Droping my high dollar TV boxes and going to an Android box

[Wolfala]

How do those of us overseas with prime accounts but with SmartTVs in Germany access the US versions of prime, etc?

[JimmyC]

  cheers, wont use subtitles.. never had and now, never will.

[bustr]

If anyone has a SONY Blueray player which also has a content streaming side, and you watch Hulu. You may be noticing Hulu in the past few months is throwing file too large error messages while you watch shows. Seems it is part of an ongoing issue SONY and Hulu have had for years with how Hulu content is streamed. I have a Visio smart TV with integrated Roku which does not have this problem playing back Hulu streams. So I will be getting a new Roku this weekend for the HDTV in question and populate both HDMI ports since the SONY originally was for playing DVD\Blueray before I cut the cord. SONY gave out a DNS address pair to try and solve this issue, it only made it easier to get back into Hulu each time the error kicked you out to the Home screen.

[Flench]

We actively block open VPN relays.  99.9999% of all hackers use that facility.

You know the guy who posts once in a while about how he gets in?  Well, he tries like 30 times before he finds an open relay we have not blocked yet.  Whether he knows it or not, he is helping us. 

I can see where you have too . Like back in the day it was really bad .
Got a question for you guy's . With a Roku box well I still be able to download stuff from say Google play store or just off the internet , apps that is .???? Like if I wanted to download Kodi an some of the other TV apps ?

[Skuzzy]

As faar as I know, the Roku is strictly a streaming device.  Pretty sure it does not have a browser in it, but I have never needed anything like that.

[Meatwad]

Roku is not compatible with google play app store. Far as I know there is no web browser for one. I have the roku 3 and it is not capable of either one

[TequilaChaser]

Be proactive in making sure your "media box / media player" is thoroughly secured!

"Hacked In Translation"

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/23/hacked-in-translation/

Check Point researchers revealed a new attack vector which threatens millions of users worldwide – attack by subtitles. By crafting malicious subtitle files, which are then downloaded by a victim’s media player, attackers can take complete control over any type of device via vulnerabilities found in many popular streaming platforms, including VLC, Kodi (XBMC), Popcorn-Time and strem.io. We estimate there are approximately 200 million video players and streamers that currently run the vulnerable software, making this one of the most widespread, easily accessed and zero-resistance vulnerability reported in recent years.

posted May 23, 2017    - Click above url link to read the complete report


TC

[Flench]

Thanks for the info ..<S>

[Masherbrum]

Enjoy the streaming while you can.   

[icepac]

Bandwidth hogs.

How about you download it once, watch it as many times as you want now that you have it, and save some bandwidth instead of streaming it multiple times.

You guys must like movies that look like slide shows.

And you guys blame htc servers for ping problems caused by people around the world steaming the same content over and over?

[Brooke]

High-def streaming these days doesn't max out cable or fios, so the streaming is smooth.

I almost never rewatch movies, so downloading vs. streaming isn't different in that regard.

[Flench]

Enjoy the streaming while you can.   

I don't think there can every be anything done to stop it . To many way's around it even mite have to use a site over sea's .. Even if you have to pay for something like Sling TV it is still cheaper than Dish or Diretv .

[Mister Fork]

Bandwidth hogs.

How about you download it once, watch it as many times as you want now that you have it, and save some bandwidth instead of streaming it multiple times.

You guys must like movies that look like slide shows.

And you guys blame htc servers for ping problems caused by people around the world steaming the same content over and over?

What? 

Sorry, that makes no sense Icepac. Most good ISP's have backbones that could carry waaaay more than their customers use.  Some of the bigger internet hoggers are companies, not people who stream Netflix or from Android boxes. It's like blaming your local fishermen for hogging the Florida beach coastline with 5 boats when it's the tourists...

[Brooke]

Also, bandwidth gets made to satisfy demand.  It will continue to grow in the world.  Already in my life, it has gone from zero (no personal computers or personal-computer networks), to using phone lines starting at 300 bits/second then over a couple of years up to 56k bps, then to DSL up to about the 1 Mbps range, then cable modems starting from several times that up to 10's of times that, then to cable modems and fios-type stuff.

So, late 1980's to now, bandwidth I use in my residence went up by a factor of 300,000, and cost went down by a factor of more than that, and despite me getting a gigantically better deal, companies were able to make $billions in providing it, and workers made livings providing it.

It's been great all the way around, and there is nothing (other than regulation) that can kill continued progress in this area.

[icepac]

Everybody around you is affecting your ping.

Throughput is one thing but ping is what we seek with online gaming.