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bageljoey said:

“  If I didn't have the tag, there's no way I would have gotten that wallet back”

Cool story—and I’m glad he got his wallet back—but “no way” is a stretch. The idiots in the booth could easily have opened the wallet and found an ID and looked him up...

Not necessarily. I lost my car keys and couldn’t find them for 2 years when I got a call from a local laundromat a few months ago.  The keys had been sitting in a drawer right behind the front counter for the entire 2 years until a new employee saw them. They had a security tag on them where anyone can throw them in a post office box for a free return, and my phone number on a tag on the keys as well. So, even with that sort of identification on my keys, they sat in that drawer for 2 years. I probably would have been able to find them the same day had I had an AirTag on them. 

mark fearing said:

Beats said:

With Apple having a 10 year lead and inventing the platform how the hell have they allowed Spotify to even be a competitor??

I think there’s room for other companies. And I’m not sure anyone’s winning anything given the market size of podcasts.

I know what you are saying, but, we, the customer, are winning. 

Public beta available for me. 

GeorgeBMac said:

riverko said:

Watching it with my Dolby Atmos sound system was great experience. I understand that some might have issues. Watching it on TV with the built-in stereo speakers only trying to keep up with all those sounds. But that is general issue for any movie with ‘better’ sound - be it DVD, BluRay with Dolby 5.1 and higher…

Yeh, my home theater system predates Atmos -- but it's still pretty good.  And, it adds enormously to films like Greyhound where the sound is an integral part of the picture.   With a high end system you don't just hear the explosion, you feel the explosion.  Lord of the RIngs is another where the sound really contributes to the movie -- deep, full throated sound that you can feel in your chest.

...  It's one of the things missing from even stereo HomePods -- they have great sound but they can't push enough air for you to feel the sound.

Frankly, I've become used to great sound -- so the sound in Greyhound seemed about normal to me -- until an earlier ai article pointed it out.  Then I realized how much the sound contributed to the film. And, how much the film would have suffered without it.

I can only offer my pity to those watching these films using TV speakers.   it's half of the fun.

And, it's a bit of shame this movie did not open in theaters -- not because of the big screen but because of their superior sound systems.

And yet the Dolby Atmos adds so much more to a film like this that I found it a real treat when I upgraded my 5.1 system to even a low end Denon receiver with the sound format.  

chasm said:

While I concur with those who say the Apple TV Siri Remote could stand some improvement, this remote:

1. Doesn't have Siri, so you're sending voice and button-press data to your cable provider/partners/streaming services/Universal Electronics/the Russians/who knows;

From the article: “ The remote also includes a button for making Siri requests.”