[HCARC] Internet TV

[John Canfield]

Yup - get a Roku 3 box, it interfaces with the TV's HDMI port (if your 
TV has an HDMI port then consider it Internet Ready!)  Become an Amazon 
Prime member and you get "free" access to their Prime video library.  
There is a streaming service called Hulu (it will be one of the choices 
on the Roku box) that carries many TV programs. You are most likely too 
far away to pick up San Antonio locals on over-the-air.  About the only 
reason we have DirecTV is watch San Antonio local news, Fox and Turner 
Classic Movies.

Never ever use an Internet provider (like HTC) for email access, get a 
Gmail account - it goes with you everywhere and is provider agnostic.

John
WB5THT

On 6/21/2015 2:18 PM, Gary J - N5BAA wrote:
> Thanks Hank and Jerry, et al.  How do I tell if my TV is internet ready -  I suppose it will have an HDMI port if it is.  My internet connection “to be” is HCTC fiber optic at 6ig speed (can go higher if necessary).  I am in the process of changing (after Field Day) from West Central Wireless as with their service I get 3 meg for part of the time and 0 megs way too often.  They are miserably over-subscribed on the tower I have to connect to for their broadband internet.  I haven’t set up my new email address (N5BAA at hctc.net) to keep things simpler prior to Field Day.  I just don’t have the time right now to fuss with changing the email in all the needed places, not to mention that I absolutely HATE to change email addresses.
>
> Gary J
> N5BAA
>
> From: Harry Folk
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 1:39 PM
> To: Gary and Arlene Johnson
> Subject: RE: [HCARC] Internet TV
>
> Gary,
>   
> Easiest way to use internet for TV is to use a Roku box, unless you have an internet ready TV. One issue in using internet TV is speed and any limits your internet provider may have imposed. TV, movies, eat up a great deal of bandwidth. With Netflix you can adjust speed and bandwidth, not so with Amazon.
> With regard to local channels, it will be dicey due to the distance from the broadcast towers. Go to antennapoint.org and run the program to see what your options are.
>   
> Hank
>
>   
>
>> From: qltfnish at omniglobal.net
>> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:24:07 -0500
>> Subject: [HCARC] Internet TV
>>
>> Neither my XYL nor I watch enough TV to warrant continuing to pay for either DISH or Direct TV. What other than my laptop do I need to download TV programs from the internet and to run things like HULU and Netflix??? My brother suggests something like an Android TV Box – whatever those are. I also I guess I need to put up a TV antenna that can receive local stations. Will an old TV antenna pick up the new digital stations or do I need a new antenna??
>>
>> Gary J
>> N5BAA
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