SUN CITY GRAND COMPUTERS DEVICES SIG
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GraComputers – www.grandcomputers.org DEVICES SIG
The Devices Special Interest Group (SIG) informs, educates and entertains club members about devices (Apple, Android, live streaming, personal assistants, etc.) and their apps.
Meetings: normally 4th Thursday each month. • Via Zoom • Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm
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GRAND COMPUTERS – WWW.GRANDCOMPUTERS.ORG 3 DEVICES SIG - TODAY
•Date: October 22, 2020 •Main Topic: What Have You Been Watching? (Part One) •Presenter: Ira Simmons 3
4 SUN CITY GRAND COMPUTERS DEVICES SIG - FACILITATOR
IRA SIMMONS
[email protected] 4 [email protected] GraComputers – www.grandcomputers.org Grand Computers Club 2020 Executive Board GRAND COMPUTERS CLUB VIPS
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www.grandcomputers.org Normally Club has over 1,500 members.
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Fall Classes all via Zoom
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19 GRAND COMPUTERS CLUB VIRTUAL TECH HELP SESSIONS Every Tuesday 12:30 PM VIA ZOOM
• Mac Help • iPad/iPhone Help • PC/Windows/Android Help
Our tech helpers will assist you with your problems; no issue is too simple.
SEE HOME PAGE WWW.GRANDCOMPUTERS.ORG FOR INSTRUCTIONS. Tech Helpers Club
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ACCESS TO COMPUTERS IN OPEN USE ROOM
LIMITED, BY RESERVATION ONLY.
Monday through Friday:
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
We are always looking for new monitors Club
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General Membership Meetings
Coffee Chats
Member Orientation
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General Membership Meetings VIA ZOOM: Basically for our members but open to everyone:
First Wednesday of the month,
October through May, 2:00 PM.
Special guest speakers
Next General Meeting: Wednesday, NOVEMBER 4 Topic: Staying Safe and Secure (Bob G)
GRAND COMPUTERS CLUB Coffee Chats For All SCG Residents 2nd Thursday – 8:30 AM -10:00 AM VIA ZOOM
■Next Coffee Chat: NOVEMBER 12 ■Tech Purchasing Guide for Holiday Shopping GRAND COMPUTERS CLUB NEW TO COMPUTERS
November 10, 10:00-11:30AM Via Zoom “Social Media for Seniors” Club
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• Apple SIG • Compose Yourself SIG • Devices SIG • Digital Scrapbooking SIG • Financial Education SIG • Genealogy SIG • Flight Simulator SIG • Graphics SIG • Ham Radio SIG New Technologies SIG • 30 31
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GRAND COMPUTERS – WWW.GRANDCOMPUTERS.ORG VISIT THE DEVICES SIG WEBSITE:
WWW.DEVICESSIG.ORG
10/19/20 VISIT THE DEVICES SIG FACEBOOK PAGE
10/19/20 My Other SIG:
Apple SIG
Next meeting:
Monday, 3:30pm, November 16
Via Zoom
Topic: Are You Listening? Apple Music & Podcasts (www.grandmacs.org)
10/19/20 Other SIGs of Interest SIG Date Topic Room
Apple November Apple Music Zoom 16 Graphics November Best Of” Photo Zoom 12 Editing Apps 2020” New November Talk To Your Zoom Technologies 19 Devices
10/19/20
38 Spotlight:
Devices and Apps News
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GRAND COMPUTERS – WWW.GRANDCOMPUTERS.ORG Spotlight: New iPhone 12 Spotlight: iPhone Entire Lineup SPOTLIGHT: NEW SAMSUNG PHONES: GALAXY Z FOLD 2
•6.2-inch external screen takes up most of the exterior footprint •Ultrathin glass on the inner screen instead of plastic adhesive alone •Reviewing pictures on the 7.6-inch screen
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SPOTLIGHT: MICROSOFT SURFACE DUO
•Dual Sim. •3G, 4G, 5G, VoLTE, Wi-Fi, NFC, IR Blaster. •Snapdragon 855, Octa Core, 2.8 GHz Processor. •8 GB RAM, 512 GB inbuilt. •4500 mAh Battery with Fast Charging. •8.3 inches, 2200 x 2480 px Display. •Foldable Display, Dual Display. •48 MP Front Camera.
•Price: $1,399/$1,499. •OS: Android 10. •Storage: 128GB/256GB. •microSD slot: None. 43 •Camera: 11MP (ƒ/2.0) SPOTLIGHT: NEW AMAZON PRODUCTS
New Echo devices, Ring updates, and even a cloud gaming service.
$99
44 TODAY’S PRESENTATION
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING?:
A GUIDE TO STREAMING AND TV
45 Television, no technology – Indoor Antennas (outdoor antennas not allowed in SCG).
PRICES: $10 AND UP
46 Television, no technology – Indoor Antennas - Local Channels
47 Existing Cable & Satellite
Cox (5 Cable Packages, Contour TV)
CenturyLink (Internet package only, linked with Dish, no longer offers Prism)
DirecTV
Dish
48 WiFi
• Cox
• CenturyLink
• DirectTV Internet
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Smart TVs (Includes built-in apps)
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Accessing “Cutting the Cord Services:” Streaming Devices
Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku
51 Free Apps on Smart TVs & Streaming Devices:
Pluto, Stirr, Crackle, Tubi, XUMO, Distro TV, Redbox, Hoopla (available in library) IMDB TV, Crunchyroll, Kanopy (available in library) Locast (local channels) Airy Roku Channel (only on Roku Devices) 52
Channels Within Free Apps (Pluto)
Star Trek (150) Stories by AMC (135) Degrassi channel (144) CBS News channel (204) Hell’s Kitchen channel (294) Classic Doctor Who channel (532) Survivor channel (296) CSI channel (355) Mystery Science Theater 3000 (488) NFL channel (708) Slow TV channel (696) TokuShoutSu channel (848) Totally Turtles channel (983) 53 The Amazing Race channel (297) James Bond 007 channel (50)
Channels Within Free Apps (Distro)
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Adding Apps on Smart TVs
1.Press the Smart Hub button from your remote. 2.Select Apps. 3.Search for the app you want to install by selecting Magnifying glass icon. 4.Type the Name of the application you want to install. Then select Done. 5.Select Download. 6.Once the download completes, select Open to use your new app.
55 Existing Cable & Satellite Subscribers Apps: sign-in required from cable & satellite services CNN FNC NBC TNT HGTV etc.
Virtually every basic cable/satellite channel has a dedicated app. 56
Cutting the Chord
Accessing the Channels on Cable and Satellite
57 Cutting the Cord (Live TV) Services
Sling, YouTube TV, Hulu, Fubo TV, Philo, ATT TV Now
58 Cutting the Cord (Live TV) Services
Sling, YouTube TV, Hulu, FuboTV, Philo, AT&T TV Now, Vidgo
Great Reference: What Streaming Service Is Best? Cutting the Cord (Live TV) Services
Sling, YouTube TV, Hulu, Fubo TV, Philo, AT&T TV Now, Vidgo
Channel Comparison Chart
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On demand streaming services (with some free options)
61 On demand streaming services: Stats
Netflix Reaches 195 Million Subscribers but missed Subscriber Forecast for Q3.
Quarter 3 earnings : subscriber numbers for its streaming services. Disney has reached 57.5 million, Hulu came in at 32.1 million.
62 On demand streaming services (with some free options)
Netflix ($8.99/month) Hulu ($5.99/ month) Disney+, ($6.99/month) Amazon Prime ($119/year) Apple TV + ($4.99/month) Peacock (Free, $499/month) HBO Max ($14.99/month) CBS All Access ($5.99/month), will rebrand as Paramount Plus in 2021.
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On demand streaming services Netflix vs Hulu
64 On demand streaming services: Original Programming
Netflix Originals Hulu Originals Disney+ Amazon Prime Apple TV + Peacock HBO Max CBS All Access 65
Sports (Paid) Streaming Services
Includes Sports: Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, CBS All Access, Sling TV, AT&T TV Now
Exclusive Sports: ESPN+, fuboTV , DAZN
Tennis Channel 66 Flo Sports NBC Sports Gold Sports (Paid) Streaming Services
(Leagues) MLB NBA NHL MLS
No NFL
67 News (Paid) Streaming Services
Wall Street Journal Bloomberg Fox Nation Yahoo Finance CNBC Washington Post
Rush Limbaugh Bill O’Reilly
(No New York Times)
68 Movie (Paid) Streaming Services
Showtime Starz Epix Cinemax Hallmark Movies Now IFC Films Unlimited Lifetime Movie Club Sundance Now Urban Movie Channel
69 Subscriptions: Offshoots Of Free Apps Most subscriptions are month-to-month with a free trial period.
A&E Crime Central ($4.99) AMC+ ($8.99) BET+ ($9.99) BFI Player Classics ($5.99) Comedy Central Now ($3.99) History Vault ($4.99) PBS Living ($2.99) Smithsonian Channel Plus ($4.99)
70 Subscriptions: Streaming Bundles Apple TV+, CBS All Access, Showtime: $9.99, separate $21.99 Amazon Prime Video, Cinemax, HBO Max, $21.99, separate: $35.00 Disney+, ESPN, Hulu $12.99. Separate: $19.00 Hulu and HBO Max $14.99; separate $21.00
71 WHAT IS QUIBI? Quibi launched earlier this spring as a mobile app designed to give users “quick bites” of entertainment whenever and wherever.
Quibi has launched on select smart TVs including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV
Quibi currently offers two subscription prices: $4.99 with ads or $7.99 without ads
News Flash: Quibi is dead The startup raised nearly $2 billion in financing from backers including Alibaba, Goldman Sachs and Disney, The startup, co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, had raised nearly $2 billion in its lifetime
as a private company. Quibi did not respond to 72 requests for comment. FUTURE DEVICES SIG SCHEDULE
November 25, 3:30pm: What Have You Been Watching? (Part 2)
December 24, 2:30pm: Personal Assistants 2021 - What's ahead.
Zoom login instructions will be given later.
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Ira Simmons
• [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected]
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