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What is Streaming?
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock the last few years, you have probably heard the word “streaming”. Still perhaps you are not exactly sure what is meant by the term, “Streaming” ?
Have ever watched a YouTube video on your computer or your smartphone? Or maybe watched a Netflix movie on your laptop? Well that’s Streaming. Streaming Video means video content delivered for consumption over the Internet, not via cable tv or over the air (OTA).
Recently streaming has become a hugely popular way enjoy TV shows and movies because streaming lets you watch what you want, when you want to. You don’t have to wait for a download to finish, your DVR to record, or the show you want to see to come on the air. Its all “on demand”.
If you are old enough to remember the phrase “appointment TV” you may remember it sometimes meant staying home just to watch a show. Yes believe or not people used to do this! In 1975 when “Saturday Night Live” was a brand new, must-see TV show that everyone was talking about, people actually changed going out Saturday night. You either stayed home or came home early sometimes with friends to be home at 11:30 so you could watch “Saturday Night Live”. Even in 2004 when “LOST” was on TV, to me and millions of like-minded Losties, Wednesday night meant “LOST”. We could not wait for the next episode of Lost to be on, and we had to wait a whole week! LOST was a perfect example of so-called “appointment” TV as well as a “water cooler show” meaning the next day at the water cooler at work people would be obsessively talking about the episode that was on the night before and what it meant.
With Streaming all of this has completely changed. You can watch entire Seasons of your favorite show… If you are crazy, many seasons in one day (Battlestar Galactica – just one more episode?) The word these days in “bingeable”. Example A….
Amazon Prime Video has classic HBO series like THE SOPRANOS and THE WIRE and more for “free”!
(UPDATE: NO LONGER VALID; HBO’s changed to HBOMax) I found this out just last week by accident and thought I’d pass it on. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you get Prime Video. You can watch many complete “classic” HBO series which are included “free” via Amazon Prime Video! So if you don’t have […]
Should I turn on Filevault?
Should you turn on FileVault on your Mac? Many of my customers I’ve found seem to have no idea that they turned on Mac’s encryption software called “FILEVAULT_2”. In fact, most of my clients, and probably many Mac users who have FileVault turned ON didn’t realize they set it to ON as this usually happens […]
Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari
Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari As detailed well in this article https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/macos-mojave-will-break-a-bunch-of-safari-extensions/ Safari 12, which is part of Apple’s new OS Mojave and which I have just installed for some testing, has in my opinion a fairly major pitfall that will affect many users including I’m afraid your humble […]
Safari – Amazon Video – Flash issue
Safari + Amazon Video issue I use Safari, Chrome and Firefox browsers. I would say though I use Safari most of the time as my main primary browser. Its got quite a few nice features, the prime one for me being it’s“READER VIEW” mode. I use this constantly to make the reading of online articles […]
What is KANOPY? (Streaming Classic Films and more, FREE)
LATEST UPDATE (June 2019): SAD NEWS! NYPL HAS DISCONTINUED KANOPY! “As of July 1, 2019, The New York Public Library will no longer offer cardholders free access to video streaming platform Kanopy. The Library made this decision after a careful and thorough examination of its streaming offerings and priorities. We believe the cost of Kanopy […]
The best way to organize your digital photos
Organizing and storing all your digital photos can be confusing, even over whelming! To help I am reposting a link to Gizmodo’s excellent post on this topic (link) : “Field guide” on “The Best Way To Organize All Your Digital Photos” Reading this guide will probably help you and is a great place to start […]
(SCAM ALERT!) IF YOU GET A CALL FROM “APPLE INC”
SCAM ALERT WARNING (2017) This post is a “public service message” If you received a phone call which says “Apple Inc” on the Caller ID, be aware that this is a SCAM phone call scheme. Apple is not really calling you. These type of calls are done by crooks and scammers looking for a gullible “sucker” […]
How to format an external hard drive for use with a Mac
How to format an external hard drive for use with a Mac Most external hard drives you buy will come out of the box pre-formatted for a Windows computer (NTFS). If you have a Mac you should format the drive for your Mac first thing, before you start using it. This is not hard to do, […]
How to clean up your iPhone when it has run out of space
A lot of people find out that their iPhone or iPad has run of of space and they have no idea why this is, or what to do about it. Simply put, your iPhone or iPad is not something with infinite space. When you got it, it came with a certain amount of storage space […]
