Hi Kliphton, Just thought I add to your very good and concise post about the Apple TV that even though Donald Trump may not agree, the world is larger than the United States and all these channels you can watch/listen to on the Apple TV if you have an existing subscription are limited to the US. Fanus is in South Africa and I’m in Canada and while we have Netflix here, there is a lot less content available than on the american Netflix due to copyright and licensing issues and most of the other ones you mentioned are not available even in Canada let alone elsewhere in the world. I find it amazing how some companies tute their horn about all these great devices but they forget to mention that you can only get them in the United States, Amazon is one example.
Fanus, as for the Apple TV, it still is a wonderful device even in Canada since it does allow me to use apps like Youtube, many apps from tech sites like Engadget, Twit TV and also Podcasts. I can stream music and of course movies I bought from iTunes, you can rent iTunes movies which I assume is available in many countries and Netflix is also available in many countries and it’s probably the most accessible experience on the Apple TV. Furthermore I can Airplay anything from my iPhone to the Apple TV even if there I sno native app and if I want to show photos to friends on the big screen then I can also do that. It’s not a super expensive device as Apple things are concerned and as Kliphton said, it is fully accessible with it’s own version of Voiceover. It’s a pretty good device to have if you are at all invested in the Apple Echo system and in the future it will also play nice with many home automation devices if you are into this type of stuff. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 2:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: purpose of apple tv Well, it does more than stream music an movies. You can log in to most channels offered buy a service provider like time warner, comcast, or direct. Of course you must pay for these subscriptions, or get someone to share there info with you. The appleTV also has some games to be played on it. My favorite app is infuse, this allows me to stream my entire movie collection to my appleTV4 without using iTunes, or having to leave my mac on for Plex or some other third party. And the best part about it, I don’t have to convert my movie files in to mp4, they can be any format and infuse will stream them. The most important thing for most of us, is we don’t need sited help to control the appleTV, voiceover reads everything on the screen so we can control HBO, netflix, Hulu, or whatever service you are using, including the network TV apps at that have on demand content. On Nov 3, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Fanus <buys.fa...@gmail.com<mailto:buys.fa...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello Sieghard and list Please pardon my stupid question but can anyone in a few sentences explain the purpose of the apple tv. Is it only for downloading and playing music and movies on the tv or can one control the tv set to a certain extent i.e. can one hear the menu and shedule normal tv programs etc.? I am not a movie fan so I ask this question on behalf of a blind friend who wants to access the tv. Regards Fanus From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Loving Apple tv, have more questions Keep in mind that you can dictate anywhere including spelling passwords and user names. Also, if you have a bluetooth keyboard you can pair it for easier typing and in fact you can pretty much control the Apple TV completely with a bluetooth keyboard. Only thing I can't remember now is if there is a way to invoke SIRI with a bluetooth keyboard. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 9:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Loving Apple tv, have more questions Hello to Daniel and all who have helped me with my Apple tv, so far. I really appreciate it. I really dislike saying this, because I was so hesetant to purchase it. But I absolutely love it! I think it's awesome! My friend helped me set it up, because I didn't see the message in time, telling me how to start voiceover. But once we got voiceover on, I took it over. I actually like the little gesture area. I thought it would be very difficult to use. But not at all. And I like how you press the little clicker thing at the end. Ok, surely not the propper name for it. LOL! The keyboard is still a bit confusing to me. But overall I like the new set up so far. I find it faster to choose letters, and such. Also, one feature I really loved, was how easy it was to set it up, and connect to my network. I liked how I unlocked my phone, and held it near the tv. That was too cool how it used the bluetooth. The set up was flawless. I haven't done much with it, beyond that. Mainly, because I am not sure what to do. How do I get my apps like, CBS, Hulu, and Netflix on there? Even if they are on my Ipad, and I have subscriptions, do I have to download them on to the Apple TV? I couldn't find an area where I could see all my apps. But maybe I don't know where to look. Also, if I want other free or subscription-based apps for movies, or tv shows, how do I go about finding such stuff? Unfortunately, I don't know many apps, and I honestly don't know how to search for such things. I'd like to find apps that are pretty accessible. But I'd try some apps just to check them out as well, if I knew how to find them. Also, how do you know which news apps give broadcasts of stories, and not just articles? I know NPR has a news app. Any help with any of this would be much appreciated. I'm going to mess around with the Apple tv more, tomorrow. I am definitely happy I bought it. I can't believe now that I was so intimidated by it. Thank you, Terri On 11/2/2016 9:42 AM, Daniel L. Gervais wrote: > Hi Terri, > > I think you will enjoy your new Apple TV, I know I bought the exact same one > and I love it. > > As for the remote, below the gesture area, from the top left going down, you > have the Menu, Siri and Play/Pause buttons. From the top right going down, > you have the Home button and below that is the Volume Up and Down rocker. > > To enable VoiceOver, simply press the Play/Pause button three times and after > a few tries, VoiceOver should begin speaking. > > When inputting text, the keyboard is layed out a little diffrently with the > first row being the letters A to Z and the next row below being the numbers > and punctuation symbols. Below that row is buttons to toggle between > lowercase and uppercase letters, but if you press the Play/Pause button, this > will do the same. > > You can also use Siri to dictate anything in an edit field, this also > includes passwords. Simply press and hold the Siri button and dictate. When > you're done, let go of the button and your text will be inputted. > > While on the Home screen, you can even ask Siri, by pressing and holding > while you talk and letting go when your done. > > You can always check on www.applevis.com<http://www.applevis.com> for How > To's on using the Apple TV. I believe that David Woodbridge has quite a few > podcasts on doing just about anything on the Apple TV. > > Hope this helps! > > > From: Terri Stimmel > <icecreamlove...@outlook.com<mailto:icecreamlove...@outlook.com>> > To: "viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>" > <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> > Date: 2016/11/02 10:12 AM > Subject: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help! > > Hello everyone, > > > Well, I broke down and purchased my new Apple tv last night. I got the > 32 gig model. I didn't mess with it last night though, because I just > wasn't feeling the best. > > > It's all open, and all hooked up now. It is a little chunkier, and > bigger. But I think I like that. I do like the remote much better, > because it too seems thicker, and maybe not as easy to lose. I lost one > once. LOL! > > > Now here is where I need some help please. > > When I go to the input where the Apple tv is, nothing seems to happen. > On my older model, it asked about Voiceover. > > > So first of all, can someone kindly explain the layout of the buttons to > me, and what they are? > > This would really be very helpful. I found the area for the gestures. > > > Now how can I get voiceover on? > > Will I need sighted assistence for this? > > I pushed a couple of buttons just to see what would happen. I don't know > if anything happened on the screen. But I heard some cute little noises. > LOL! > > I decided to quit messing with it though, because I didn't want to mess > anything up. > > > Any help would be very much appreciated. Now I am kind of getting > excited about this thing. 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