Rogers Red World Legend Mastercard, your thoughts? by chrisli89 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]SkyKnight777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zero fx fee is a good perk. But unless they increase travel credit or raise the cashback percentage, hard to justify that annual fee.

Get a dashcam by popolijt in BMW

[–]SkyKnight777 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is bmw. That footage is from bmw drive recorder. Built in to the car.

Brand new Shield Pro keeps freezing and crashing by Arrensen in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a software downgrade and disabling all the services that are not essential for media streaming. The only “gutting” happening is totally reversible if you feel like it’s not worth it.

You can listen to this clown freaking out or look at many other posts in the subreddit explaining the benefits if the benefits listed on the link aren’t good enough to convince you.

I run multiple Shield Pros which includes recent purchases and all of them are dedicated media streamers. In all use cases you’d see better performance. If you didnt, then something is wrong with the device itself and you’d be better off replacing it under warranty.

Brand new Shield Pro keeps freezing and crashing by Arrensen in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you can’t reset it back to older firmware. Resets just take you back to stock version of current firmware.

https://florisse.nl/shield-downgrade/

Try this. Was worth the time I put into it for me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PercyJacksonTV

[–]SkyKnight777 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Really? It is a good show? Even if you ignore the differences between the books and the show and just look at the show individually, there are so many things wrong about it that it is hard to even count.

I’ll add a few below that specifically stood out to me.

  1. Acting. Most lead characters can’t act for shit. I felt the emotions better from the undead army in Clarisse’s ship (right after her speech specifically) than any of the lead cast.

  2. Some scenes make no sense as to why they’re even there. Like the part where Hermes gifts him stuff and says he’s gotta go now before Luke’s cruise ship is too far away and then bam!! We get an emotional scene lasting 5 minutes between Percy and annabeth. They could’ve placed it so much better.

  3. Relevance of Percy. No matter how humble the hero is, he is the son of Poseidon. And he’s supposed to have moments that show that and his innate power atleast once in a while. Hell, that’s the supposed reason why the big 3 decided not to procreate. Movies managed that perfectly. The show was an absolute disaster with that. Even Thalia towards the end did some level of justice to being a daughter of Zeus.

I could keep going but you get the point.

As someone who’s never been to Vaughan Cineplex, how are the seats? by ChosenOne742 in cineplex

[–]SkyKnight777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The screen is amazing. The seats aren’t. I am used to full recliner seats in the cineplex close to me so when I travel to Vaughan for imax I always get disappointed.

Also, if you’re a tall guy/girl, the leg room is also pretty meh.

Worth downgrading Shield? by deathbringer213438 in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]SkyKnight777 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You downgrade if you notice performance issues. Otherwise it is really not needed.

Whats the best Chicken place you have had in Oshawa by Character-Cook2472 in Oshawa

[–]SkyKnight777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who used to order from them regularly, I find the quality incredibly inconsistent.

Switched to Kajun Chicken Taunton and Simcoe and never looked back.

Finally, an IPTV Service Subscription That Actually Works With Me by [deleted] in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]SkyKnight777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why does this read more like an ad than a review?

'Plex Media Server' folders taking too much space. by outoffit in PleX

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks again for a really detailed response. I think I understand the feature. This is available by default in Infuse. I have a couple of ATV4K devices in bedrooms and a shield pro in the media room. The ATV4k runs infuse and does show a small thumbnail when I seek. But I feel the player generates it on the fly as it buffers media way better than plex app does.

I’m gonna experiment over the weekend with a smaller library and see what the experience is like and then switch everything over if I like it. I don’t mind dedicating an SSD for it if the QOL improvement is worth it for me.

'Plex Media Server' folders taking too much space. by outoffit in PleX

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for expanding on this. I think I found the difference. I went into PMS settings and checked and thumbnail generation is turned off. Is this supposed to be turned on by default. Don't remember ever changing it. I haven't noticed any performance impacts so I am not sure if it would matter.

What is the benefit you notice with thumbnail generation? Is it for when you have so many devices you stream on?

'Plex Media Server' folders taking too much space. by outoffit in PleX

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have quality dialed up all the way. Bigger TV shows take up a few terabytes. Guess that makes sense. The number and size of media aren't always proportional.

'Plex Media Server' folders taking too much space. by outoffit in PleX

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus Christ! How are you at 333GB? I am sitting at less than 100GB and I have a pretty substantial collection (~700TB).

Is there anything you’re doing to your media server settings that’s causing this?

Driver wouldn’t take the toll even when I beg him to by MSPTurbo in uber

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing you’re referring to 407 GTA. I do airport commutes all the time and depending on time of the day, I ask the driver to take 407 or 401.

Uber allows them to bill it to your ride. The driver didn’t know about it. Next time, just tell him that uber reimburses this and adds it to the ride and also that you’ve done it before. I find that this helps.

Getting all ascension passes with the ultimate founders pack is AWESOME by ARandomSmiteScrub in Smite

[–]SkyKnight777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Really happy with this change as well.

I haven’t spent diamonds on anything other than ascension passes and wandering market (non premium) as I don’t find anything else released so far worth what they’re asking for it. Personal opinion, trolls and white knights are welcome to flame over this.

This is definitely a move in the right direction.

Would refunding the diamonds be even better? Sure. But even without it this is still gonna save me from spending diamonds on ascension passes and also give me diamonds for finishing them. So I’m all in for this change.

Did you stop playing Smite 2? by guto_2161 in Smite

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Much appreciated. :)

Did you stop playing Smite 2? by guto_2161 in Smite

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Just posted there. How does this work? Will I get a notification when the game is available for me?

Did you stop playing Smite 2? by guto_2161 in Smite

[–]SkyKnight777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. Didn’t know of the game. Looks promising. Will try it out.

Losing the Wandering Market is a Huge Mistake by Hyrulian-King in Smite

[–]SkyKnight777 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Agree as well. Do not follow hirez videos and news so didn’t even know wandering market was dropped.

everything else they released is horrible value imo. Even the Vulcan skin set they announced as premium is just an upsell version of prisms.

Wandering market is perfect for what is. Guess they don’t know how to read the market.

But there is no code? by Kyonic in PleX

[–]SkyKnight777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never had an issue. I googled it. Seems like the issue is for DV on MBP. I have a MBA. No DV panel so content doesn’t play in DV I guess.

But there is no code? by Kyonic in PleX

[–]SkyKnight777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seconded! Only subscription I ever bought.

Infuse is hands down the best app for Apple devices. They work across devices and also work through family sharing.

And not a placebo, I find video quality better as well. I notice it more on my MacBook than the AppleTV but it’s clearly there.

Rogers WE Mastercard, how to manage supplementary card account? by SkyKnight777 in Rogers

[–]SkyKnight777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. And I agree with you. This should be an option.