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Post by Dougs on Feb 16, 2024 16:31:46 GMT
Anyway I look forward to seeing more of the "Ad's that annoy you" thread.
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Post by gamingdave on Feb 16, 2024 16:37:38 GMT
Aye, I've always been a bit of a dirty warez monkey, but Spotify and the like put a stop to that for music. Consoles by their nature and the convenience of Steam put a stop to it for games. If there was a single consolidated platform for most of the stuff I want to watch at a decent cost, I'd probably be kissing goodbye to my NAS or at least downsizing it drastically for personal backups. Fragmentation and fuckery like this is just pushing me away from them. I've never been arsed with setting up a NAS etc, usually just went down the streaming route. I did like faffing with Kodi etc but can't be bothered finding a decent download and then explain to my wife and kids how to watch it etc. It's all just too much hassle. Streaming services took all that pain away. That's where Plex has been a godsend. It's super stable and I'm not tempted to fiddle like I did with Kodi. It's just another app on the TV my partner or kids can fire up and browse.
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Post by robthehermit on Feb 16, 2024 17:40:00 GMT
When did Amazon decide you couldn't buy xbox/ps credit using a gift card? How fucking stupid is that.
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Post by Chopsen on Feb 16, 2024 18:08:19 GMT
Jellyfin is client/server thing as well, but you don't need an account with a third party and manage your own authentication. I'd suggest using the official client if you try it out. You *can* just use any old web browser, but I've very rarely ran in to transcoding issues on that that didn't seem to affect the official client.
The client app is fairly broadly available (android/linux/windows/firesticks and whatnot) but not quite as ubiquitous as plex.
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Post by baihu1983 on Feb 16, 2024 18:17:43 GMT
When did Amazon decide you couldn't buy xbox/ps credit using a gift card? How fucking stupid is that. I think most shops have stopped it now as well?
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Post by Whizzo on Feb 16, 2024 18:46:02 GMT
It's pretty much universal now, it's an anti-money laundering measure.
I got a gift card for Argos a couple of months ago for doing an ONS survey and was quite surprised it did work to buy PSN credit.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 17, 2024 7:47:59 GMT
We get thank you vouchers from work, getting a gift card for Currys and then PSN credit works. Hoping to get one more this month to cover PS Extra.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 7, 2024 14:19:12 GMT
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Post by magicpanda on Mar 7, 2024 14:47:52 GMT
Shit! That actually looks promising.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 7, 2024 15:02:06 GMT
All episodes on day one is unusual for Amazon.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Mar 7, 2024 16:48:28 GMT
I think it looks visually good. Seems to have some humour too, though hard to tell if the tone is exactly what I want from that.
I'll give it a watch certainly.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 14, 2024 11:14:23 GMT
Invincible is back! (for the second half of S2)
First (well, fifth) episode is quite good.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 18, 2024 17:13:55 GMT
Starting the new Invincible episode with a short Apex Legends ad then a very brief announcement that Invincible was brought advert free because of Apex was a nice surprise.
The episode itself was very good, fucking hell...
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Post by Warrender on Mar 19, 2024 11:17:00 GMT
Yeah no. I'll pay the whatever a month to go ad-free. Then turn it off when I decide there's nothing worth watching on Prime.
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Post by Honk If You're Horny? on Apr 10, 2024 11:03:18 GMT
Hello Dear Reader,
I noticed on my Lloyds Bank Cashback offers 40% on prime membership.
I completely forget about my banks cashback system but looks like good one of you're with Lloyds. Unfortunately I think it expires shortly.
Till next time
XOXO
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 10, 2024 19:25:00 GMT
Thanks for the tip but isn't it just Prime Video Channels (i.e. the add on ones) rather than base Prime Video? At least, that's the case on my account.
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Post by robthehermit on Apr 11, 2024 16:44:48 GMT
Prime members can grab Fallout 76 for pc or xbox from prime gaming also Fallout 3 and New Vegas are both playable via Luna.
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