HBO Max is expensive, but worth it. Buckets of great content, access to HBO gem's and virtually the entire WB catalog are the reasons why
HBO Max Streaming Service
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The Balkanization of TV
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TV, It used to be so simple... Now there are too many choices, and a LOT of small subscriptions, is this really better for the consumer?
Streaming, some yay, some argh
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I am going to need a "better" streaming option than the weak Panasonic Smart TV app, or the outclassed Tivo Roamio.
Music
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My music listening, a core component of my identity, has shifted permanently, yet I still feel guilty that artists aren't fairly paid.
Apple Music – A Fresh Look
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With the shifting allegiances in streaming music, I found myself re-enabling my Apple Music subscription. There are some benefits, and some less desirable aspects. This is relevant as I again ponder the mix of music that I have in my collection, as well as the convenience of streaming. In the following post, I lay out the pro’s and con’s of Apple’s Music subscription plan. $9.99...
More notes on Music
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When we last checked in, we had come to the conclusion that the two “winners,” Spotify and Amazon, were the two services I kept subscriptions to. Both offered excellent coverage, deep catalogs (more on this later), and quality apps for computers and my iPhone (presumably for Android too). I will admit that I have been listening more to Spotify. Their “Daily Mix,”...
Music in the New Year
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I know that I post often about my musical travails, as I wove my path between the various services, Spotify, Apple, Google, Pandora, and Amazon, so this is another installment. The last episode found me back in Spotify, cancelling my Apple Music service. Partly this was due to my desire to back away from the Apple ecosystem, but also because Spotify is vastly superior to iTunes in streaming on my...
Linux Observations – 2017
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A follow-on to my last post. Having last fiddled with linux (on the desktop, not as a hosting solution) was a VM running under vmware workstation probably 7 years ago. Back then it was just a fancy, enough to get my feet wet. Last weekend, I resurrected an old PC (the one that I ran VMWare Workstation on, surprisingly), and the Windows 7 installation was borked. As good a time as any, I grabbed a...
The new king of Streaming – Spotify
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Throughout 2015 and into 2016, I was evaluating the streaming music services, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, and Apple. The result of that initial evaluation was that the then new Apple Music plan was the winner. The combination of all my music collection in their cloud, plus the access to their enormous library, and arguably at the time, the best streaming over wifi at home and on cellular data...
Streaming Video Notes
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I do not watch much “regular” television. I have my Tivo set to record MotoGP, I have some of my favorite old TV shows set to record on MeTV (currently “Perry Mason” and “Get Smart”), and I simply can’t live without “Full Frontal”. Other than that, I watch Netflix, and am in general satisfied with that.
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