And just like that, I recall I have a DVD collection and access to alternative means of streaming.
Would have been smarter to invest in Blurays to watch on your massive HD Roku TV.
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Thankfully we are not completely stuck with HDMI USB-C connectors using the DisplayPort protocol is the best of all worlds https://www.displayport.org/displayport-over-usb-c/
How many 65" Displays with Display Port are there? Also, don't nVidia GPUs only support the nearly 10 year old Display Port 1.4, which doesn't support variable refresh rates for high resolution/high framerate displays? Sure, buying an AMD GPU is a solution, if you don't mind worse drivers and higher power usage for less performance. (To be clear: I want HDMI to die, DisplayPort to win, and AMD to get their crap toget…
Maybe you loaded the comments in the window of time where I had not yet added some additional details.
I am specifically advocating for using monitors that connect using USB-C connectors and the DisplayPort protocol.
I am not a big fan of the DP connector itself. I have a monitor that supports it, and I’ve used it with that one and others in the past. But USB-C connector (like one of my other monitors has) and DisplayPort protocol is far superior.
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#94Reason #27,621,938 to stop watching TV. The media creators hate you, the device manufacturers hate you, the streaming companies hate you. It’s amazing what hoops people are willing to jump through in order to poison their own minds.
Yeah, all that mind poison from nature and science education, documentaries, great films and TV shows that entertain and help us experience the human condition through great visual art and storytelling. Are you from 1950?
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Don't worry, there will be a small monthly subscription of $9.99 to disable them! Or if you buy the new Roku Plus Extreme you can opt-out of personalized ads! What more could you want?
This comment is crazy. There's no reasonable way to fund a service without either ads or direct payment.
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#96I fucking hate capitalism.
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Don't worry, there will be a small monthly subscription of $9.99 to disable them! Or if you buy the new Roku Plus Extreme you can opt-out of personalized ads! What more could you want?
In my grandparent comment I mentioned “fairly priced products” - if the price (including ad removal) is fair and the product is good, I have no problems with paying.
What's a reasonable amount, in your opinion, to disable ads on a piece of hardware you purchased (i.e a Roku) to watch your own locally streamed media?
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This comment is crazy. There's no reasonable way to fund a service without either ads or direct payment.
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The amount of money that Roku is making, as well as their market cap, are utterly irrelevant, and the only reason you're bringing them up is a manipulative tactic to divert attention from the fact that the vast majority of Roku's revenue comes from ads and streaming.
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The amount of money that Roku is making, as well as their market cap, are utterly irrelevant, and the only reason you're bringing them up is a manipulative tactic to divert attention from the fact that the vast majority of Roku's revenue comes from ads and streaming.
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For the rest of the tale, I recommend you follow the stock symbol "ORCL" on the NYSE. Rather curious that Mr. Ellison owns an island in a volcanic archipelago, isn't it?
Speaking of which, the one question I've always wanted to ask bcantrill is if he meant to say "Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Oracle" when he said "Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison." On purpose or not it was a great sentence, but if it were premeditated, that only makes it better.
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