[ale] [ot] what's good on TV - cord cutting
Neal Rhodes
neal at mnopltd.com
Wed Apr 12 10:27:42 EDT 2017
Now we go waaaaay off into the tall weeds. Yes, Acorn.tv offers for
streaming a reasonably broad spectrum of British TV, and Australian, and
New Zealand, and Irish, and.... well some real quality stuff from the
rest of the English speaking planet. And some non-english if you are
into sub-titles.
A lot of it is recent; some, like much of the Masterpiece Mystery covers
the whole span of series like Poirot. Some is obviously really old.
(meaning format is non-wide screen and obviously transferred from
film.)
Not 100%, but plenty to watch, and we find it interesting to see the
points of view of these various other countries. (eg, not just what
they export to the US.)
The Roku box will also stream a small number of current local PBS
program, (free) and Amazon Prime has some amount of PBS material. (most
of which is free - included with Prime.)
As noted above - it all "just works" after you shell out for a little
Roku stick. Which, after I burned up an HP notebook (video
de-soldered itself apparently) watching Acorn on it, seems like a much
better plan.
On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 10:13 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Acorn? Gets BBC? DO TELL!
>
>
> On April 12, 2017 10:10:27 AM EDT, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
> >Now, when people say cord cutting, in my mind, I also hear "technology
> >cutting" too. On the occasions when I do have time to watch
> >something, my immense preference is for something that "just works".
> >
> >Being able to come home, open a bottle of wine, start fixing dinner and
> >just say "Alexa, play some music by Bix Biderbeck" and ... it just
> >works... is infinitely better than dorking about with yet another
> >recalcitrant computer for 15 minutes to get music. (also being able
> >to holler "Alexa, add mustard to my shopping list" while my head is
> >stuffed in the fridge, and having that show up on my shopping list on
> >my
> >phone whilst at Krogers is almost magic. )
> >
> >In a similar vein, while impressed at reading the length to which
> >people
> >will go to record digital broadcast tv, we have found that a Roku box,
> >the Amazon Prime video we already have for free with Amazon Prime
> >shipping, and the Acorn subscription for BBC stuff is more than we
> >would
> >ever be inclined to watch. And aside from the $5/mo for Acorn, there
> >is no ongoing cost, and it truly "just works".
> >
> >On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 09:45 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >> I saw Rick and Morty the other night.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Finally, there's a cartoon character I can use as a role model. Thank
> >> you Rick!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 9, 2017 7:37 PM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> What's good on TV?
> >>
> >> NOVA, Frontline
> >> For example, here's a NOVA episode called "The Nuclear
> >Option"
> >> http://www.pbs.org/video/2365930275/
> >>
> >> It is about thorium molten salt nuclear reactors that burn
> >> current
> >> nuclear waste to much smaller amounts (about 10% of the
> >total)
> >> and leave
> >> waste with just a 69 yr half-life, not thousands of years.
> >>
> >> There's a cool youtube video showing a meltdown for a Molten
> >> Salt
> >> Reactor in Utah in the 1950s. They had visitors during the
> >> test, but
> >> when none of the guys working the meltdown test started
> >> running, so the
> >> visitors figured it must be safe enough. The reactor
> >> temperatures rose
> >> higher and higher after all reaction controls were removed
> >...
> >> then the
> >> reactions started slowing until they stopped - with zero
> >> positive
> >> controls needed. No power. No pumps. No explosion. Do
> >nothing,
> >> you end
> >> with a fizzle, not a boom.
> >>
> >> There are multiple "new energy" companies performing designs
> >> of this
> >> type. Nothing full scale in the USA. I've seen a few
> >> proposals for
> >> 20-30 yr modular reactors. At the end of their life, take the
> >> entire
> >> reactor out for processing and swap in a new one.
> >>
> >> China is building full-scale versions of these plants now.
> >> They are
> >> willing to take big chances to solve their power issues.
> >> Google for
> >> videos on "molten salt Nuclear Reactors china" to find more.
> >>
> >> NatGeo did a 2 hr episode about these reactors too.
> >>
> >> I'm pretty excited about a "green nuclear option" for clean
> >> power that
> >> works at night, without wind, and can produce power for
> >> 50-200K homes,
> >> without the risk of an explosive meltdown due to electrical
> >or
> >> pump
> >> failures.
> >>
> >> It is the next best thing until I can have a nuclear reactor
> >> under my
> >> sink next to the garbage disposal. Hope they get solid,
> >safe,
> >> designs
> >> approved and built in the USA, so we can start eating away at
> >> all the
> >> partially spent nuclear fuel being stored around current nuke
> >> plants.
> >>
> >> Plus these are entertaining:
> >> * Rick and Morty
> >> * Squidbillies
> >>
> >>
> >> On 04/09/2017 05:20 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >> > There's stuff on TV worth watching?
> >> >
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