I remembered seeing an article recently about hotels making it easier to stream from your own device but didn’t remember the details. I think this was the article, but it probably doesn’t solve Chuck’s problem.
https://www.theverge.com/news/602955/lg-google-cast-hotel-tvs From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Trey Scarborough Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 9:25 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT but not political I carry a small wifi/router typically a HapAC2 or MAP with me that VPNs back to my network and run a amazon stick on the TV. It also helps to connect all of the rest of the families devices. On 2/17/25 7:30 PM, Chuck wrote: Good to know. I fire up a VPN back to my network on my surface. This would be the reason for continuing to do it this way, Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2025, at 4:23 PM, Cameron Crum <mailto:cc...@murcevilo.com> <cc...@murcevilo.com> wrote: Depending on the streaming service, the apps through ROKU seem to be geo aware and won't let you watch certain content (like local channels on Hulu for instance) unless you change your "home" location. Watching through a web browser does not have this restriction. On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com <mailto:n...@blastcomm.com> > wrote: Would you have to log into the ROKU interface to do anything other than set the WIFI up? Or is that the part that's a pain? On 2/17/2025 3:01 PM, Steve Jones wrote: i use the roku app to control roku from my pc On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@go-mtc.com <mailto:ch...@go-mtc.com> > wrote: Been in Mexico for a week or so. I travel with a surface, HDMI cable and adapter so I can watch all my streaming. I keep wondering about just taking a ROKU stick with me... I do hate to log into anything with the ROKU interface and I am always going to have the computer because I cannot stand using a cell phone keyboard. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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