home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Postby **nocera** » Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:36 pm

I've had the C1 for over a year without any issues. I think you're good.

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:44 pm

Source of the post may not fit in my car.
May... lol, you are quite the optimist.

I think the Outback may have stood a better chance of smuggling TV in back. I mean that thing was able to fit an arcade game in back without moving the seats.

The Q5 doesn't really stand a chance on oversized items. With the seats down, I'm generously listing it as 70 inches from back of the front seats to the hatch. The TV is 47 x 81, so... yeah, not even close.

Postby **eddy** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:54 pm

Source of the post may not fit in my car.
May... lol, you are quite the optimist.

I think the Outback may have stood a better chance of smuggling TV in back. I mean that thing was able to fit an arcade game in back without moving the seats.

The Q5 doesn't really stand a chance on oversized items. With the seats down, I'm generously listing it as 70 inches from back of the front seats to the hatch. The TV is 47 x 81, so... yeah, not even close.

Just put it on a skateboard and tie it to the back of the car

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:57 pm

Google image search: "Ridiculous things on scooters in Vietnam"

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:59 pm

Source of the post may not fit in my car.
May... lol, you are quite the optimist.

I think the Outback may have stood a better chance of smuggling TV in back. I mean that thing was able to fit an arcade game in back without moving the seats.

The Q5 doesn't really stand a chance on oversized items. With the seats down, I'm generously listing it as 70 inches from back of the front seats to the hatch. The TV is 47 x 81, so... yeah, not even close.
Just put it on a skateboard and tie it to the back of the car

Listen, don't do this... but if you do, please get it on video.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:10 pm

It's times like these I really miss my van. We moved the entire contents of our house in it when we left Allison Park. It took several trips but everything fit.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:12 pm

Home Depot pickup rental is what, $35/hr?

Postby **dodint** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:13 pm

U-Haul also rents them, like $20 plus mileage.

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:04 pm

1) Every tool is a hammer;

2) Everything fits anywhere if you have enough hammers;

3) See rule 1

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:07 pm

Yeah a 10 ft box truck is around $20. I looked into that but I was able to juuuuuuuust barely fit my TV in the Rav4.

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:17 pm

I have a Home Depot down the road from my office, so I could probably have this loaded into van, dropped off in my house and have the van back to Home Depot in under an hour.

Postby **AuthorTony** » Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:34 pm

I thought this was a pretty interesting video on why dialogue in modern movies/TV is so freaking hard to decipher.

Personally, I think the biggest problem is still mumbling actors.

Postby **nocera** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:01 am

I went to cancel Paramount+ today and they offered me another free month. This is now month 6 or 7 of free Paramount+.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:06 am

We strung that out for almost a year lol.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:24 pm

I wonder how that gets reported on investor calls wrt subscriber count.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:12 pm

Westworld, The Nevers (All 12 Episodes) and Other HBO Max Castoffs to Stream Free on Roku and Tubi
https://tvline.com/2023/01/31/cancelled ... ase-dates/

In television, the money has always been in syndication. WB/Discovery just created the streaming version of syndication. I hate FAST services but I understand why they're viable. It just confirms what we already knew: the glory days of streaming are behind us.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:21 pm

both the Showtime linear pay-TV channel and the premium tier of Paramount+ will be rebranded as Paramount+ With Showtime

Hell of a name. Keep the $9.99 price tag and that's not a bad deal at all. Or, you know, keep giving away free months. That works too.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:27 pm

I subscribe to Showtime as YoutubeTV add-on. Hmmm.

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:45 pm

both the Showtime linear pay-TV channel and the premium tier of Paramount+ will be rebranded as Paramount+ With Showtime
Hell of a name. Keep the $9.99 price tag and that's not a bad deal at all. Or, you know, keep giving away free months. That works too.

Wonder how many meetings were held to decide on that name.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:34 pm

Showtime pulled a bunch of their cancelled series, like American Gigolo and American Rust. Probably will end up on another streaming service like what happened to those HBO shows above.

Postby **AuthorTony** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:23 pm

Showtime pulled a bunch of their cancelled series, like American Gigolo and American Rust. Probably will end up on another streaming service like what happened to those HBO shows above.

American Rust was cancelled a while ago. I think IMDB (or whatever their streaming service is called) picked it up though.

Re: Westworld and the ad supported streaming. F that. I also just learnedd that Disney isn't releasing most of their movies to physical media any more. I didn't really care because I don't watch much Disney content and didn't catch on until I was trying to buy Barbarian on UHD. It's like they're trying to force collectors into piracy.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:36 am

Verizon bill went up $19/month thanks to higher package rates for TV and higher taxes. I think it has been posted in the past, maybe by @dodint ?, but does anyone have a decent site to compare all streaming options right now, right down to the channels they provide? Want to do my own due diligence here.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:58 am

This was the one I found helpful back when Vue collapsed and I needed a new solution, they keep it updated: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and- ... -compared/

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:59 am

Hmm, nevermind. Found https://www.suppose.tv which seems to do a good job. Also shows me that I'd have to subscribe to multiple services (YTTV + Philo) to get most of what I'd want, and I'd only save about $5. Lame.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:01 am

This was the one I found helpful back when Vue collapsed and I needed a new solution, they keep it updated: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and- ... -compared/

Okay, I thought it was the CNET page. I had checked that out earlier. The one I linked in my previous post allows you to select the channels you want and then compare all providers - even showing you how to stack them to get what you want. I guess if it ever came down to it, we'd have to see if we could just be okay with losing certain channels and switching to a single provider.