Hi,
Buy a Google Chromecast. It's cheaper, accessible on iOS, so you can stream
Netflix from your phone, then turn off the phone if you like once the stream
begins, or do other things with it. You don't get the remote, but you can
control the thing with your phone.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steve Hyde-Dryden (Redacted sender "csdryden" for DMARC)
Sent: 08 December 2015 16:45
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: apple TV
Hi Alastair,
It's an interesting quandary. On the one hand, yes, the idea is brilliant
and in some ways, it does do a great job. The downfalls I see are:
The finger gestures are great but quite often seem to get a bit stuck and
you need to press the menu button to almost wake it up again.
You only get the core aps on the home screen. This means you need to
download the other main aps you might want. Now, whilst this is
theoretically a good idea, some of the aps are not the same as the old ones.
Example, youtube and the old radio ap. I haven't found a decent radio ap
yet.
Voice over isn't as clear as on the second gen model.
Although the remote is more chunky, you need to be extremely careful when
you either set it down or pick it up. Slightest knock and you've initiated
something you might not know what it was.
The most annoying thing though is that if you are streaming audio from
itunes on a pc, VO will announce every damn track as it comes on. So, if
your listening to a long playlist or album, you'll get the nice VO
presenter! Only work around I've found so far is the triple click to turn
VO off.
I think it's got great potential which is why I decided to go for it but I
think it may need some more accessibility tweaks. Should you get one, if
you can put up with the niggles, then yeah, probably.
Cheers.
Steve
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alistair
Sent: 08 December 2015 15:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] apple TV
Hi folks, Well my good lady has just asked the question,the one I dread
every year! "What do I want for my Christmas/birthday!?" Normally I just
shrug, smile and respond with "Not really bothered,just get what you think I
need!" Admittedly, over the years, this has produced a number of festive
disasters however being a gentleman, would never complain! This year however
I have taken a notion to upgrade my apple tv 2nd gen to the latest 64gb
offering from apple! So is it worth the upgrade? is accessibility good? Are
the apps on offer targeted at the British market rather than just the US? Is
it true that BBC iplayer is coming to the Apple TV? Any comments on this new
apple tv would be welcome prior to me dropping myself in the yuletide
quicksand of useless gifts! (please god don't let the wife see this!)
BEST
alistair
