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Post by span870 on Feb 9, 2018 21:28:53 GMT -5
Mine's running a little slower than normal today. Just under half a meg download, and just under a quarter meg upload, and this is the only computer in the house currently running. Usually, it's around six tenths meg download speed. ATT DSL, so far the only thing still available here. Reliable and cheap, but reliably slow. I did manage to watch a western movie on it a couple weeks ago without waiting for "buffering" or any interruptions, but it was in standard def and seemed a little fuzzy even for that (maybe there's some less-than-standard def version?). Surprised me that it didn't stop to let the download catch up every few seconds. Usually have to wait for it even downloading U-tube vids. Never tried downloading much sports, but may give it a try now that the olympics are on. Curling looks like it might be a good candidate, or senior golf after the olympics 8^) I can watch curling for hours. Not that it's interesting or anything. It's like being up at 4 in the morning watching TV and you realize you just watched an hour long infomercial. You start watching it and hour or two later it hits you
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 10, 2018 14:17:21 GMT -5
I picked up a Roku Ultra today at the Walmart. I connected it via Ethernet cable and got some free channels set up. The kids are watching a movie now, it loads in 2-3 seconds and plays without stopping. I'm pretty happy with it.
I noticed that a lot of the free channels have very old or "alternative" type shows and movies. I may look into some of the paid subscriptions eventually, but the free stuff will do for now.
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