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The Sicilian
Does anyone have any thoughts on the Amazon Fire Stick? Once it is programmed with Kodi does it stay working or can it be scrambled? Do you get all the cable channels like MSNBC, Fox, HGTV, Create, TBS, History, HSN, QVC, ESPN etc...
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TeaAtThree
I use Spotify Premium, which is $10 a month, maybe $15 for a family plan so that both my kids and my wife can have their own access. I use it on my ipad, iphone and laptop. If I remember correctly, that is the only way to go mobile -- using the pay service.
I stream bluetooth at home on the iPad, use Beats headphones with iPhone when I walk the dog, and I can connect in the car wth my phone.
It's completely awesome. The few CDs I buy I get through Amazon. I haven't been in a record store in six months.
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TeaAtThree
I use Spotify Premium, which is $10 a month, maybe $15 for a family plan so that both my kids and my wife can have their own access. I use it on my ipad, iphone and laptop. If I remember correctly, that is the only way to go mobile -- using the pay service.
I stream bluetooth at home on the iPad, use Beats headphones with iPhone when I walk the dog, and I can connect in the car wth my phone.
It's completely awesome. The few CDs I buy I get through Amazon. I haven't been in a record store in six months.
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Thanks T@3. You say the only way i can use an Ipod is to have the paid Spotify? seems to make sense, cuz when I hook up an Ipod to PC nothing shows. They dont seem to recognize each other.
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Aquamarine
I'm interested in the pros and cons of all this, too, but I guess I don't understand why you'd want to use the Fire Stick to watch streaming cable channels if you can already watch the channels via your cable subscription. Or in my case, satellite. I'm thinking of getting one basically to watch Amazon Prime video, plus Netflix. I still can't figure out if the stick or box is a better option for me, though.
Regarding Spotify etc., I get a discounted subscription to Tidal hifi and love it.
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Aquamarine
I'm interested in the pros and cons of all this, too, but I guess I don't understand why you'd want to use the Fire Stick to watch streaming cable channels if you can already watch the channels via your cable subscription. Or in my case, satellite. I'm thinking of getting one basically to watch Amazon Prime video, plus Netflix. I still can't figure out if the stick or box is a better option for me, though.
Regarding Spotify etc., I get a discounted subscription to Tidal hifi and love it.
Isn't the object of the Fire Stick to receive channels via WiFi and bypass the cable company?
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TeaAtThree
I use Spotify Premium, which is $10 a month, maybe $15 for a family plan so that both my kids and my wife can have their own access. I use it on my ipad, iphone and laptop. If I remember correctly, that is the only way to go mobile -- using the pay service.
I stream bluetooth at home on the iPad, use Beats headphones with iPhone when I walk the dog, and I can connect in the car wth my phone.
It's completely awesome. The few CDs I buy I get through Amazon. I haven't been in a record store in six months.
T@3
Thanks T@3. You say the only way i can use an Ipod is to have the paid Spotify? seems to make sense, cuz when I hook up an Ipod to PC nothing shows. They dont seem to recognize each other.
Yes, Palace, I'm pretty sure that you can't do mobile Spotify without paying. I happen to love it and find it well worth the money. I like being able to listen to a new album in its entirety without having to commit to buying it. Even as recently as several years ago I would have bought something I like on CD after hearing it on Spotify, but now I just stream it. I'm slowly losing the need to own the music in physical form.
And, I find myself digging out music from years ago that I like but either don't own anymore or perhaps did on vinyl -- I don't have a working turntable and long ago replaced most things I liked with CDs.
I also listen to quite a bit of jazz these days, and can find tons of material, both old and new, on there.
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Aquamarine
I'm interested in the pros and cons of all this, too, but I guess I don't understand why you'd want to use the Fire Stick to watch streaming cable channels if you can already watch the channels via your cable subscription. Or in my case, satellite. I'm thinking of getting one basically to watch Amazon Prime video, plus Netflix. I still can't figure out if the stick or box is a better option for me, though.
Regarding Spotify etc., I get a discounted subscription to Tidal hifi and love it.
Isn't the object of the Fire Stick to receive channels via WiFi and bypass the cable company?
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DandelionPowderman
What's the difference between a fire stick and Google Chromecast (I use the latter)?
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The Sicilian
Does anyone have any thoughts on the Amazon Fire Stick? Once it is programmed with Kodi does it stay working or can it be scrambled? Do you get all the cable channels like MSNBC, Fox, HGTV, Create, TBS, History, HSN, QVC, ESPN etc...
You do get all or most of those streaming cable channels but,they limit the content UNLESS you are also a subscriber to those channels through a cable provider. If you are a subscriber,you can then activate the Fire Stick by logging in with a code on a computer which then sends you to your cable provider's web-site to log-in to your cable account for verification. Every so often,you have to re-verify and repeat the proccess. About once a month with the streaming History Channel and about twice a year with Watch ESPN.
I haven't used Kodi with the fire stick but,I use it once in a great while on my computer. Quite a few worthless channels but I guess that there are a couple worthwhile if you search long enough.
The Fire Stick is infused with Amazon advertisements. I prefer the Roku Stick for the most part. It's more staight-forward. I bought the Fire Stick after I bought the Roku stick because the Fire Stick has better SlingBox functionality but that's the only real advantage of the Fire Stick that I see so far.
If you go with a box .... the Fire box or the Roku Premiere + , or the Roku Ultra , then you have the option to hard wire the connection with an ethernet cable (I recommend a CAT6 or higher cable) instead of dealing with a wireless signal , although wireless is also an option with them as well.
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DandelionPowderman
What's the difference between a fire stick and Google Chromecast (I use the latter)?
I haven't used the ChromeCast,only the Roku Stick,the Western Digital box,and the Fire Stick but,from what I understand :
1) the remote control
2) the selection of applications
(a couple of examples : The last I heard,the ChromeCast has no Streaming History Channel application which the Roku Stick + boxes and the Fire Stick + box all have ..... and the ChromeCast has no support for using a SlingBox without resorting to "screen mirroring" which the Fire Stick and box and Western Digital box all have.)
3) the integrated advertisements natuarlly are different ..... the Fire Stick perhaps has the most obtrusive advertisements
4) the layout of the menu / user interface
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His Majesty
Spotify and Apple are killing music.
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His Majesty
Spotify and Apple are killing music.
They're more like the McDonald'ses of music... Fast food. Convenient. Not necessary. I use them on the go, though..
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His Majesty
Spotify and Apple are killing music.
They're more like the McDonald'ses of music... Fast food. Convenient. Not necessary. I use them on the go, though..
They have much content they have no right to stream. Total rip off for the artists etc etc.
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His Majesty
Spotify and Apple are killing music.
They're more like the McDonald'ses of music... Fast food. Convenient. Not necessary. I use them on the go, though..
They have much content they have no right to stream. Total rip off for the artists etc etc.
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His Majesty
Spotify and Apple are killing music.
They're more like the McDonald'ses of music... Fast food. Convenient. Not necessary. I use them on the go, though..
They have much content they have no right to stream. Total rip off for the artists etc etc.
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His Majesty
Eh, no.
It took Robert Fripp/King Crimson, for example, ages to get spotify to remove music.
There's lots of wonkyness with regards to it all, but stream on.
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His Majesty
Eh, no.
It took Robert Fripp/King Crimson, for example, ages to get spotify to remove music.
There's lots of wonkyness with regards to it all, but stream on.
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His Majesty
Eh, no.
It took Robert Fripp/King Crimson, for example, ages to get spotify to remove music.
There's lots of wonkyness with regards to it all, but stream on.
Is spotify not paying the artists then? It doesn't work for free. As far as I know Robert Fripp was notorious for hunting down "illegal" downloads. He went after bands that were covering music,even visiting the venues when they were playing.