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Turning a 1/4 wave vertical upside down
On 12/16/2013 2:43 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 23:37:43 -0500, "Ralph Mowery" wrote: A newer TV gets the analog and digital chanels off the cable. Then I have one of the boxes hooked to the main TV.. If my wife could operate things, I would go to something like Netflix. For Netflix, there are a variety of options. Computer, game box, media player, tablet computers, and built into the TV. For your wife, I suggest you try one of the Roku media players: http://www.roku.com/products/compare I have an older Roku 2 XS box and use it for Netflix. The remote control has only a few buttons, so it's fairly easy to learn. The difficult part is searching for shows to watch. I like to do that on a computah, where I can type in the name of the program on a real keyboard. You can plug in a keyboard into the Roku box, but that might add too much complexity. When I find something worth watching, I add it to my "favorites" list, which appears at the top of the screen when selecting shows on Netflix. What's really nice about Netflix is the total lack of commercials. Last week, one of my customers bought an Xbox One gizmo at Costco. Nifty system which can be voice controlled. All he has to do is say "Xbox show Netflix" and it's up. However, within Netflix, he has to use the included remote control. With the cable box, he can go directly to his favorite channel. "Xbox show TCM" will bring up Turner Classic Movies. If your wife can handle voice commands, it might be an (expensive) option. Marginally related RF drivel: One of my friends is avid DX'er. He has all his media and computer gizmos interconnected via Wi-Fi because Wi-Fi creates less RFI than ethernet. Then, he asks me to figure out why his wi-fi is so slow. None of the computers caused problems, but running Netflix in full 1080p was what was killing his wireless. My solution was to sell him a dual band wireless router, and reserve the 5GHz band for video. Then he has a problem in his ethernet. Properly installed, ethernet creates virtually no interference. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry, AI0K ================== |
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