[Leica] OT: Sony Sucks, big time

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Chomecast might be a way to do what you need to do.  My son Eric streams
stuff from his iPhone into the Samsung TV with it.  I have played my Vaio
on the Samsung with the Chromecast.

Adam streams stuff with Apple TV from an iPad and his Apple computer.

We have Dish with a Hopper, so I can stream all I want from the services we
have, Netflix, Blockbuster, and On demand


Sony's TV division has been spun off from the other parts of Sony and they
will be concentrating only on high end products. Vaio Laptops last I heard
was sold to JIP then probably to Lenovo.

I think Sony Cameras were already not very related to TV division, and Sony
Broadcast Equipment is another thing altogether as is Sony Pictures.


On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Thanks Dick. However, my wife uses a Windows laptop, so that Apple TV
> solution will not work for her.
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> As for printed manuals, indeed, I think the "iManual" included with the
> Sony TV is next to useless. I would much prefer a normal book--which does
> not need to be on paper, BTW, I am perfectly happy with a PDF file that I
> can read on my iPad. That is how I take most papers with me when I travel
> on business nowadays.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Apr 13, 2014, at 7:03 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>
> > Have been following this discussion and can answer this question.   I
> have a Sony Bravia and Apple TV.  My MacBook Air is running Mavericks.  I
> selected the Apple TV input on my Bravia, then clicked on the AirDrop logo
> in the toolbar on my laptop.  It turned blue.  Then I clicked on the now
> blue AirDrop logo again and selected Mirror Built in Display and, voila,
> instant mirroring on the Bravia.
> >
> > I think the absence of printed manuals for computers explains a lot of
> this difficulty.  There?s often much trial and error involved in getting
> things to work and, often, also requires consultation with someone who?s
> all ready figured it out.
> >
> > There?s lots of other stuff I don?t like about Mavericks and I think
> Apple is getting way too high handed, but at least this one is simple.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 13, 2014, at 10:33 AM, George Lottermoser <
> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Good to know. I've been looking at them the last couple days to
> specifically mirror the iPad. I assumed they'd just work for that.
> >>
> >> Have you talked to Apple about the Mavericks issue? Or researched the
> issues on line?
> >>
> >> I only know one person who has the device. Relatively recent
> acquisition. So far they seem happy with it. I know a couple others with
> some of the other "black box" alternatives to cable and satellite
> subscriptions. They seem happy to use a device that allows more specificity
> in choosing content than subscribing to 300 channels in order to access 15.
> >>
> >> a note off the iPad, George
> >>
> >> On Apr 13, 2014, at 9:22 AM, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at 
> >> btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> could just be the UK but my Apple TV is of very limited use, I have
> been disappointed. Most of the films are USA companies, and I have not been
> able to mirror my Mavericks iMac (though I have the impression I could when
> it was still Mountain Lion) I just get effectively what is in iTunes when I
> select "computer".
> >>> I consider my Apple TV to have been a waste of money.
> >>
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