I had an old Apple Tv box and have cable as well but a friend of mine got a smart TV recently with Roku so wonder how accessible that would be. I love Netflix and have Disney+ too but have to watch it on phone or iPad since I don’t have a smart TV. Jen
> On Dec 28, 2019, at 1:18 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > I think this is relevant on this list since we are still talking Apple TV > and comparisons. > > I don't think that Sanyo Mich provided a link for is a smart TV, typically a > smart TV is one which has internet connectivity and uses the Android > operating system, it probably has things like Netflix and YouTube > preinstalled, but you can also install other apps on it. > If you are fairly invested in the Apple ecosystem I still think an Apple TV > is a pretty good item to have and you have accessible apps for Netflix, > Disney Plus (which, by the way is fantastic), YouTube and Amazon Prime Video. > There is also the new Apple TV service which we have not yet subscribed to > and you can also subscribe to the Canadian Crave TV streaming service which > offers content from HBO, Showtime and Starz. > If you have a cable TV subscription you can get the Crave subscription > through your provider or you can subscribe independently on > www.Crave.ca/subscribe. It's $9.95 a month for the basic offering, if you > want all the newest HBO content and on-demand you can buy an add-on package > for another $9.95 a months (you are now at $19.90) and if you want the > additional Showtime package that is an extra $5.95, total package would be > $25.85 a month so that is getting a bit on the expensive side. > If you add Netflix for $13.99 a month here in Canada and subscribe to Disney > Plus annually ($89.99) you would be looking at $48.34 and if you also throw > in Apple TV Plus with an annual subscription which works out to $5/mnth I > think then you are at $53.34, you'll also pay applicable taxes on Crave and I > think also on Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus (only Netflix somehow gets away > with not charging Canadian taxes) so in the end if you are in BC you would > pay close to $60 a month for all that content. Oh, and I forget, there is > also CBC Gem which gives you access to all the CBC programming and I think > it's $4 or so a month. But still that isn't actually all that bad considering > that a decent cable package can easily cost you the same and more if you want > a premium package. > We have Amazon Prime anyways so we can access their movies, but unfortunately > it seems there is little described content here in Canada, mostly we watch > Netflix and Disney Plus which, as I said, for me is a great service since I > like a lot of their older movies and musicals like Iron Will which we just > watched last night (it has audio description), some of the other Christmas > oriented movies and so on. > > Of course an Apple TV is also an Airplay device, gives you access to Apple > Music and acts as a hub for many home automation devices which support Home > Kit. > > I think we are at a point where often a single device does not do it all and > whenever we buy a new TV I would most likely buy a smart TV with built-in > Chromecast even though we have our Apple TV also. > For now my old 40 inch Sony LCD TV I bought 12 years ago still works great, > it was on the higher end of TV's back then costing $1,600 and it does 1080P > but of course it's not a 4K TV and has a huge frame/bezel compared to TV's > nowadays. Now the newer 55 inch and 65 inch TV's are coming down in price so > much that I think it's almost time to upgrade, but most likely we'll wait > another year or 2 or 3 since we have some other projecgts higher up on the > list such as rebuilding and expanding our deck, maybe a greenhouse since both > my wife and I enjoy gardening etc. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mich > Verrier > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 5:54 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: An off list question re purchasing a smart tv > > Hi Jen the tv that I have is the Model Number: FW32D06F (Make sure there is > a letter B after the model number for ecdition B) > UPC: 5381834029 > Here is the link to the tv too: > https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/sanyo-32-fw32d06f-led-lcd-hd-tv/6000196784584 > I will forward you the manual for it in pdf. 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