Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 832

kindlekitten · 03-20-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Set up uTorrent to d/l TV shows that I don't have enough tuners on TiVo to record. This might be the beginning of the end of paying for cable TV.

BOb

I'd be very interested to see the end solution

kindlekitten · 03-20-2010, 12:57 PM

*sigh* I have a full day of fixin' fences and chain sawing up fallen trees my knee's gonna be murder tonight!

yvanleterrible · 03-20-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I have no doubt. But is the Apple TV set up to connect to any device on any wifi network? As I said, I wouldn't assume that. I don't know anything about the Apple TV, but as I would look for testimonies (or complaints) from real life users. I'm sure you can find them easily enough via Google. If anything can go wrong with an Apple TV, I'm sure Google will tell you about it

This is why I cast off the question at first.

GeoffC · 03-20-2010, 01:21 PM

Huh !

h_t's wasting CAKE on kids !

he'll be telling us it's got chocolate in, next .....

FlorenceArt · 03-20-2010, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

This is why I cast off the question at first.

I know

I'm only saying, get confirmation from someone who has actually done it.

pilotbob · 03-20-2010, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I have no doubt. But is the Apple TV set up to connect to any device on any wifi network?

The Apple TV out-of-the-box is designed to work with your iTunes account and it connects/syncs with whatever computer (PC or Mac) you have on your network that you use as your iTunes library. (It might even connect to more than one if you want... I'm not sure about that.)

In that setup it will allow you to place Movies and TV shows you purchased/rented from the iTunes store on your TV.

The ATV Flash product is an add-in which adds a bunch of features to ATV which liberates it from being a remote iTunes access device to more of a stand alone device that can have it's own local storage and pull from non-iTunes repositories of data like a share or a NAS.

BOb

phenomshel · 03-20-2010, 02:02 PM

We've been doing this for awhile now. We have a small PC sitting next to the TV, and it is set up so you can switch between inputs (Satellite TV and computer). On the computer we store TV shows that we downloaded because we weren't home at the time they were on. When we want to watch those, we just switch the input and the TV basically then becomes an extra large monitor for the computer. Go to whichever media player we're using (depends on whether the PC is running Windows or Linux this week - ask Chris, LOL), and put it on fullscreen. I've watched most of the Merlin TV series this way and find I enjoy the "on demand" (to borrow a trademark from Comcrap) aspect of it.
There are some drawbacks. Not everything we want to watch is available via utorrent - (HGTV and Food Network content for me, mainly).
As for Apple, I'm completely out of my depth there. I'm sure Chris could probably figure it out, though.

pilotbob · 03-20-2010, 02:04 PM

Just download the last 26 Kindle ebooks I "bought" (some were $0.00) to my PC, liberated them and put them into Calibre's library which is in my dropbox so they are now backed up and archived.

Woot... one less worry for when Amazon goes out of business due to the iPad changing everything.

BOb

FlorenceArt · 03-20-2010, 02:10 PM

Doing a jigsaw puzzle. And thinking about dinner.

TGS · 03-20-2010, 02:25 PM

Just spent half an hour taking the skins off almonds, so now I am, rather disgustingly, (well, you did ask), scraping the bits of almond skin from under my thumb nail.

happy_terd · 03-20-2010, 02:31 PM

sigh...wife ordered both my son and me to go get haircuts for this B-day party.

yvanleterrible · 03-20-2010, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by happy_terd

sigh...wife ordered both my son and me to go get haircuts for this B-day party.

You don't look like you need a haircut but spring is here you can stash the Christmas gear...

happy_terd · 03-20-2010, 02:44 PM

That isn't a Christmas wreath at all or a Santa hat.

kennyc · 03-20-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by happy_terd

sigh...wife ordered both my son and me to go get haircuts for this B-day party.

and if you want CAKE then you'll do what SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED says.

happy_terd · 03-20-2010, 03:58 PM

2 daughters and probably 1 more on the way...the boy and I are starting to feel outnumbered.

03-20-2010, 12:57 PM	#12467
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	sigh I have a full day of fixin' fences and chain sawing up fallen trees my knee's gonna be murder tonight!

03-20-2010, 01:21 PM	#12469
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Huh ! h_t's wasting CAKE on kids ! he'll be telling us it's got chocolate in, next .....

03-20-2010, 02:02 PM	#12472
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	We've been doing this for awhile now. We have a small PC sitting next to the TV, and it is set up so you can switch between inputs (Satellite TV and computer). On the computer we store TV shows that we downloaded because we weren't home at the time they were on. When we want to watch those, we just switch the input and the TV basically then becomes an extra large monitor for the computer. Go to whichever media player we're using (depends on whether the PC is running Windows or Linux this week - ask Chris, LOL), and put it on fullscreen. I've watched most of the Merlin TV series this way and find I enjoy the "on demand" (to borrow a trademark from Comcrap) aspect of it. There are some drawbacks. Not everything we want to watch is available via utorrent - (HGTV and Food Network content for me, mainly). As for Apple, I'm completely out of my depth there. I'm sure Chris could probably figure it out, though.

03-20-2010, 02:04 PM	#12473
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Just download the last 26 Kindle ebooks I "bought" (some were $0.00) to my PC, liberated them and put them into Calibre's library which is in my dropbox so they are now backed up and archived. Woot... one less worry for when Amazon goes out of business due to the iPad changing everything. BOb

03-20-2010, 02:10 PM	#12474
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Doing a jigsaw puzzle. And thinking about dinner.

03-20-2010, 02:25 PM	#12475
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	Just spent half an hour taking the skins off almonds, so now I am, rather disgustingly, (well, you did ask), scraping the bits of almond skin from under my thumb nail.

03-20-2010, 02:31 PM	#12476
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	sigh...wife ordered both my son and me to go get haircuts for this B-day party.

03-20-2010, 02:44 PM	#12478
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	That isn't a Christmas wreath at all or a Santa hat.

03-20-2010, 03:58 PM	#12480
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	2 daughters and probably 1 more on the way...the boy and I are starting to feel outnumbered.