Episode Details

Your hosts dive deep on John's recent post about streaming video apps and a follow-up post about how people feel about the streaming apps they use.

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Links and Show Notes:

Things kick off with a withering review of presentations by children.

Follow-up covers TV pricing updates alongside John's complicated entertainment-stack needs.

(Recorded on Tuesday, February 22, 2022)

Credits

• Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
  
• Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
  
• Music: Merlin Mann
• The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

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Sony 2022 TV price rumors. - YouTube

John's potential TV stand

John's potential blu-ray player with a fan

Forum post explaining how to make the fan quieter on the blu-ray player

John's receiver that's not currently in stock anywhere

John's second-choice receiver

Merlin's blu-ray player, still for sale

Oppo blu-ray players

Reavon blu-ray player

1997 SONY TRINITRON, Videoscope TV, DSS, WebTV Maximum Television commercial from 25 years ago SONY - YouTube

"We call it…maximum television."

Hypercritical: An Unsolicited Streaming App Spec

Again, these are not frills. These are the bare-bones basics.

Hypercritical: Streaming App Sentiments

Nevertheless, for posterity, here’s how people are feeling about the streaming video apps they use.

ATP #470: Computers Can Do Things

Merlin's spreadsheet for rating streaming apps