Right off the bat I need to make it known I'm an idiot when it comes to tech. Building a mansion from the ground up, blind, would be simpler for me.
Having said that, here is where I need help. I've finally convinced Mrs. Sierra048 that cable, specifically DirecTv, is pretty much a waste of $100/month just so she can tape a few HGTV programs to watch at her leisure. Something called Sling TV seems to offer the few channels she does watch for like $20/month. And AT&T, who now owns DirecTV, are raising their rates, again. We just had our internet speed increased to 15Mb for free over the 6MB we received before. My son help set us up with Netflix with a Chrome Stick. We also have Amazon Prime with its offerings but have to use the tablet to watch which isn't ideal for us.
My problem is with Amazon Prime. Before we couldn't get it to play on the TV from our tablet, or phone, like Netflix does. Now I've read where Amazon Prime, or Chrome, I'm not sure which one, has made it possible to watch movies from Amazon Prime on the Chrome Stick with there being no drop off in quality or lagging. I for the life of me can't figure out how to get Amazon Prime movies to play on our TV. I've watched Youtube videos until my eyes started bleeding and googled articles that supposedly tell you how to do it. I just can't figure it out. The videos and artcles say it's really easy to set up, but not for me. My son also suggested that maybe a smart TV that had this built in might be the way to go but I don't want to replace a perfectlly good TV.
Can some generous soul here give me an idea how to do it so I can ditch DirecTV.
Having said that, here is where I need help. I've finally convinced Mrs. Sierra048 that cable, specifically DirecTv, is pretty much a waste of $100/month just so she can tape a few HGTV programs to watch at her leisure. Something called Sling TV seems to offer the few channels she does watch for like $20/month. And AT&T, who now owns DirecTV, are raising their rates, again. We just had our internet speed increased to 15Mb for free over the 6MB we received before. My son help set us up with Netflix with a Chrome Stick. We also have Amazon Prime with its offerings but have to use the tablet to watch which isn't ideal for us.
My problem is with Amazon Prime. Before we couldn't get it to play on the TV from our tablet, or phone, like Netflix does. Now I've read where Amazon Prime, or Chrome, I'm not sure which one, has made it possible to watch movies from Amazon Prime on the Chrome Stick with there being no drop off in quality or lagging. I for the life of me can't figure out how to get Amazon Prime movies to play on our TV. I've watched Youtube videos until my eyes started bleeding and googled articles that supposedly tell you how to do it. I just can't figure it out. The videos and artcles say it's really easy to set up, but not for me. My son also suggested that maybe a smart TV that had this built in might be the way to go but I don't want to replace a perfectlly good TV.
Can some generous soul here give me an idea how to do it so I can ditch DirecTV.
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