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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2014, 07:07:05 pm »
Does Chromecast do amazon streaming?
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« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2014, 07:10:11 pm »
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1270

^^All I'll be using until these competing services and devices are compatible with each other.
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2014, 07:14:37 pm »
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« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2014, 11:04:08 pm »
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« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2014, 11:04:50 pm »
Quote from: Nathan on October 27, 2014, 06:00:28 pm
I'd take one for free if I didn't have to sign a contract :P

give it time....
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #30 on: October 28, 2014, 04:58:01 pm »
Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 27, 2014, 06:54:37 pm
Why?

i love mine, even though i don't need it too much right now. i don't have cable, and don't plan on getting it again anytime soon. it's great because right now i can cast HBO GO to my TV (my PS4 doesn't have HBOGO) and casting is great for youtube videos/netflix/any other video app pretty much. watchESPN, also not on PS4, casts as well.

once i get another apartment and have a TV in the living room and my bed room, a chromecast will be in one and my PS4 in the other.

also i love being able to cast my music straight to the TV when i get back from a run and am changing/getting ready to go out
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #31 on: October 28, 2014, 05:02:08 pm »
Quote from: UMDNats on October 28, 2014, 04:58:01 pm
i love mine, even though i don't need it too much right now. i don't have cable, and don't plan on getting it again anytime soon. it's great because right now i can cast HBO GO to my TV (my PS4 doesn't have HBOGO) and casting is great for youtube videos/netflix/any other video app pretty much. watchESPN, also not on PS4, casts as well.

once i get another apartment and have a TV in the living room and my bed room, a chromecast will be in one and my PS4 in the other.

also i love being able to cast my music straight to the TV when i get back from a run and am changing/getting ready to go out

so pretty much no advantage over an amazon stick?
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #32 on: October 28, 2014, 05:05:34 pm »
Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 28, 2014, 05:02:08 pm
so pretty much no advantage over an amazon stick?

i dont know anything about the amazon stick, but just like my chromecast a lot. does the amazon stick have screen casting? that's a cool feature that i have used to throw a screen from my computer/phone on the TV.

all that crap is pretty much the same, but i'd put my money in chromecast before amazon considering a lot of amazon products (fire HD, phone, etc.) are not widely used and are mainly for the Amazon universe. i have a google phone/tablet so having a chromecast makes synergy between them much easier than with Amazon, who wouldn't let me use google music
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #33 on: October 28, 2014, 05:09:46 pm »
Quote from: UMDNats on October 28, 2014, 05:05:34 pm
i dont know anything about the amazon stick, but just like my chromecast a lot. does the amazon stick have screen casting? that's a cool feature that i have used to throw a screen from my computer/phone on the TV.

all that crap is pretty much the same, but i'd put my money in chromecast before amazon considering a lot of amazon products (fire HD, phone, etc.) are not widely used and are mainly for the Amazon universe. i have a google phone/tablet so having a chromecast makes synergy between them much easier than with Amazon, who wouldn't let me use google music

it has screen casting, I was just replying to you're asking Nathan why he wouldn't just get a chromecast- the amazon stick has better internals and is cheaper - I have a nexus 5 and use a fire tablet- my wife has an iphone and uses an nexus 7- all play nicely with our fire tv
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #34 on: October 28, 2014, 05:11:10 pm »
Amazon stick does have screen casting. At least it claims to.

I'll probably be buying one to replace my Roku sooner or later. I have Amazon Prime and therefore Amazon video, so it's the natural choice for me.

If only I could get Nationals baseball... I'd cut the cord right away.
Quote from: UMDNats on October 28, 2014, 05:05:34 pm
i dont know anything about the amazon stick, but just like my chromecast a lot. does the amazon stick have screen casting? that's a cool feature that i have used to throw a screen from my computer/phone on the TV.

all that crap is pretty much the same, but i'd put my money in chromecast before amazon considering a lot of amazon products (fire HD, phone, etc.) are not widely used and are mainly for the Amazon universe. i have a google phone/tablet so having a chromecast makes synergy between them much easier than with Amazon, who wouldn't let me use google music
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #35 on: October 28, 2014, 07:16:19 pm »
i have prime and their instant video and man i think i've used it like one time. the collection is crap unfortunately. the hbo addtions are nice, however
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #36 on: October 28, 2014, 09:38:04 pm »
Lots of BBC too
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #37 on: October 29, 2014, 11:41:12 am »
If only I could get baseball...

Quote from: UMDNats on October 28, 2014, 07:16:19 pm
i have prime and their instant video and man i think i've used it like one time. the collection is crap unfortunately. the hbo addtions are nice, however
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #38 on: October 29, 2014, 11:41:44 am »
You can, just not the Nats.
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #39 on: October 29, 2014, 11:49:06 am »
Exactly.
Quote from: Nathan on October 29, 2014, 11:41:44 am
You can, just not the Nats.
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« Reply #40 on: October 29, 2014, 03:24:50 pm »
Toss in a VPN and you can.  To me the problem isn't the workarounds needed to use MLB.TV, it's the fact that MLB.TV is way too expensive for what it is.  You're going to need internet anyway and throwing in TV with it probably doesn't cost any more than a full year of MLB.TV.

In my fantasy world, I have an ala carte TV plan with just two channels and the major "free" networks.
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #41 on: October 29, 2014, 06:42:37 pm »
Picked up a Chromecast from the local Best Buy just for the hell of it.  Halfway through the setup I discover that it doesn't support 5GHz band, only 2.4GHz :?
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Offline GburgNatsFan

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« Reply #42 on: October 29, 2014, 07:08:22 pm »
MLB is expensive, but given it, Netflix, and Amazon (which I already have), plus OTA HD, and I'd have everything I need. 

MASN is on Comcast basic cable. Maybe I should try going to that.

Tossing in a VPN slows things down, no?

Quote from: The Chief on October 29, 2014, 03:24:50 pm
Toss in a VPN and you can.  To me the problem isn't the workarounds needed to use MLB.TV, it's the fact that MLB.TV is way too expensive for what it is.  You're going to need internet anyway and throwing in TV with it probably doesn't cost any more than a full year of MLB.TV.

In my fantasy world, I have an ala carte TV plan with just two channels and the major "free" networks.
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #43 on: October 29, 2014, 07:11:38 pm »
Comcast basic cable + internet is cheaper than just the internet a lot of the times :?
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #44 on: October 30, 2014, 08:45:00 am »
Quote from: GburgNatsFan on October 29, 2014, 07:08:22 pm
Tossing in a VPN slows things down, no?

Depends on the VPN service and your definition of "slow"

Without VPN:



With VPN:



(manually selected the same server for 2nd test since the VPN was going through NJ)
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #45 on: October 30, 2014, 08:50:09 am »
Even through a VPN it's 8 times faster than my connection :?
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #46 on: October 30, 2014, 01:11:46 pm »
Hmmm. Food for thought.

Quote from: The Chief on October 30, 2014, 08:45:00 am
Depends on the VPN service and your definition of "slow"

Without VPN:



With VPN:



(manually selected the same server for 2nd test since the VPN was going through NJ)
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #47 on: October 30, 2014, 06:47:39 pm »
At home without VPN:



At home WITH VPN:



Yeah I dunno, don't ask me :lol:
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #48 on: November 06, 2014, 02:40:15 pm »
Amazon Echo, the $200 speaker/"artificial intellegence" assistant.  :wtf:
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Re: Amazon Thread
« Reply #49 on: November 07, 2014, 05:46:09 am »
Quote from: Nathan on November 06, 2014, 02:40:15 pm
Amazon Echo, the $200 speaker/"artificial intellegence" assistant.  :wtf:

"NSA spy microphone"
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