Re: New Apple TV In The Apple Store

Fred Olver Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:19:48 -0700

For those of you who want less expensive cable outlay, I suggest you gethold of the providers of Sling TV. They are offering a package for about $20a month with additional channel packages for $5 per month. I'm sorry, I cannot find the email I had with the provider's address for email.----- Original Message -----From: "John Diakogeorgiou" <jdiakoge2...@gmail.com>

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Sieghard
Try living in in Montreal  where I grew up. Most of the channels were
in French so we really got less for our money. It works the same here
in that to get what we want we need to subscribe to channels that we
don't watch. I would love to just pay $40 for the channels I want. I
am sure Apple will charge for the cable content. I am just hoping that
it is less expensive.

On 10/26/15, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

Primarily it is the SIRI capable remote and the fact that the new Apple TV
has access to its own app store.

I also would assume that eventually there will be new content which maynot

be available on the third gen Apple TV. One example already is Youtube. As

of a few months ago the Youtube app is gone from the old Apple TV andwhile

you could still watch Youtube on your TV via the Apple TV by playing it on

your iOS device and sending it to the Apple TV using Airplay, it is nicetojust sit on the couch and check out Youtube content on the Apple TV. Forme

that alone is almost worth it and combining it with having access to voice
control via SIRI and an app store which has huge potential means I just

ordered my new Apple TV from the Canadian online Apple Store using theApple

Store app.

For once Apple is not price gouging like they are doing with the iPhone 6S
and 6S Plus on contract. The 64 Gb Apple TV which is $199 US is $269
canadian and at 30% more that is right in line and actually maybe a few
percent better than the current exchange rate.

If you go for the 32 Gb option for $149, it’s only an extra $80 more than
the third gen Apple TV and if you are a first time buyer I think it’s a
no-brainer.





Regards,

Sieghard



From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Marie
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 10:32 AM
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boy they need to add a lot for the difference in price. You can get anApple

TV 3 for $69 and it offers lots of content. More than I have time to use

personally and I have no problem with the included remote or with theremote

app on the IPhone. It will be interesting to see what the added features
are.

Thanks for the info.

Marie





From: MamaPeach <mailto:mamapeac...@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 8:58 AM

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When I get mine, I will let everyone know what it comes with. I don’tthink

they are saying what you actually get on it right now.



From: Laury-Johnson, Shawnese (LARA) <mailto:laury-johns...@michigan.gov>

Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 11:47 AM

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Hello I too am interested in the apple tv and have been researching. Iwant

to get rid of my cable as well because the price is just too much for what

it offers. Where can I find out what is available on apple tv? Should Ijust

google it?

Thanks

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[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MamaPeach
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I would look up Apple TV on the internet and see what the advantages of
having one are. I cut cable a long time ago, because many of the channels

that cable offers are things I just don’t watch. With Apple TV, I pay foraNetFlix subscription and a Hulu+ subscription and get a lot of contentjust

with those too. I enjoy other applications as well, such as Lifetime, A&E,
YouTube, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc. There is so much available, on the 2nd
generation alone there are 71 apps, not counting all the content you can

access through the iTunes store, and the new generation is supposed tohave

so much more. I am looking forward to Voice Recognition and playing around

with Siri. I would rather have a Roku as Roku offers tons and tons andtons

of channels, but the Roku has no VoiceOver or any other speech which makes

it toally useless for a blind person. Apple TV, with VoiceOver enabled, isa

great set top box for a blind individual. I can’t wait to see what all the
new version does offer.

From: Jeremy Gilley <mailto:j_gil...@att.net>

Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 10:45 AM

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Besides the easy way to look at the menus, can't one just get all those
channels through their normal television sets?

I know this isn't in all states and countries, but some cable companiesare

now having accessible ways to use menus through the television set itself.

Got to see it in action when I went to visit family a few weeks ago.

Just trying to see the difference.

I mean also besides the menus, the person can listen to music and do
pictures, but well, streaming pictures through my television set won't
work.

Just some curious questions.

Never seen an apple TV in action, and for me, it just seems like just one
more thing to hook up to your television.



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[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MamaPeach
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It's an honest mistake.  When people hear about Apple TV, Google TV, or
Android TV, they picture a big screen television with special features.

While a Google TV needs its own explanation, an Apple TV is a smallnetworkmedia player that can stream both from your home computers and fromonline.

Apple TV is a small device ( similar in size and appearance to the RokuBox

or Amazon FireTV) that uses an HDMI cable to connect to your television.

It also uses Wifi (or Ethernet) to connect to your home network and the
internet.

The purpose of Apple TV is to provide users with the ability to stream
media, such as photos, movies and music from iPhones, the iTunes store, or
from other partners like Netflix, HuluPlus, and more recently HBOGO or
HBONow, to enjoy on your TV and home theater audio system.

The Apple TV has VoiceOver on it so blind people are able to navigate the
device and play all provided content. I have had an Apple TV for several
years now and I am able to use it without any sighted assistance with the
use of the VoiceOver feature. The new Apple TV is supposed to be so much
better than the one I have, which is the 2nd generation.

From: Fanus <mailto:buys.fa...@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 9:47 AM

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Hello list

Sorry for my ignorance but exactly what is an apple tv and what use and
value does it have for blind users?

Regards

Fanus



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Just to let everyone know, the new Apple TV 4th gen is now for sale in The
Apple Store. I just purchased the 64 gig model for $199.99. Can't wait to
get it!

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