Apple TV or some other device
 

Anyone have Apple TV hooked up to the television? Or some other device that is like it, NOT a laptop or smart phone or tablet hooked up.

Reason I am asking is my husband would like to watch some how to videos from You Tube in the living room. As of now we can hook up the lap top to our tv, but he hates using it.

We had a Roku box and really liked it. We unhooked it when we got our smart tv. Now we have a chromecast so that I can cast video from my phone or pc (wirelessly). Roku is fairly cheap, I think. Apple tv is probably the most expensive of the tv devices. I've never had it so I can't comment on it.

We have a Roku 3 that we really like.

If it is in your budget, you could buy a smart tv. Ours has several apps such as YouTube built in. We got ours free with our visa rewards points.

I went to Best Buy to check out Apple TV but was very disappointed that the guy couldn't answer any of my questions. I am about ready to cut the cable, maybe after the Summer Olympics are over. I find myself watching most of my TV viewing under on Demand.

Here's a link to a CNet review on the different streaming devices. We have Roku and like it. One son has Apple TV and another has a chromecast stick. Different strokes for different folks!
http://www.cnet.com/news/chromecast-...hould-you-buy/

Call Apple to get your questions answered about Apple TV. I cut the cable about 3 years ago and have not looked back. The only thing I pay for is $14.99 a month for Internet. I have the slowest speed offered by my cable company and have no problem streaming anything. I have two TV's - one is a smart tv. I use Netflix all the time. I also have an adapter to hook my iPad up to any tv. I use app's on the iPad to watch tv programs through network apps.

We use a couple of wii's, one in bedroom, one in living room, to watch YouTube and Netflix. Wii's are dirt cheap now and they work just fine as long as you have Internet.

I tried Apple TV a couple of years ago and never could get the thing to work. I paid $35 for Chromecast and it works great on my Mac. You will just need to load Chromecast onto your Mac. We, too, are cable and satellite free. We use Netflix and Amazon Prime. Chromecast will also cast Youtube and my IHeart radio from my iPhone through the TV. All we need is the internet connection.

Thanks for the help, Ladies. Another question:

News channels? such as Fox News, The Blaze and NewsMax? Do they broadcast like on satellite or on cable?

OK, here's what I was able to find out using my Chromecast. I can stream NewsMax directly from the computer onto my TV Screen. The Blaze wants me to subscribe for $9.99/mo. As to FOX and the other network news channels, we use a good indoor antenna with a 35 mile range. That gets them all where we are. Hope this helps!

I have a new TV that my son bought for me and it hooks up to Netflix and Utube and Amazon...I do use Netflix but prefer to watch Utube on my Apple desktop...I also do Amazon on my desktop computer...I guess I am getting too old to change my ways...lol...there is something called Comcast that allows some of these things to be hooked up to TV...my son has this but I would not know how to operate it...

We have a Roku 3 on our older smart tv. The tv isn't smart enough!! But the Roku works fine for Netflix and such. It was easy to install. We have some antennas - one on my iMac that uses eye tv as a receiver and one in the guest bedroom - they are adequate but wouldn't want one on the main tv. PBS in our area has a note on their website that the signal isn't strong enough for most antennas. One son has Apple TV and it works very well for him. Apple has a lot of information on line and they are helpful in an Apple Store if you are close enough to one.

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Isn't Comcast cable tv with or without a DVR? The company comes and hooks it up and they give you a remote. At least that's how it works where I live.

I think todiesmom meant "Chromecast" as in the Google casting device (not Comcast, which is the Cable TV provider).

I have a very old Roku (I think it's the "1") on one TV, and a new Roku stick on the other TV. Love them! I also have Amazon Fire sticks on all of my TV's and I'm an Amazon Prime subscriber, so I have enough TV to watch for about seven lifetimes. :)

Streaming devices are very easy to hook up and use, and now lots more news channels are making their content available.

I have the Roku box on the TV in my sewing room and love it