GB cap, and
cellular data cost a lot more back then)
https://www.totalwireless.com/serviceplan?session=reset
> On October 13, 2019 at 3:17 PM Russ Williams via Mer
Yes, and that’s something I’m aware of and will be asking about, but thanks for
bringing it up. I’ve got a youngster who plays XBox Live daily, so I’m sure
we’ve gone well over 4Gb a month.
-D
> On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Russ Williams via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Is Comcast/Spectrum your in
Is Comcast/Spectrum your internet provider too?
I have a client that has them. When he cut the cord and started using
streaming services
Commiecast put a cap on data to 4 gigs a month. If you go over they
"Offer" up grade data
service for a price ( and it ain't cheep). So they penalize you for
>Has anyone had luck with OTA (over the air) antenna's?
Maps of local coverage looks promising.
Absolutely. I have one and it works very well. Too bad I don't watch TV.
Rick
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You know, short of not using the Internets, it’s going to happen one way or
another. They’ll be sorely disappointed with my data, as the extent of my TV
viewing is usually a Family Guy or Perry Mason off the DVR before I nod off. If
it wasn’t for the spouse the TVs around here would be paperweig
So you have to pay Goolag $50/mo to accumulate and sell info on your viewing
habits?
Mitch.
> On October 13, 2019 at 1:15 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
> YouTube TV is a subscription service that costs $50/month.
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speaking pf DVR, one thing I dislike about Dish is the format they use
to record stuff on the Recorder. I'm told there is no way tp convert the
Dish format to anything that can be used on more traditional formats.
I like to record some stuff (like LeMans) but unless I am committed to
Dish, k
Rick,
YouTube TV is a subscription service that costs $50/month. It carries many of
the major cable networks as well as your local stations, at least the network
affiliates. You use a streaming device like an AppleTV, Roku or Amazon
Firestick to access it on your TV or computer using their appl
I might need to revisit this at some point. Last time I looked there
did not seem to be any that had DVR. I also only have a 12mbs
connection here which normally runs about half that speed or even down
to 1-2 when everyone in the house is streaming and gaming.
On 10/13/2019 11:59 AM, Dan Pen
That’s one of the reasons we went with YouTube TV. Unlimited DVR and
scheduling, so you can program it for a series or shows, it vacuums them up and
you can watch them when you have time. Not all of the streaming services have
DVR capabilities.
We also looked at Philo, which has all of the “lif
How will you DVR any of your shows? Are you going to buy one for OTR or
just watch things the old fashioned way in real time?
On 10/13/2019 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
I’m wondering that myself. I’m not putting up a dish as I don’t want to mess
with all the related crap that goes
What is YouTube tv? I watch regular YouTube on my TV when I'm on the exercise
machine.
Rick
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I think they all probably do it. I have been with Dish for nearly 20
years straight and I am quite sure new customers get it cheaper than I
do. I have thought about switching back and for the between direct and
dish every couple of years but have not bothered. If these streaming
services got
I’m wondering that myself. I’m not putting up a dish as I don’t want to mess
with all the related crap that goes with it. That’s one of the great things
about streaming services - you can get programming anywhere you have an
Internet connection, hard wired or WiFi.
We’re lucky in that the anten
Does Direct pull the "first year cheap with two year contract" trick, or is
that Dish?
> On October 13, 2019 at 12:10 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> My cousin went through that recently with Directv. She had some issues before
> and they lowered her bill and got an $80 cred
Our local cable providers don’t bother with “retention” until you bail. When we
had Verizon they would send you to someone that had the ability to deal to get
you to stay. Since Frontier and Comcast came to town their attitude seems to be
“Good luck, it’s been nice, we’ll see you.”
Since I’ll g
My cousin went through that recently with Directv. She had some issues before
and they lowered her bill and got an $80 credit so she hasn’t been paying much.
That’s all running out. She was gonna cancel it altogether but see what deal
they pitched her to keep her as a customer. You might be able
Our cable company (Comcast/Spectrum) is about to bend us over the back of a
chair since our ”promotional” pricing is over so it’s time to cut the cord. Did
a lot of research and found that between a Tablo OTA DVR and YouTube TV we can
get nearly everything she enjoys watching for about $50/month
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