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Postby **Beveridge** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:35 am

Once again, dodint is right and tif is wrong.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:26 am

No Hallmark and Lifetime for $50 is a bit puzzling. But we're giving it a go, and it's running well so far. Zero buffering unlike Spectrum's streaming service.

The menu is fine on the iPad and Pixel.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:17 pm

But with YoutubeTV you can order them however you want. I am not sure what the issue is. I put all the useless college sports channels at the bottom, whereas with Vue I had to scroll past the BIG TEN NETWORK and it's 15 alt channels every....single....time.

You can edit the channel lineup on a computer and it reflects in the apps. It's nice.

You could do that with Vue, designate whatever channels as a 'favorite' and it would sort (alphabetically) to the front of the Guide. For example, we had about 30 channels set as Favorites, we only had to navigate through those 30 channels if we wanted. But I didn't know this was an option with YTTV, I shall give it a go.

Postby **eddy** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:33 pm

David Lynch is coming to Disney plus next month

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/

Postby **blackjack68** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:09 pm

YoutubeTV is pretty great, I was surprised by it.

@Spangler mentioned it in another thread, but Pluto TV is free and has a ton of content. It's ad supported by commercials, like old style TV, but the selection is pretty robust. It has a channel that is nothing but MST3k, what more could you want?

Pluto TV is fun so far.

Watched Heart From Caesars Palace. Flipped through Octopussy. Saw the MST3K channel. This gun be gud.

One question, is everything low-res?

Postby **dodint** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:15 pm

Seems so.

A company representative stated that the "resolution varies between VOD and Live, but generally, we stream at sub-HD resolution and 30fps across all devices."

Postby **blackjack68** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:03 pm

Meh, it’s free. I’ll take it.

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:15 am

Fail Army TV for hours of people hurting themselves...and no goofy hosts making bad jokes.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:53 am

I flipped that on the other day and it was just people falling off of ladders. I turned to my wife and said we have effectively achieved Idiocracy, it's Ow! My Balls! but unscripted.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:42 am

YouTube TV gave subscribers a free month (no auto subscription) of Epix, fwiw. I have no intentions of every subscribing to it, but I wanted to watch Berlin Station, so I'll probably be able to watch the entire run during the trial. Score!

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:26 pm

Free SiriusXM until May 15

Postby **dodint** » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:30 pm

Do I get a credit?

Postby **eddy** » Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:15 pm

Free SiriusXM until May 15

Being home from work, I haven't listened for the last couple weeks, how has the show been?

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:50 am

I haven’t listened to him regularly in years. I know he was broadcasting live though.

Postby **skullman80** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:53 am

His shows from home since this all started have been some of his better ones recently IMO. It took a few days to get all the audio kinks worked out, but it was a good listen.

Postby **eddy** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:13 pm

Anyone have the Google Pixel 3A?

Postby **LITT** » Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:39 am

Spend my money: what kind of laptop should I get? Really not concerned about price. Want something that is reliable and will last as long as possible. Use office suite and some basic photo programs. Not any gaming

Postby **LITT** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:59 am

i see that costco has lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon model 20QD0000US on sale
Intel® Core™ i7-8565U Processor 1.8GHz
16GB LPDDR3 2133MHz RAM
512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
14" Touchscreen Anti-glare LED Backlit IPS FHD (1920 x 1080) Display
2x USB 3.1
2x USB Type C Thunderbolt with PowerDelivery
1x HDMI
1x Mini RJ-45
1x Combination Audio Jack

Was looking at macbook pro but this seems to be across the board with everything

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:03 am

How much is that X1, and what is your price range? And are you really looking for a screen that small?

Postby **LITT** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:07 am

1300 bucks. no real price range - just wan somehing reliable that will last for very long time that is priced appropriately. i use a 13" for work and it's fine but would go bigger. hadn't really considered it actually but now you are making me self conscious

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:12 am

And do you want a touch screen?

Postby **LITT** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:15 am

i am indifferent

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:39 am

I was going to recommend the Dell XPS 13 since you're comparing it to a Macbook Pro, but that's going to run you at least $300 more, and I'm not sure if the difference in hardware will matter to you. That X1 Carbon should be a nice pick. We have plenty of them at work, and the users love them.

Postby **LITT** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:42 am

i have a dell latitude i use for work which is nice. i just feel like the 2-in-1 have too many parts to break unnecessarily

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:53 am

I stand corrected - I was looking at the touch screen model. You can get the non-touch XPS 13 for $1249 (use coupon code 50OFF699): https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-la ... n7390dzmxs