@HonnyBrown wrote:
... I have a Samsung smart TV in the bedroom, but I can't figure out how to add apps to it.....
Remember when tv was free and uncomplicated?
@HonnyBrown wrote:
MFJ, don't forget PBS!
I get that Verizon is "the cord," but they should make their app available on other platforms.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Shop-et,
Why is your equipment old?
@MFJohnston wrote:
I don't think we got that one... PBS did not start until 1969 and I'm not sure it was available everywhere for a few years thereafter - at the very least, we did not get the channel at our house. I know: I stood at that TV and manually turned the dials many times looking for cartoons.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
MFJ, don't forget PBS!
I get that Verizon is "the cord," but they should make their app available on other platforms.
@myst4au wrote:
While PBS didn't start until 1969, "public television" or "educational television" goes back much further. WNET began in Newark, NJ / New York City in 1947 and became an educational TV station in 1962. WHYY in Wilmington /Philadelphia began in 1957 and even then was one of 23 non-commercial educational television station in the United States, and the second to operate in Pennsylvania, after WQED-TV in Pittsburgh. I don't know where you were living (or exactly when), but you might well have had access to an educational TV station years before PBS began.
@MFJohnston wrote:
I don't think we got that one... PBS did not start until 1969 and I'm not sure it was available everywhere for a few years thereafter - at the very least, we did not get the channel at our house. I know: I stood at that TV and manually turned the dials many times looking for cartoons.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
MFJ, don't forget PBS!
I get that Verizon is "the cord," but they should make their app available on other platforms.
@Monk-N-Nut wrote:
Try adding Tubi & Pluto for free tv options on your Fire TV. You'll want to have the instructions right by you so you can follow, step by step. They are free apps. And, at least 2-3 times a year, Amazon offers me a free trial of Prime & I can catch up on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".
@myst4au wrote:
While PBS didn't start until 1969, "public television" or "educational television" goes back much further. WNET began in Newark, NJ / New York City in 1947 and became an educational TV station in 1962. WHYY in Wilmington /Philadelphia began in 1957 and even then was one of 23 non-commercial educational television station in the United States, and the second to operate in Pennsylvania, after WQED-TV in Pittsburgh. I don't know where you were living (or exactly when), but you might well have had access to an educational TV station years before PBS began.
@MFJohnston wrote:
I don't think we got that one... PBS did not start until 1969 and I'm not sure it was available everywhere for a few years thereafter - at the very least, we did not get the channel at our house. I know: I stood at that TV and manually turned the dials many times looking for cartoons.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
MFJ, don't forget PBS!
I get that Verizon is "the cord," but they should make their app available on other platforms.
@nixkit wrote:
There is an option to add apps on the fire stick and Roku. If you Google it, there are easy instructions to follow. Not all apps are paid, for example YouTube is free unless you want the paid subscription. There are others but youtube is the only free one I use. I think I recall seeing a free yoga one and some workout channels. I'm sure there are more but I just searched for what I was interested in. On that note, I have Hulu and Amazon prime for TV, all I need. Much cheaper and easier than the old school services.
@RobG wrote:
I feel fortunate, we had 3 network channels and 2 UHF channels in Cleveland in the 60's. It is amazing now, get 350 channels.. maybe watch 15 lol.
@eveb wrote:
I have Xfinity 60mpbs. Since we have their internet, I'm about ready to try their cell service for him. He also is a Neanderthal as he doesn't have a cell phone. It's also taxes, unless you use more than 100gb of data, which I doubt he would, then it's $12 gb. Even at $12 that's not bad. It uses Xfinity WiFi hotspots and Verizon. You have to already have their internet.
This is what is working for us and not a paid advertisement. ; ~)
@Monk-N-Nut wrote:
Try adding Tubi & Pluto for free tv options on your Fire TV. ".