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We're looking to get rid of satellite TV and go full streaming, and we're looking for a streaming device. We already do Netflix and Amazon Prime (although we're not happy with the content choices on prime) through our Blu-Ray DVD player, but we can't add apps to the player, so here we are.
It looks like the top 2 choices are Roku and Amazon Fire Stick, I'm looking at the Roku Ultra 2020, mostly because it supports wired ethernet without any additional hardware... and it's not from amazon, but I'm willing to entertain the Firestick because you can get a wired ethernet adapter for it (and even with the ethernet adapter, it's cheaper than the roku). I'm still trying to fiond out if the ethernet support is GB or MB...
My primary concern though is whether or not I can plug the devices into my A/V receiver, and possibly program my Logitech remote to replace the device's remote.
So, if anyone here has used either device, I'm interested in how you like it. Is it easy to install streaming apps on it? Is it easy to configure/use?
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Impressively equipped but exploited aquifer (4, 7)
Unrelated note: I was going to go with "It's lovely under the tree (7)" which I'd had "in reserve" for a couple of weeks, but the sods at Metro newspaper used it last week! Extra kudos if you get that one too...
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Well dressed / drilled ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 43 mins ago.
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I suspect you need to think more "Black & Decker" but as I've got to be collecting the car after a small repair tomorrow morning at the appointed hour, I won't risk a guess!
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close but no cigar... 
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WELL ENDOWED?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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As you said only yesterday, "And you sir, are up tomorrow!  "
("It's lovely under the tree" was, of course, SUBLIME).
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How is endowed exploited ?
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Got no idea but for kudos maybe, Sublime.
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Nah. Dij doesn't rely on luck - he puts some effort into his computer "work".
He has genuinely made phone calls and sent emails ... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: He has genuinely made phone calls and sent emails
Oh, believe me, I know. 
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It could be any cat on the planet - alley cats included.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Once upon a time I had built a memory expansion for my computer. An array of 32 of the old 2102 SRAMS plus some addressing and buffering logic on a board behind the computer, attached with a ribbon cable. Guess who quickly decided that this was absolutely the most comfortable place for grooming and sleeping? Hint: It was someone with a soft and electrically charged fur that's perfect for killing RAM chips.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Hint: It was someone with a soft and electrically charged fur that's perfect for killing RAM chips.
So ... a Tribble then? 
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Nope. It was Toby the Targ[^].
And my Krait Mk II (named El Paso) has returned to the dock after a little shootout with bandits. Just made it there before emergency life support failed, but over a million bounty for the killed bandits is more than enough for the repairs. The Klingons would sing songs about this. Now back to work,
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: The Klingons would sing songs about this
No, they'd all be far too drunk on Blood Wine and hunting down the Tribbles as mortal enemies of the Klingon Empire.
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Does a hard of hearing dog go to the vet to get tutored?
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Only if it's in grades K-9;
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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There was a Far Side cartoon with one dog bragging to another that he was going to the vet to get tutored.
EDIT: Found a link[^] to it.
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1985? That's pre internet! 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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All the classic stuff is pre-internet!
Larson did another on the same theme, which was published in The Prehistory of the Far Side but never submitted to newspapers. For obvious reasons. One dog is explaining a jar on the mantel to another, saying, "The vet let me keep them. They're my testicles."
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From where do you fetch this thoughts? Heel go where he nose there's a meal waiting - bitch brings up other possibilities as well.
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Yes. It learns that cars are bad for its health.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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