How to watch TV

[MoBookworm1957]

Well I went to WM Sat morning, picked up the Chromecast.
Been trying for 2 days, everything I can read, and see on youtube...
No luck.

I have a dumb phone or a dumb tv.

I just can't believe I can't get my phone to cast to the tv.

About to give up.

Uuuggghhh.

Jim

Let your grand son hook it for you.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

I have just internet for $70 for 1 TB monthly.
Also have Roku.

 

[Neb]

Once that code is on the screen , my phone ask if I see the code ,yes or no.
I click yes. It says connecting .
Then it says can't connect to internet. Try again.

With logo chromecast.com/ at bottom.

Can't do anymore .
If I had internet I assume I'd be good to go.
There's nothing more to do at that point.

Jim

That sounds like the complications I mentioned with going the Roku route.

All of those gadgets want to phone home to get updates.

Have you looked at the Elon Musk version?

Ben

 

[phideaux]

That sounds like the complications I mentioned with going the Roku route.

All of those gadgets want to phone home to get updates.

Have you looked at the Elon Musk version?

Ben

Tesla? or Mars probe?

What is it.

Jim

 

[phideaux]

Let your grand son hook it for you.

I only see him when he wants to drive the Vette.

Jim

 

[Neb]

Tesla? or Mars probe?

What is it.

Jim

Starlink

https://www.starlink.com/
Elon Musk put his own satellites up. Not sure what it costs but saw it reviewed as good for streaming but not gaming.

Ben

 

[phideaux]

No I have not.

Where I live NO internet providers at all , so I doubt it.

I'll look into it.

Jim

 

[Neb]

No I have not.

Where I live NO internet providers at all , so I doubt it.

I'll look into it.

Jim

Please let us know. It is supposed to be good for rural areas.
Ben

 

[Neb]

Please let us know. It is supposed to be good for rural areas.
Ben

This is WranglerStar review



This is a funny intro



Ben

 

[backlash]

One of the Youtube channels I watch switched to this service. He seems to be impressed. It might be worth looking into. I don't know anything about the service except what they said.
Nomad Internet: The Largest & Best Rural Unlimited Internet

Here's their video about them switching.

 

[Supervisor42]

One of the Youtube channels I watch switched to this service. He seems to be impressed. It might be worth looking into. I don't know anything about the service except what they said.
Nomad Internet: The Largest & Best Rural Unlimited Internet

Here's their video about them switching.

Dammit! It was supposed to be called "SkyNet" not StarLink!

Can't they get anything right?


He's going to totally screw up time-travel from the future.

 

[phideaux]

Starlink, $130 month just for internet.

:screwy:

Jim

 

[Flight]

 

[Weedygarden]

I watch TV the same way I have for decades. Turn it on, click through the channels, click through the channels, click through the channels, turn it off. Repeat in three hours.

You have more hope than I do. I was just thinking about this today. Day time television choices are talk shows, either with a bunch of women who have found strength in numbers, men who interview dysfunctional people and situations and some who report on it, news, investigative reporting, sports, Judge Judy, reality television (scripted reality). There is so little on that is good.

 

[Weedygarden]

Jim, what is the possibility of an antenna? I don't know about where you are, but in the Dakotas, most people had them when I was growing up. My dad helped build and put up antenna towers for several family members and probably other people as well. They were made from metal pipe and were designed to be climbable and strong enough to climb. They were usually tall enough to have the antenna over the roof. Without an antenna back then, you did not receive any television service.

 

[phideaux]

I do have an antenna , on a mast 10 ft above my roof

I get about 10 local channels.

Nothing worth watching.

If I could get my phone to cast to the tv, I could watch a lot of things of interest.

Jim

 

[Weedygarden]

One of the Youtube channels I watch switched to this service. He seems to be impressed. It might be worth looking into. I don't know anything about the service except what they said.
Nomad Internet: The Largest & Best Rural Unlimited Internet

Here's their video about them switching.

I knew that women in the wrong video well. Dr. Kay Baker was my elementary Montessori teacher trainer in Washington, DC. I spent three summers with her in the heat and humidity of DC. Crazy that this video showed up! She is now deceased.

 

[backlash]

Another socialist liberal and drunk driver.
He suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome so I have deleted all of his music.

 

[Supervisor42]

I knew that women in the wrong video well. Dr. Kay Baker was my elementary Montessori teacher trainer in Washington, DC. I spent three summers with her in the heat and humidity of DC. Crazy that this video showed up! She is now deceased.

Something really weird about that post.
I see my own video of my CDV-700 radiation meter testing an 18 millirem 'hot-rock' I bought.
Google robots showing off again.

 

[Supervisor42]

Something really weird about that post.
I see my own video of my CDV-700 radiation meter testing an 18 millirem 'hot-rock' I bought.
Google robots showing off again.

Here's a screenshot snip of the page that I see:

It's like the news-ad that was linked to in another post that automatically changes the title to show that the grandma attacked was magically from your hometown.
Robots at play.

 

[backlash]

That is very strange. I have no idea what's going on.

 

[Supervisor42]

That is very strange. I have no idea what's going on.

It's a Google - Youtube thing, when the link tosses to Youtube to show the video player.
When I first scroll down the thread, I see a split-second pic of the guy holding the antenna-thing then it is changed to what I posted from then on.
The 'bot grabs something it knows you will like instead of what is there. (It made Weedy's day)
Pretty sure the guy whose video linked it (to them) is raking up thousands of 'views'.

 

[Neb]

It's a Google - Youtube thing, when the link tosses to Youtube to show the video player.
When I first scroll down the thread, I see a split-second pic of the guy with the antenna-thing then it is changed to what I posted from then on.
The 'bot grabs something it knows you will like instead of what is there. (It made Weedy's day)
Pretty sure the guy whose video linked it (to them) is raking up thousands of 'views'.

YouTube and Google are a leviathan that is power that that can shape or edify.

Throw Wikipedia in with that mix.

For matters of facts they can be helpful. For matters of opinion.... not so much.

The beasts can be used to investigate facts that are absolute and boring. Example a Fourier transform.

But for opinion Swisscows seems to be ambivalent to the topic.

In short exploit the beast but don't become subservient to the beast.

Ben

 

[Supervisor42]

YouTube and Google are a leviathan that is power that that can shape or edify.

Throw Wikipedia in with that mix.

For matters of facts they can be helpful. For matters of opinion.... not so much.

The beasts can be used to investigate facts that are absolute and boring. Example a Fourier transform.

But for opinion Swisscows seems to be ambivalent to the topic.

In short exploit the beast but don't become subservient to the beast.

Ben

I hope @backlash does not modify his original post in any way.
For most people, it will become a 'looking-glass' (kaleidoscope), where everyone that looks thru it, sees something different.
And if Jim decides to shoot me for derailing his thread, I can only offer this advice:

Make 2 well-placed shots, of well-loaded rounds........ of Moderna .

I can also give a detailed step-by-step operation of exactly what happens in this 'diversion', and more importantly why.

 

[backlash]

I see the video I linked to. I'll just leave it alone so others can see the weirdness for themselves.

 

[Weedygarden]

Here's a screenshot snip of the page that I see:
View attachment 59351
It's like the news-ad that was linked to in another post that automatically changes the title to show that the grandma attacked was magically from your hometown.
Robots at play.

And this is what I see.

 

[Flight]

Another socialist liberal and drunk driver.
He suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome so I have deleted all of his music.

As a Canadian I known nothing about his drunk driving or his socialist liberal ways (nor do I care) , it was only meant as a funny for all the chats I'm seeing about nothing on TV worth watching

 

[Neb]

As a Canadian I known nothing about his drunk driving or his socialist liberal ways (nor do I care) , it was only meant as a funny for all the chats I'm seeing about nothing on TV worth watching

If it weren't for dentist office waiting rooms, airport gates, and the lobbies of fortune 50 companies I have not watched broadcast media in 25 years or more.

I recall waiting for my customer at GE imaging in the lobby and the receptionist (a dear girk) asking if she could do anything for me while I waited. I pointed up at the the tv tuned to MSNBC and said "Can you switch that to Fox?". She smiled and shook her head no.

We have 200 channels and nothing worth watching. At least we can still read books.

Ben

 

[MoBookworm1957]

My internet prices have dropped by $30.
Still just have Internet but at the cost of $49.95.
Have about 200 channels through Roku.

 

[zoomzoom]

Look into this if you may qualify.
https://www.affordableconnectivity.gov/

What is the Affordable Connectivity Program?​

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a U.S. government program run by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program to help low-income households pay for internet service and connected devices like a laptop or tablet.

You are likely eligible if your household’s income is below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line, or if you or someone you live with currently receives a government benefit like SNAP, Medicaid, SSI, WIC, Pell Grant, or Free and Reduced-Price Lunch.

If your household is eligible, you could receive:

• Up to a $30/month discount on your internet service
• Up to a $75/month discount if your household is on qualifying Tribal lands
• A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer (with a co-payment of more than $10 but less than $50)
• A low cost service plan that may be fully covered through the ACP*