My favorite is seeing the next to last bidder bid $1 and then the last one says $2.
(at some point, you just want to escort them from the building for the reason “you just don’t get it, do you?”)
@TabloTV Is the Tablo app available yet for new Samsung TVs in Canada? A friend of mine just bought a new Samsung 4K QLED tv and was pretty disappointed to find that there is no Tablo app listed for it. If it isn’t available in Canada is there any timeline for this?
At least with Roku, Fire TV, and Android TV you have consistent app access and the apps look the same whether you’re on a TV, a stick, or a streaming box.
But yes, if you want the ‘best’ experience, using a separate streaming device and upgrading it semi-regularly is the way to go.
I think you might be overselling the Amazon side. They certainly have had their warts. Though maybe “now” they have stabilized. While I’m picking on Amazon, because it’s worse there and shouldn’t be, the problem with Android based “smarts” is just like with phones… lack of upgrades and deprecations.
So, maybe, just maybe, Amazon has stabilized, but there was a time…
Android generic, somewhat of a crap shoot… (even set top wise)
Roku, while they do deprecate, they seem to have the longest generation to generation runtimes… with the exception of their lower end devices (always buy high with regards to Roku).
What the world wants is a totally open source ever upgrading platform that can be utiltized. Unfortunately, the DRM overlords will forever prevent this.
I don’t mind companies having their own software, but the whole Sonos debacle really indicates the need for software to be modular and separate from hardware. I’m not replacing my $1000+ TV every five years because Samsung’s clunky software drops out of support.
