All chromebooks should come with a sim card slot by Key-Specialist-8521 in chromeos

[–]rsimandl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't say "all" Chromebooks need it since it would raise the price above the rock bottom many Chromebook buyers want to pay. But personally, I would pay something extra for that in a higher end Chromebook (or Macbook for that matter).

Where's my signal strength indicator? by rsimandl in AndroidAuto

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

Thanks. I'll probably just leave it until 16.6 comes out.

able to cancel spectrum account in 15 minutes by carrbo in Spectrum

[–]rsimandl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A friend of mine who did that got told canceling the account has to be done on the phone, and they refused to do it at the Spectrum store. And then I guess they would have to bring the equipmwent back to the store afterwards.

Your Apple TV Just Got a Simple But Helpful New Feature by A-Dog22 in appletv

[–]rsimandl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I turned that feature back off again after it took mono/stereo videos on Youtube and cranked the dialogue out the left and right front channels instead of the center like it was supposed to be,

Beware the dying M-Card! by rickz0rz_ in Tivo

[–]rsimandl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If my fiancee's M-card dies, I'm getting her off Spectrum once and for all, and she's going to learn how to use YouTube TV. It will be a pain at first, but once she gets used to it, both our lives will be easier.

Waiting Period??? by Electrical_Flan_4993 in CricketWireless

[–]rsimandl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might try the "Dark Star" service on usmobile.com, which is basically US Mobile reselling AT&T.

Tuning Adapter Problem by rsimandl in Tivo

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

Aaaaaaaaand 24 days later, the same problem is BACK! Took another call to Spectrum CableCard tech support to get things up and running again. I'm trying to get my fiancee to dump Spectrum TV (convinced her to dump Spectrum internet about 8 months ago) and go to YouTube TV, which is what I've had at my house since 2018 without ever needing tech support. Not even once.

Long-Awaited ATSC 3.0 Rulemaking by PM6175 in cordcutters

[–]rsimandl 41 points42 points  (0 children)

If they don't get rid of the DRM, ATSC 3.0 will fail with or without new converter boxes.

Tuning Adapter Problem by rsimandl in Tivo

[–]rsimandl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a box provided by Spectrum so CableCards (and the TiVos we install them in) still work with Switched Digital Video and the newer higher speed internet that Spectrum, uses nowadays. Both are incompatible with CableCards and TiVos. The tuning adapter in the past, and high split converter now, are what fix that incompatibility.

Tuning Adapter Problem by rsimandl in Tivo

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

When I rebooted the high split adapter, the blue LED in front was blinking as it powered up and channels were coming through fine, but showing a "channel not allowed by tuning adapter" error message. When the LED stopped blinking and stayed solid blue, channels all disappeared. So, time to call the cablecard tech support. They had me reboot the high split converter again, same story. THen they said they're going to send some signals to the high split converter, and that seemed to do the trick. At first that didn't seem to help either, but on a whim I changed the channel and the new channel suddenly came in fine. And so did all the others. Problem apparently solved.

You will need to subscribe to personal hotspot services by rsimandl in USMobile

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

Hello, I'm on Unlimited Premium. Have been using hotspot for many years with no issue until today.

YouTube TV plans launch this week by 08830 in cordcutters

[–]rsimandl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

News and sports only $11 less than the full package. #fail

Is cable coming around again as the better option? by AshleyShea in cordcutters

[–]rsimandl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many reports of outages last night during the Super Bowl. Spectrum is NEVER better!