For those Luddites out there who have never heard of a Fire stick......these are a small device that permits your TV to connect to the internet and get programs from the internet....this is called ‘streaming’....and it a facility that is built in to Smart TV’s.....but you do have to have an internet connection.
Without it the device is just an ornament.
One of my neighbours (an older lady) was going to buy one so that she could watch some older comedy shows.
It was just a good job she talked to her daughter before she bought this.....because she has no internet connection.
Anyway, now you know what one of these things are.....I will continue.
This little gadget arrived the day after I ordered it...now that is good service.
I put it on the table in the front room, telling myself I was not going to start setting it up until himself was out.
But....my fingers itched to get it set up.
So I told himself that I was going into the front room to do my Yoga practice.....and not to disturb me.
It took me no time to connect the little thing, but what did take time was the downloading of the updated software and the setting up of accounts for a variety of programs.
So I was gone for....well a couple of hours.
When I came back into the living room himself commented that I had been a long time.
I told him that the relaxation section of the yoga program had sent me to sleep.
A little later I asked him to come into the front room as I needed him to reach up and move the aerial as I was going to retune the TV to see if I could get a better reception.
I turned on the TV and he was about to leave(after doing as I had asked)....but I told him to sit down and watch what I had done.
I activated the Fire stick and he was amazed at what was available.
(It was then that he told me he knew I was ‘up to something’.....and had not fallen asleep during the relaxation bit of my yoga practice.
I asked him how he knew. He said ther was no carpet pattern on my face......so I was sprung)
OK some of it is subscription, but there is a lot that isn’t.
I introduced him to YouTube and showed him some of the live concerts that he would be able to watch.
He looked a bit befuddled by the remote control......so I pressed the microphone button and told him to speak out loud the name of a film or program he would like to watch.
He asked for ‘The Lady Vanishes’.....and there it was on the screen......so, yes...I think he will be able to find what he wants.
If I hear him say, during this coming winter, that there is nothing on TV to watch.....
Well, I swear that I will be up in front of a judge trying to tell him how my other half came to be impaled on a knitting needle.
Oh yes, he was so impressed that he asked me to order another of these gadgets for the living room TV......so maybe it is a winner.
Without it the device is just an ornament.
One of my neighbours (an older lady) was going to buy one so that she could watch some older comedy shows.
It was just a good job she talked to her daughter before she bought this.....because she has no internet connection.
Anyway, now you know what one of these things are.....I will continue.
This little gadget arrived the day after I ordered it...now that is good service.
I put it on the table in the front room, telling myself I was not going to start setting it up until himself was out.
But....my fingers itched to get it set up.
So I told himself that I was going into the front room to do my Yoga practice.....and not to disturb me.
It took me no time to connect the little thing, but what did take time was the downloading of the updated software and the setting up of accounts for a variety of programs.
So I was gone for....well a couple of hours.
When I came back into the living room himself commented that I had been a long time.
I told him that the relaxation section of the yoga program had sent me to sleep.
A little later I asked him to come into the front room as I needed him to reach up and move the aerial as I was going to retune the TV to see if I could get a better reception.
I turned on the TV and he was about to leave(after doing as I had asked)....but I told him to sit down and watch what I had done.
I activated the Fire stick and he was amazed at what was available.
(It was then that he told me he knew I was ‘up to something’.....and had not fallen asleep during the relaxation bit of my yoga practice.
I asked him how he knew. He said ther was no carpet pattern on my face......so I was sprung)
OK some of it is subscription, but there is a lot that isn’t.
I introduced him to YouTube and showed him some of the live concerts that he would be able to watch.
He looked a bit befuddled by the remote control......so I pressed the microphone button and told him to speak out loud the name of a film or program he would like to watch.
He asked for ‘The Lady Vanishes’.....and there it was on the screen......so, yes...I think he will be able to find what he wants.
If I hear him say, during this coming winter, that there is nothing on TV to watch.....
Well, I swear that I will be up in front of a judge trying to tell him how my other half came to be impaled on a knitting needle.
Oh yes, he was so impressed that he asked me to order another of these gadgets for the living room TV......so maybe it is a winner.
