The Technology Thread

[Rey C.]

Anyone experiencing a few bugs with iOS 9.3?

Had it for several days. So far, so good. What issues have you experienced?

The only update that I noticed a performance difference was iOS 9.1, I guess it was. My battery life got AMAZINGLY better vs. iOS8. Before that update, I could leave my phone off the charger overnight and by the next morning, it would be down to 60% or so. Now, without anything changed in settings, I can leave it overnight and it'll be in the mid 90's in the morning, depending on the number of calls, alerts and messages that come through.

 

[sean miguel]

anyone who hasn't already and is thinking of making the jump to 4K TVs and is partial to Samsungs LEDs (I do for gaming), you might want to hold up til later this spring.

Samsung has unveiled new tech (or enhanced) at CES 2017 - QLED displays that they claim will give OLEDs a run for their money, if not in black levels then in brightness and color gamut. And they've fixed the issue with image *********** past a certain viewing angle.

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I'm going to hold up a bit longer and future proof as much as I can. Might as well.

 

[Rey C.]

There's so much talk these days about virtual/augmented reality, I'm anxious to see where that goes over the next 3-5 years.

In the meantime, I just want to ditch DirecTV and somehow, some way try to do without all of the wonderful shopping and fake/staged reality channels that now FILL the channel guide. I'm about a week away from kicking Verizon to the curb after being ripped off by them for a decade plus (found a prepaid option that's 35% cheaper... and uses the Verizon network!). So I'm hoping for some a la carte TV options (streaming, cable or even satellite) that would offer me the channels that I actually want to see and I don't have to pay for crap that I block from my channel guide anyway.

 

[Chopper3000]

Just download Kodi or buy a set top streamer with Kodi installed.

 

[Rey C.]

Kodi... I just popped it into a search engine and have been reading more about it. Looks interesting, so I'll have to learn more. I have a Roku box now. Some info says that Kodi won't work on Roku, some says it will. I'll have to look into this more.

Thanks, man. :thumbsup:

 

[silverbirch]

got Kodi on a google box, lots of stuff on there but whatever I watch on tv or satellite I like to be
able to record it on my dvd recorder... onto a dvd disc

with this google box, cant figure out how I can do that !