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FCC to move on set-top box regulations, could open door for expanded Apple TV
Regulation is not the entire problem. Consider this. I make a movie and after it shows in theaters I want it to go to DVD and streaming. I want my movie available to anyone who wants to pay to watch it. Amazon says we won't do it if Netflix has it. Or Showtime says we won't show it if HBO has it. It is in my best interest that anyone who wants to watch it can on whatever platform they choose. That does not happen now and it is not a restriction from the content creator. It is cable companies and the content providers that make my life and my potential customers lives difficult.redraider11 said:The government needs to stop meddling in corporation's affairs. They think they know what's best, but really they're just picking winners and losers. Let the market and consumers decide whom the winners and losers are, not government and lobbyists.
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Microsoft Windows Phone chief Joe Belfiore tweets from an Apple iPhone
I want to know if the presidential candidates will be discussing this horrible travesty on mankind in the next debates? /s
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Apple bumps tvOS to version 9.1.1, adds Podcasts app
I hope this article does not trigger the next barrage of "No 4K or Bluetooth keyboard support" comments.
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Verizon joins AT&T in launching sponsored data access, raises net neutrality concerns
How is it a free market when you have lobbyists and SuperPacs bribing politicians to muck things up? While there may be net neutrality in theory, if the Congress chokes off funding to the FCC it won't have the bandwidth, pardon the pun, to chase down all these end a rounds. It would be so wonderful if we actually had free markets as opposed to saying we do.redraider11 said:It's called the free market. Get over it.
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Fourth-gen Apple TVs spontaneously awaken, power on their HDTVs, users complain
Now I understand why CEC is so much better than having 3 or 4 remotes on your table. Clearly eliminates complexity and confusion. /szoetmb said:
I don't have an Apple TV, but HDMI-CEC between my Blu-ray player, receiver and TV, all of different brands, works quite well. I would say it's those complex programmable remotes that are unreliable and unpredictable. The proof of that are the sites with thousands of postings from people who can't get the remotes to do what they want. Having said that, if I also wanted the remote to open/close the curtains and dim the lights, that would be the only option.jonl said:The best solution is to disable the horribly unreliable, unpredictable HDMI-CEC on all your devices and get a remote with macro capability to control multiple devices. The ATV4 thankfully still supports IR for everything but the new Home button, and the stupid supplied remote is too small, thin, and twitchy with its touchpad to be the primary controller anyway.
Turn on the TV and the receiver turns on and switches to TV. Change the input on the receiver and it changes to match on the TV. Change the input via the TV and it changes the receiver input. If it's late at night and I don't want sound from the receiver, after the receiver turns on, I switch it off and it properly does not shut off the TV, but the TV returns to its own sound. Unfortunately, my cable box doesn't support HDMI-CEC so that still needs to be turned on and off separately, but the cable box remote can also turn on the TV and that, in turn, will turn on the receiver, so all is good.
The only time it doesn't work perfectly is if I manually shut off the receiver at the receiver itself and it wasn't on the TV input. In that case, the next time I turn on the TV, it will still turn on the receiver, but it won't necessarily auto change it to the correct input unless I cycle the input selection on the TV. Also, if the TV is off and I manually turn the receiver on at the receiver and then turn on the TV, it will toggle the receiver and shut it off. I suspect this is because HDMI-CEC toggles power and doesn't really "know" the current state.
