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04-20-2018, 05:33 PM
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#161
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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For content you can download Netflix when u have good Wi-Fi. Watch later. I have a tablet for this use. U can connect to tv with HDMI connector.
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04-20-2018, 05:53 PM
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#162
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Guru
City: Mississippi
Vessel Name: ADAGIO
Vessel Model: CHB Present 42 Sundeck
Join Date: Jul 2014
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Just get NetFlix for $10/mo, get a Smart TV (cheap!), and anywhere you get wifi or a signal, you can watch much!
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04-26-2018, 12:56 PM
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#163
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
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I just picked up a Roku stick with voice remote for about $60. Plugged it into the back of my non-smart HDTV and...viola!!! Instant Netflix, Amazon, Google, Roku, etc content on my dumb TV.
Richard of Dauntless fame visited for a few days shortly after I installed it. We were able to watch an Amazon movie rental one night and the Formula One race on ESPN2 the next morning while listening to it all on the Bose sound system.
Not bad for $60 if you've got access to WiFi internet.
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04-26-2018, 02:50 PM
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#164
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Guru
City: Mississippi
Vessel Name: ADAGIO
Vessel Model: CHB Present 42 Sundeck
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 908
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That's cool Al!
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04-27-2018, 06:35 AM
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#165
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City: Bethesda, MD
Vessel Name: Solstice
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
I just picked up a Roku stick with voice remote for about $60. Plugged it into the back of my non-smart HDTV and...viola!!! Instant Netflix, Amazon, Google, Roku, etc content on my dumb TV.
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This is really the best way to 'future proof' a setup. Use a regular TV without any special features and plug a streaming stick or box into it.
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04-27-2018, 07:43 AM
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#166
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City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
I just picked up a Roku stick with voice remote for about $60. Plugged it into the back of my non-smart HDTV and...viola!!! Instant Netflix, Amazon, Google, Roku, etc content on my dumb TV.
Richard of Dauntless fame visited for a few days shortly after I installed it. We were able to watch an Amazon movie rental one night and the Formula One race on ESPN2 the next morning while listening to it all on the Bose sound system.
Not bad for $60 if you've got access to WiFi internet.
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We use the same thing and can bring them with you when you travel
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Skype roatan63
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04-27-2018, 07:45 PM
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#167
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Guru
City: st pete
Vessel Model: 430 Mainship
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,417
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What does "voice remote" do with the Roku stick.
I've got the stick at my dirt home and has had it's share of not working issues. All solvable, but a PITA.
Would a smart TV be better (probably cheaper)?
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04-28-2018, 12:11 AM
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#168
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,864
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seevee
What does "voice remote" do with the Roku stick.
I've got the stick at my dirt home and has had it's share of not working issues. All solvable, but a PITA.
Would a smart TV be better (probably cheaper)?
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Call me paranoid, but I find the idea of these smart TVs and these wifi connected, voice controlled control/download boxes, as a bit creepy. If someone hacks into its connection to the internet they can turn on its camera and spy on you, and listen to everything in the room. So I believe, anyway.
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04-28-2018, 01:12 AM
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#169
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City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
Call me paranoid, but I find the idea of these smart TVs and these wifi connected, voice controlled control/download boxes, as a bit creepy. If someone hacks into its connection to the internet they can turn on its camera and spy on you, and listen to everything in the room. So I believe, anyway. 
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04-28-2018, 03:46 AM
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#170
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City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
Call me paranoid, but I find the idea of these smart TVs and these wifi connected, voice controlled control/download boxes, as a bit creepy. If someone hacks into its connection to the internet they can turn on its camera and spy on you, and listen to everything in the room. So I believe, anyway. 
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You are not paranoid ..... They are out to get you.
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04-28-2018, 08:53 AM
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#171
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seevee
What does "voice remote" do with the Roku stick.
I've got the stick at my dirt home and has had it's share of not working issues. All solvable, but a PITA.
Would a smart TV be better (probably cheaper)?
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Here are a couple links describing the function.
https://support.roku.com/article/208...reaming-device
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=q2LOSHf4FX0
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04-28-2018, 09:31 AM
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#172
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City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,934
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Someone want to watch what is going on in my room?
Great, dont need a burglar alarm. They can call me when something happens.
Personally, I dont think I am worthy of being watched by my TV.
If they think I am THAT important, I do have a spare bedroom at home, they can move right in and contribute to the upkeep to my condo.
If they think I am so important to watch my activities on the boat, fine, they can sleep on the swim platform unless SHE is attractive and sweet and gentle, will cook and clean. Yea, like that is going to happen LOL
If THEY wanted excitement, THEY should have started watching when I was in my 20s.
How much activity can a 75 year old man provide "the viewing public?" LOL
Personally, I think you folks are over stating the problem with the smart TVs.
You want to really worry, those same "THEY" maybe more interested in what you do on your computer.
Oh, I almost forgot, tin foil hats, 3 for $1 at the back of the room.
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04-28-2018, 09:34 AM
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#173
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Wifey B: NBA playoffs. Can't imagine being without television.
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04-28-2018, 09:42 AM
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#174
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City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
Wifey B: NBA playoffs. Can't imagine being without television. 
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THEY are watching you!!!
LOL
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04-28-2018, 12:12 PM
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#175
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: Alzero
Vessel Model: Hatteras 63' CPMY
Join Date: Apr 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
Call me paranoid, but I find the idea of these smart TVs and these wifi connected, voice controlled control/download boxes, as a bit creepy. If someone hacks into its connection to the internet they can turn on its camera and spy on you, and listen to everything in the room. So I believe, anyway. 
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This is crazy talk: everyone knows that they have been listening to us through our radios for decades. Why would they bother with watching through the TV anymore when they can listen to what you think on your wi-fi network? Thats why they went digital a few years back: they didn't need the old analog cameras in the TVs anymore since wi-fi was everywhere now. Bringing in alien technology like iPhones and flat TVs was worth the risk since the wi-fi and cellular networks they use will let them monitor our reactions as they trickle it into society. Where do you think self-driving cars are coming from?
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04-28-2018, 02:28 PM
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#176
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Woodland Hills, "Where do you think self-driving cars are coming from?"
to the car, 'Take me to the strip club.'
car, 'You have your wife's permission?'
You, 'Yes'
car, 'Hold your permission slip to the camera so I can see and validate her signature.'
Ah yes, the possibilities are endless. lol
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04-28-2018, 06:45 PM
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#177
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Guru
City: Bethesda, MD
Vessel Name: Solstice
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 47 Eastbay FB
Join Date: Feb 2018
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Smart TVs are never better. Mainly because NO television vendor ever keeps the apps up to date on them. Within a 2 year span you're faced with abandoned apps. Whereas a relatively inexpensive streaming stick of small box will continue to get updates. Roku, Amazon, Chromecast, etc. Or even a cheap PC with a media streamer like Plex, Kodi or the like. At least with a separate module you can replace it easily if something better comes along.
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04-28-2018, 07:04 PM
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#178
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Guru
City: Edgewater, MD
Vessel Name: Catalina Jack
Vessel Model: Defever 44
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 3,361
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
Call me paranoid, but I find the idea of these smart TVs and these wifi connected, voice controlled control/download boxes, as a bit creepy. If someone hacks into its connection to the internet they can turn on its camera and spy on you, and listen to everything in the room. So I believe, anyway. 
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Why anyone would waste their valuable time trying to hack my systems to watch me is beyond my comprehension. Have at it if that excites. Not something worth 2 seconds of my time worrying about.
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04-28-2018, 08:17 PM
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#179
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
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I have an LG Smart TV at home and have been really happy with it. Sure, there are some apps that are slow to get updated and some apps that it doesn’t have (Spotify for example). I have a very nice, now older, HD in the house that isn’t a “smart TV”. I’ve considered getting a Roku stick for it (if my older TV has a USB input....).
I think it would be a good option for the boat. Unfortunately, it won’t give us cable news (which my wife it addicted to) but will give us entertainment.
The nice thing about a boat is that I’m never bored. I can be on the boat in terrible weather and be perfectly happy messing about with boat stuff.
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04-28-2018, 10:18 PM
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#180
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Senior Member
City: Beaufort, SC
Vessel Name: TAMI II
Vessel Model: Tollycraft, 44 CPMY
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 139
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I use my iPhone which has an unlimited data account with Verizon.
Connect to the flatscreen with a lightning to HDMI adapter:
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/M...tal-av-adapter
Then whatever you can watch on the phone can be sent to the TV: VUDU, Netflix, Direct TV app....
If you have a Slingbox at home, you can project your home cable account to your TV. Whatever you can watch at home, you can watch on your phone and therefore your vessels flatscreen TV via the adapter.
Slingbox.com - Slingbox 500
Limitation is need for cell service. When there's no service, there's always a sunset...
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