Keep the updates coming on Rveal, interested myself.
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Keep the updates coming on Rveal, interested myself.
Currently without cable and probably not going to waste the money but would like to watch the games so revisiting this topic again if there are any updates feel free to fill me in.
Does a Roku stick work as well as the reveal 2?
What are the differences?
Did not realize there is also a fee to activate the Roku stick either 49 or 79 dollar fee.
I don't think the Roku stick does the same thing as the Rveal, but I could be wrong.
I think you are correct, tried to go cheaper and highly disappointed and will return.
Think it’s the reveal 2 all the way.
If you cut the cord, give PS Vue a shot (but don't use Roku...it's clunky and slow) with Amazon Fire. I love it, but get occasional buffering...but not so much that I would go back to Cable or Direct TV. PS Vue $40 a month, plus Netflix and Amazon Pride.
Looked at the rveal2 and tried to get up to speed on this area. Everyone recommends the NVidia box over the others for performance, but if you go that way you have to install a lot of the software yourself to get you to what the Rveal box does. I can do it but not sure I"m up for it, so think I may just get the rveal box.
The thing is there's a lot of gray in all of this, and even some virus/malware issues. It's not quite a trip down the dark web, but it's definitely a tech rabbit hole of apps and sites and such. Rveal kinda bundles all that into a box pre-done, which may be worth the sacrifice in hardware b/c the NVidia is far superior in terms of performance.
They're all android boxes running apps to stream stuff. Some is legal, like signing up for SlingTV or HBO (and you then pay for those), some is gray like apps that comb other areas to find things, and some is legal and free (like ad supported streaming sites).
I spent a couple of hours figuring it out one night and stopped, didn't have time to spend on more of it, but it's a whole world of options.
What I am finding even with the fire stick you have to pay premium for like Hulu and amazon to stream even ESPN is the reveal 2 the same way? The whole purpose is to do away with the expensive cable and expensive monthly payment.
that's the irony to me. Everyone says cut the cable and lower their cost, then subscribe to 3-5 services all at $10-$30 a month and you're right back to a decent bill every month.
I still haven't gotten a 100% handle on Rveal2. it seems to operate more in gray areas, not sure if it's streaming straight from torrent sites and such, but it sure seems more gray than just getting another android box and connecting to your netflix account.
Google something called "Kodi". Kodi is the open source software that seems to drive most of these boxes, at least the gray area parts. For example Nvidia Shield doesn't have Kodi but you can put kodi on it, then you get to choose all these sites and sub-apps you can run that will connect to different content.
From what I can tell the rveal2 box uses Kodi and it's pre-installed. Or some version of the same thing.
Kodi doesn't actually provide any streaming services, but you then use it to connect to them. Some are legit (netflix, prime), some can be free and maybe ad supported (they have real thin content from what I've seen, B-movies and shows), and some are much more gray. That last one I haven't fully figured out, if it's torrent type stuff or something else.
Rveal2 sounds like it builds in a lot of those services automatically, and then you can just surf them. That's why no fees, they're either ad supported or gray area stuff.
It's gray b/c the laws deal with downloading, not really streaming but you don't save anything. At least as I understand it.
Super way to end the half
I think you have it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenBBN
I wouldn't take it to the bank. I have been in tech since before the first PC was released, 1978, and I'm having a hard time understanding some of what is going on with this stuff.
Mostly b/c the companies don't tell you, IMO clearly b/c they don't want to tell you, b/c some of it is gray. At least that part of it.
Now a box where you then download the play store app for Netflix, HBO, sure, that's simple enough. You're just buying and running a dedicated media streaming box, a computer dedicated to just that function. Easy.
But how this other stuff comes in, that's the gray part.
The "in crowd" techs don't even discuss the Rveal box much if at all, b/c as a box it's not that powerful. They love the Nvidia box, but then they go in and add KODI and all the various services that it can connect to and you get a performance 4K level box with all the rveal streaming options.
But it's also clearly a fair amount of installing and tweaking.
I still haven't bought mine because I don't want to "install" it lol. So you know I'm not going to get the one that requires you to put the programming in.Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenBBN
So there is installing to the reveal 2? Not just simple screen loading?
Would like to have but not if there is a lot of trouble loading!
Plugging it up. But you don't know how bad I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by catmanjack
Heck I am worried about myself, Plug and go just do not go with me.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to at least try YouTube TV. Gave a friend a ride over to the soccer game in Georgia Friday night oh, and he was telling my wife and I are about him switching to YouTube TV. He's very discerning, but also didn't mind saving money, and it sounds like it has everything we need, and then some.
Keep us posted.
I like YouTube TV. But they just jacked their price up to $50 per month. So I'm about to drop them. We didn't watch it enough for $40 much less $50. Nothing against them, this is more about us not watching TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
Sling price is better for the amount we watch but no Fox News with that.
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If they didn't increase it to $50 a month, we couldn't get it. The additional channels they are adding for the $10 are ones that my wife watches frequently. Attachment 7963
I'll miss it for sure. May get it again in the fall.
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D, one complaint is DVR and ballgames. It often missed the first several minutes of a game. However, it did seem to improve by the end of basketball season.
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That will stink. Not a complete killer, but disappointing.Quote:
Originally Posted by KentuckyWildcat
From February thru the last game I do not recall it missing any. So hopefully they got those bugs worked out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
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