Also, with cable a portion of your bill is automatically given to certain networks, even if you don't watch them or agree with their progamming.
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By: Cozmo to Rixter on Sat Feb 22 2025 11:00 am
Good for you. We never had cabletv out here in the sticks, but 2 years ago we did get cable available and we just went with internet only. We went from 8 mbps down to 400 mbps. It is so nice. We still only use digital antenna and get 40 channels on the mountain here. Sometimes now > Ri> we watch freevee for judge Judy or old tv shows. Love ME tv. My brother > Ri> speaks highly of Pluto, we will try it.
Have a good day cozmo.
Pluto and roku TV are pretty decent. Cable was more of a convienance more th > anything but, definitely not worth the price. I love Crime TV on my local OT > channels.
Have a good one!
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... Enter any 12-digit prime number to continue.We use Pluto because it came with the LG TV we bought. We had the TV for a yearbefore we connected it to the internet. LOL. Pluto seems easy to understand. Itreminds me of a kind of tuner. Lots of good one show only channels. I remember
they had a Star Trek Classic channel that ran the old Star Trek Shows 24/7 and
we left it there for weeks. That is kind of nice.
Have a great weekend Cozmo!
Rixter
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We never had cabletv out here in the sticks, but 2 years ago we did get cable available and we just went with internet...
My family was rather late to the cable scene as well, though not /quite/ as late as you. We didn't sign up until '90, and the only reason that happened was because I signed up for TV and Internet for myself and split the connection between my den and the living room. My Ma quickly became a fan of Turner Classic movies and Lifetime. For me, it was all about the
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By: anthk to All on Thu Mar 20 2025 09:56:04
Hey, guys.
We never had cabletv out here in the sticks, but 2 years ago we did
get
cable available and we just went with internet...
My family was rather late to the cable scene as well, though not /quite/
as
late as you. We didn't sign up until '90, and the only reason that happened was because I signed up for TV and Internet for myself and split the connection between my den and the living room. My Ma quickly became a fan of Turner Classic movies and Lifetime. For me, it was all about the Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but do you mean you got a cable TV and internet package from the cable company in 1990?
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but do you mean you got a cable TV and internet
package from the cable company in 1990?
Yup. Cable had been available in my area since 1980-81.
Including cable internet?
Including cable internet?
Can't speak for the early '80s, but it did exist when I got it in '90.
Yup. Cable had been available in my area since 1980-81.
Including cable internet? It would be surprising that cable internet would have been available in 1990.. I don't remember hearing of that back then.
Including cable internet? It would be surprising that cable internet would
have been available in 1990.. I don't remember hearing of that back then.
In most places in the states, I don't think it was, unless he possibly means IDSN service for internet. In 1990, I don't remember the Internet even being a thing that most people were aware of. The "GUI WWW" was not really yet a big thing then.
I had dial-up internet then, and internet at work, and it was all text -- email, ftp, telnet, usenet news, and gopher sites.
In most places in the states, I don't think it was, unless he possibly means IDSN service for internet. In 1990, I don't remember the Internet even being a thing that most people were aware of. The "GUI WWW" was not really yet a big thing then.
In most places in the states, I don't think it was, unless he possibly
means IDSN service for internet. In 1990, I don't remember the Internet
even being a thing that most people were aware of. The "GUI WWW" was not
really yet a big thing then.
it's a bit disingenuous.. like saying 2.5Gbit internet was available in the 90's (it was.. to ISPs)
in truth (adjusted for inflation, 1995) just the cablemodems for service back then were >$1000
and (again for inflation) 1993? $11000 for the modem
it took @Home in 1997 to make cablemodem available in a meaningful way.
Yup. Cable had been available in my
area since 1980-81.
Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-
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By: Mortar to Nightfox on Tue Apr 15 2025 11:13 pm
Including cable internet?
Can't speak for the early '80s, but it did exist when I got it in '90.
Interesting. I hadn't even heard about the internet until 1995, and I thought it was all dialup for home users at the time. I didn't think there was any broadband internet until at least the late 90s.
it took @Home in 1997 to make cablemodem available in a meaningful way.
I didn't think there was any broadband internet until at least the late 90s.
...unless he possibly means IDSN service...
The "GUI WWW" was not really yet a big thing then.
I wasn't aware of the internet until 1995. In 1990, I knew of services like AOL, Prodigy, CompuServe etc. though.
There was cable here with dial-up...
The "GUI WWW" was not really yet a big thing then.
Actually, it wasn't a thing at all. The first widely used WYSIWYG browser was
Mosaic in 1993.
Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-
Interesting. I hadn't even heard about the internet until 1995, and I thought it was all dialup for home users at the time. I didn't think there was any broadband internet until at least the late 90s.
Interesting. I hadn't even heard about the internet until 1995, and I
I remember people talking in 1993 about shell accounts at netcom, being able to bounce around the world on one phone call. About that time, my company got a 56k leased line from UC Berkeley. I had a shell account, tried playing with tools like SLiRP to connect Windows to the net, then
Dumas Walker wrote to MORTAR <=-was
The "GUI WWW" was not really yet a big thing then.
Actually, it wasn't a thing at all. The first widely used WYSIWYG browser
Mosaic in 1993.
I didn't think it was but couldn't remember for sure which year it was
I first tried out Mosaic. I knew it was between 1993 and 1997, because
of where I was living, but that was about it. ;)
I remember people talking in 1993 about shell accounts at netcom, being
able to bounce around the world on one phone call.
What I remember as my first browser was called NetScape, probably 1994/95 I think. Still on dial-up at that time.
I didn't think it was but couldn't remember for sure which year it was
I first tried out Mosaic. I knew it was between 1993 and 1997, because of where I was living, but that was about it. ;)
What I remember as my first browser was called NetScape, probably
1994/95 I think. Still on dial-up at that time.
I was referrig to standard TV cable at that point.
As for streaming, I use a number of services, but for old TV show and movies, I like
Tubi. I also have Crackle, but don't use it much. I've tried a few times, but they
never seemed to have what I was looking for, and now that you have to pay for it, I
Yup. Cable had been available in my area since 1980-81.
I was leaning towards a Roku instead of a FIrestick for the other tv.
I was leaning towards a Roku instead of a FIrestick for the other tv.
There's one thing Roku has over the other options. You can get a remote (or app) that you plug headphones into and can then hear the audio of whatever you're watching. You can't install your own apps on it, though, only from their own "store". FireTV and GoogleTV and the Android based stuff beats Roku on all other functionality, IMO. Walmart has somewhat decent Android boxes, Onn brand, for under $20.
Growing up in the '70s we could see the cable tv tower from our livingroom, but it wasn't available to our address.
There's one thing Roku has over the other options. You can get a remote (or app) that you plug headphones into and can then hear the audio of whatever you're watching. You can't install your own apps on it, though, only from their own "store". FireTV and GoogleTV and the Android based stuff beats Rok on all other functionality, IMO. Walmart has somewhat decent Android boxes,
I have a Roku with a remote like that, though I haven't plugged any headphones into it.
In San Francisco, they built a huge television tower called Sutro tower that you could see from most anywhere in the bay area - if you couldn't see it, you could just point your antenna the same way everyone else's was pointed.
the Android based stuff beats Roku on all other functionality, IMO. Walmart has
somewhat
decent Android boxes, Onn brand, for under $20.
Shield is that RetroArch (the console emulator) is supported on it. I've installed that with some ROMs, and I have an 8BitDo bluetooth controller I u
though.. As the broadcast source would be constantly moving and rotating, I imagine there would be some sort of affect (doppler or similar?)..
the Android based stuff beats Roku on all other functionality, IMO. Walmart has
somewhat
decent Android boxes, Onn brand, for under $20.
Found the Onn brand today on sale for $12. Am very pleased with it so far. W I can't stream I can always just switcht the input to my OTA anntenae <sp>.
Bogomips wrote to Mortar <=-
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By: Mortar to Nightfox on
Tue Apr 15 2025 02:10 pm
Yup. Cable had been available in my area since 1980-81.
Growing up in the '70s we could see the cable tv tower from our livingroom, but it wasn't available to our address.
There's a really cool Kodi add-on for games. Not sure if
it's works or not...
That's awesome. Is that for the stick or the little box?I got the stick model and Pluto already d/l, will check kodi tomorrow. Im not used to all those choices. only had like 12 channels with the OTA to choose from.j
Definitely install Kodi and check out some of the add-ons for it, like the Pluto add-on that shows up like IPTV channels under the TV "tab".
for games. Not sure if
it's works or not...
Then how do you know it's "really
cool"?
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