[ale] [ot] what's good on TV - cord cutting

Wed Apr 12 10:37:35 EDT 2017

Really cool. We have a honking roku that does 4k. I'll look for acorn.tv on
it.

We use the PBS channel to get Sherlock among others. Wish there was a
zillion episodes of that to binge on. Sherlock Holmes with a cell phone.

On Apr 12, 2017 10:31 AM, "Neal Rhodes" <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:

> 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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