WEBVTT - Fry's closing means one less enthusiast's electronic store 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:14.400 T mobiles, compelling new plan, bring cameras, get a brand 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:18.440 new view, and KTLA comes to your TV screen in 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:22.119 a whole new way. Oh plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.239 What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro and this is Rich 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:27.560 on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:30.760 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:35.479 place where I answer the questions you send me. My 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.640 name is Rich Damiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel five 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.880 in Los Angeles. Thanks for tuning me in today. Welcome 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:46.440 to our friends watching on Facebook for a rare behind 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.920 the scenes look at the recording of the podcast. I 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:51.800 used to do that all the time, and then I 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.760 kind of stopped because I get I get distracted by 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.360 the comments on the screen. But you did get to 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.080 see me do my little dan, which is real. I 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.200 do that every time. That's my little dance in the intro. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.360 I kind of pump myself up for this podcast because 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:09.200 it is one of the most exciting things that I 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:10.640 do throughout the week. 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:11.480 I mean, it just is. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.720 I love talking on the podcast. If you watch me 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.520 on KTLA, yeah you might catch me for like a 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.880 second or two. You know, it's like blink and you 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:19.759 might miss me, but. 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:20.320 This is wheight. 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.520 This is where I get to talk for as long 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.680 as I want, and that makes it a lot of 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:27.160 fun for me. 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:29.160 Now, this was a big week. 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:32.160 We got a lot of things going on the stories 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.759 I mentioned in the beginning. We landed on Mars, which 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.039 is really cool and this is not so cool. We 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.880 launched a new app for KTLA. We did have one 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:44.880 thing happen not so nice, and that is FRI's Electronics 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:49.640 is closing. I know, so sad for Los Angeles and 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:54.120 other places that had this electronics retailer. Now I'm a 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.240 tech nerd, I you know, I'm one of those people 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.000 that grew up going to Radio Shack. I grew up 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.600 just browsing in all the local electronics stores that we 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.480 had where I grew up in New Jersey, which was 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.200 Radio Shack, and trying to remember some of the other ones. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:13.000 There is one called like the Whiz Circuit City was 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.840 one of them. There was a lot, and you know, 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:18.680 it's one of these things that when you're a nerd, 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:20.360 you just want to go into these stores and be 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:24.800 immersed in this world of technology and gadgets and TVs, 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.119 and you just want to talk to other nerds too, 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.480 and you know, we got to do that on the internet, 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.800 but going into one of these stores was like the 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.000 reality of it where you just got to, you know, 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.680 talk with someone that knew what you're talking about. And 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.960 especially Radio Shack, that's really where I remember. I know 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.880 it's a little old school, but that's really where I remember. 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:45.200 Going in. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:46.840 You'd be like, I need a part to do this, 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.200 I need this thing that does that, and you would 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.600 just get this person that sat there and talked your 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.200 ear off about you know, the pros and cons of 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.280 gold plated You know, remember when when Radio Shack had 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.400 like the the like regular stuff and then they had 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.200 like the gold plated stuff that was like supposedly so 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.680 much better. It was just more expensive and the people 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.320 in there would always be like, Ah, you don't need that. 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:12.040 You know, you don't really need that. So, uh, radio 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.480 Shack all right, But we are talking about Fries Electronics. Now, 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.440 I didn't grow up in southern California, so to me, 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.959 Fries was this place where you can go in Southern 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.360 California that was really cool, and mostly because it was 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.920 like the last of its kind. I mean, best Buy 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.919 is fantastic for a purpose, but it's no Fries. 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.720 You know, best Buy has mainstream stuff. 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.520 And yeah, if you look in the little corners of 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.480 the store you might find some little do dads and things. 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.520 But FRI's was really the kind of place where if 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.720 you needed a certain type of like soldering iron or 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.240 a certain cable or a certain whatever, you could find it, 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.640 especially if you wanted to build your own computer. And 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.440 I know Microcenter is the new place that kind of 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:54.960 has all this stuff that my brother actually worked there 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.360 for a period of time, and yeah, that's like, that's 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.520 like next level nerd because he was doing the section 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:02.880 where like you build your own computer, where they had 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.080 like this this whole area where it would show you 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.280 all the prices, the current prices of the components for 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.480 building your own computer. Now that gets real real nerdy 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:16.600 right there. Love that kind of stuff. Now, surprisingly this 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.159 may come as a surprise to uh some of you. 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.800 I never built my own computer. I always wanted to, 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.400 but I never did. Now I configured my own computer. 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.200 So there was a company called Gateway two thousand back 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.360 in the day. I feel like retro stuff. This is 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.600 really bringing it back. There's a company called Gateway two 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.240 thousand back in the day, and I made my own 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.280 computer through them, you know you would you'd pick all 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.520 your components, and I picked like the best stuff, like 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.200 the most memory, the best graphics card, the best everything, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.039 and had it shipped. And it was this big box 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:50.920 that looked like a cow well it was like cow 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:55.479 cow what it was you called cows skin, you know, 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.039 like I had the blotches on it, you know, like 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:58.839 the black and white. 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.000 Oh it's just so good times. 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:05.239 I mean, I it's just so interesting because I feel 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.080 like so much of this stuff is just lost at 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:09.520 this point. And I don't want to sound like one 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.480 of those people with the tiny violins that's you know, 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.160 begrudgingly moving into the future, because I embraced the future. 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:19.360 But at the same time, there was some simpler times 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.800 in this world where you walked into a store. Oh, 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.280 crazy Eddy. That was another one, Crazy Eddie. 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:27.120 Oh my god. 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.559 And this just brought back another memory where you would 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:32.240 go into the store. You'd get this Sunday paper where 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:35.159 they had all the prices of these electronics listed in 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.520 the back, and you would take that to a place 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:41.320 like Crazy Eddy, and they would price match whatever price 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.400 you found from some obscure retailer. 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:44.160 In New York City. 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:47.200 Maybe this was an East Coast thing, but man, oh man, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.080 these were such good times. I would go in with 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.599 my dad and we'd find a VCR and be like 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.039 six to have electronics in New York City? Has it 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.680 for one hundred and ninety Probably at that time, it 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.279 was probably like six hundred and ninety seven dollars, And 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.200 you're selling it for six hundred and ninety nine dollars, 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:03.800 and they're like, all right, fine, we'll price match it. 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:05.760 And they would bring it from the back of the store. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.000 They'd bring it up and you load it into your 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:12.359 car and you'd bring it home and you'd unwrap this thing. Now, 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.840 with my job, I mean testing electronics for a living. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:17.839 I mean, I can't tell you how many things I 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:19.880 just have stacked up that I haven't even opened yet 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:23.200 because I still need to test them. And that beauty 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.080 of like opening gadgets and ripping off the little pieces 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.359 and you know, the plastic wrap is like it's still fun, 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.320 but it's just it's different. You know, it's a different, 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.480 different experience. But anyway, Fries, sorry to see you go 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.120 closing all thirty Let's see how many stores thirty one 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:43.440 stores after thirty six years in business. This they say 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:47.400 it's because of you know, COVID nineteen changes in the 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:48.960 in the retail industry. 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:51.039 It was just a lot. So they said, you know what, 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:51.719 peace out. 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:55.080 We're done, and uh, February twenty fourth, they started their 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:56.360 wind down process. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.240 And that's it. I mean, from what I'm hearing, it's. 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:03.440 Like people, the door are closed, so really sad to 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:07.560 see something else go. And I don't know is Best 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:08.920 Buy going to be next eventually? 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:09.400 I don't know. 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:11.800 I mean, I know that I get most of my 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:15.960 stuff from from Amazon, and you know, I do buy 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.120 from best Buy when I can, But it's just it's 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:19.400 a different world nowadays. 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.080 So anyway, all. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.160 Right, let's move on to the I'm going to talk 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:26.160 about the top story of the week. According to my 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:30.760 concentration of viewers, which I am on KTLA in Los Angeles. 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.840 A majority of people that found me listen to me 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.320 have ever heard of me? Found me through KTLA. I 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.080 mean that's where I've worked for the past ten years, 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.840 as I spoke about on my last podcast. But this 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:46.160 is a huge week for KTLA because we finally have 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.880 a streaming app. Haley Loujah, do I have a phone 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:57.560 clapping No, no, no, okay, I don't have any clapping sounds. 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:00.320 I always want the applause sounds like guess that don't 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.760 have them. But KTLA Plus is our new streaming app. 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:09.320 It's for smart TVs, which are Amazon fireTV, Apple TV, 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:12.920 and Roku. And what this does is this KTLA plus 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:18.600 app allows you to watch KTLA live programming anywhere you live. 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.800 I'm just gonna say in the US. I don't know 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.480 if you can watch it anywhere else in the world, 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:25.920 but as long as you are in the US, you 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.280 can download this app to your Broku, your Apple TV, 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.760 or your Amazon fireTV and you can watch us. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:32.680 You can watch us live. 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:37.080 But more importantly for me, you can watch my segments 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.280 anytime of the day. And the coolest part is that 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.800 they are all in a row on this app. So 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.040 once you're watching the app, you can scroll down and 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.160 see technology section and there I am. And I love 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.720 it because my family can now watch and that's probably 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.800 all who cares, so anyway, it's good for them. But no, 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:57.720 I'm sure there's some people out there in the US 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.280 that would like to be able to follow me. I 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.800 get that you follow me on Facebook and social media 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.240 and Instagram. 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:04.360 And all these things. 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.480 But to just be able to see the segment that 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.600 airs on TV is different. It's it's a it's a 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.800 different experience. And yeah, you can watch it live and 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.480 you can watch it on the web. But let's be honest, 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:17.120 who's going to the web every day the internet to 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.000 like watch my segment? You're probably not doing that. Ktla 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:23.040 dot com, slash tech, You're probably not doing that. So 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.880 now when you're sitting down on your couch after you know, 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:27.920 long day at work or whatever, and you just or 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.560 a Saturday afternoon, you say, oh yeah, KTLA plus Rich 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:32.320 damiro let me watch. Let me watch a couple of 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.400 his stories. You get catch up on my last like 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:38.280 five ten stories in a matter of minutes. So I 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:39.280 find that really cool. 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:39.840 I love it. 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.920 This is just a beginning. I've gotten so many questions 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.319 about the app. Why isn't it available on here? 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.280 What's what? When are you gonna be on YouTube TV? Guys? 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.640 This is just the start. We are just getting. 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.960 Like I've been at KTLA for ten years and streaming 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.120 on your TV has been such a popular question. We 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.839 are finally there and now we will move on from here. 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:02.880 So I don't know. I'm not in charge of this app, 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.440 and so it's it's the KTLA bosses. 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.000 That do this, not me. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.760 I just am the you know, I'm just someone that 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:12.640 works there, and I am also blessed by this app 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:16.000 as well. But I do know that they are putting 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:20.320 a lot of resources and effort into this app to 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.520 make it better and to also expand what you're going 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:26.320 to see on it. So I can't really speak more 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:27.760 to what you're going to see, but there's going to 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.560 be a lot more, a lot more on there in 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.360 the future, so it's going to be very cool, very exciting. 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:38.880 And download it ktla plus. Just search ktla on either Amazon, 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:43.280 Fire TV, on Roku, or Apple TV. It works really well. 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.520 It's a great app, and it's slick, it does what 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:50.520 you need, and uh, it's just there, so go download it. 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.480 All right, let's get to the first question of the podcast. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:01.559 Let's see here. David says, yes, let's see. 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:04.480 Hey, Rich, My wife and I are huge fans of 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.400 your segments on KTLA. We are only keeping direct TV 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.320 currently to be able to watch KTLA. But now I saw, 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.120 oh wow, this is a perfect segue into this. But 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.840 now I saw KTLA Plus is out and we are 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.240 looking to cut the cord. My question is can I 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.760 find this app on a newer Samsung Smart TV. We 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.880 have the Apple TV app integrated into the TV, but 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:26.559 for some reason, I can't find the app. 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:27.440 Thanks David. 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.240 This is a great question, David, and this is one 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.320 of the nuances of the Apple TV app is so 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:38.240 confusing because it doesn't make any sense your Apple TV 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.760 and I've talked about this on the podcast. Apple TV 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:46.000 app is an app that's available on various platforms to 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:51.319 deliver Apple TV plus programming, Apple TV channels, I believe, 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:56.040 and also Apple TV the iTunes stuff that you've purchased 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.160 in Apple TV, So I know it's very confusing. Then 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.000 you have an Apple TV device, which is like it's 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.040 a whole nother thing, like that's like a physical box 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:07.080 that sits under your TV. So a lot of people 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.520 are confused because when you say Apple TV, they go, oh, 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.760 I have that. You have the app and Apple TV 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.880 app is a little different from the Apple TV box 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.920 that allows you to download lots of apps. So David, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.560 you can't get it through the Apple TV app at 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:24.040 least right now. That could change in the future. Who knows, 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.040 but if you want it with the Samsung Smart TV, 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.640 what I would recommend is just buying a fire TV stick. 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.520 So buy the fire TV stick from Amazon. They're a 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.840 great deal, and get the four K one and just 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.120 plug it into your TV. And I think that would 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.080 be the best way to go. And you can just 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:43.920 replace your Samsung Smart TV fully. So just take your 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.720 TV from Samsung, plug it into the back whatever Hdmi 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.720 one too, you use, that's where you keep your TV. 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.160 Now and now that you have KTLA streaming on there, 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.080 you've got ktla, you can download all the apps that 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.320 you need. You said you're going to cancel Direct TV, 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:00.320 get rid of it, and now you can and you know, 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:04.800 download HBO Max, download Let's see what are the other ones, HBO. 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:06.400 Max, Hulu YouTube. 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.000 I mean by the time, you know, just pick and 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.600 choose what you want to watch, so you know Netflix 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.880 of course, but just download the apps that you want 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:18.000 go streaming. And I think between ktla for your news 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.800 and your other apps for your entertainment and programming, you 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.120 can download if you want to go totally free, you 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.200 can download things like to be TV. You can download 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.440 the Amazon if you're getting a firestick has built in 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:34.480 programming that's free. So there's Pluto TV, which is free. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:36.920 I mean, there's a lot of stuff that you can watch. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.720 Roku channel is free, although I don't think they offer 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:42.920 that one on the fire TV. But the point is, 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.680 even if you didn't want to pay a nickel for 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:49.200 any sort of programming on your fire stick, you could 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.160 still find a ton of stuff to watch. Yes, it 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:55.920 will be ad supported, but to me, you know, I 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.559 don't have cable. I cut the cord about I think 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:00.520 it was two years ago, and I was a little 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:03.880 scary because I'm so used to just that grid and 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.160 all this stuff. But I'll be honest, I have not 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.520 missed it at all. If I need to watch something 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.960 I have not had, there's been no lack of like, 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.120 oh I need to find something to watch and I can't. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:16.920 I've had KTLA over antenna for a long time, so 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:18.880 I can get it that way. Now it's even easier 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.760 because I've got the Plus app. I haven't taken I'm 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:25.040 not gonna take down my antenna just yet because you know, 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.800 I with my antenna, I have DVR service and so 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:30.960 I can you know, pause the channel, which I think 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.240 you can do on the Ktla Plus app. I just 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.120 don't think you could rewind like I can online. So anyway, 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:37.840 good question, and I know there's gonna be a lot 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.080 of them. The number one question I'm getting about the 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:41.760 Ktla plus app, by the way. 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.280 Is when it opens up, it opens. 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:47.560 As a box on your screen where the video is 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.760 playing inside a box that's surrounded in blue. And everyone's like, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:52.840 wouldn't it be better if it was full screen? And yes, 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.800 just press the okay button on your remote or press 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.200 select on your remote, or if you have an Apple TV, 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.360 just hit that kind of touch pad area and it 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.440 will bring the video full screen. So that's what you 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:07.560 want to do, And great question, David. Just yeah, that's 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:08.640 that's what I think you should do. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:10.160 All right. 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.360 Let's get to the next big story of the week. 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.600 And I'm not telling you this story because I think 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.320 you should switch to T Mobile tomorrow, although I'm certainly 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.520 tempted to do just that. I know a lot of 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.160 people love T Mobile. They set the bar when it 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.800 comes to pricing. They always have fantastic pricing. And now 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:30.680 they've got this new plan called Magenta Max. And what's 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.240 cool about this plan compared to every other cell phone 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.880 plan out there is that it does not slow you 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.480 down no matter how much data you use, which is 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:42.080 a huge deal. So you can get this plan and 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:45.400 as much four G and five G data that you 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:47.840 want you can use on your smartphone, and they give 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.880 the example of you know, even two hundred gigabytes no problem. 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:52.960 So there's gonna be a lot of people that put 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:57.160 this to the test. Now I'm pretty impressed because every 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.600 single cell phone plan that I know of has some 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.800 sort of limit, even if you're on an unlimited plan. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.800 So if you are on say AT and T or 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.680 Verizon on one of their unlimited plans, when you start 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:14.440 to use a lot of data, like fifty gigabytes or more, 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:19.760 guess what happens. They will slow you down if the 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.040 network is congested. Now, they don't explain this, they don't 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.480 really say this, but they they do it in the 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.920 background without necessarily you knowing. Sometimes they'll tell you with 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.880 the text, sometimes they won't. I've never seen it really 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.280 happen in a big way. I guess, you know, most 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.000 of the time, I'm using like thirty gigs a month, 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.160 so maybe I'm not hitting that. But there are some 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.680 you know, real power users out there. Even more so 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.880 than I am that just use a ton of data. 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.480 And the fact that these plans are called unlimited is 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.640 a little bit like, Okay, it's unlimited to. 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.120 A point if you use a lot. 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.720 If you actually try to go unlimited, you can't, so 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:56.320 it's it's kind of an interesting thing. But the other 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:59.120 thing that's great about this plan, Magenta Max from T Mobile, 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:03.040 is that they also let you stream video in four K, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.840 which is amazing. Now they say up to four K. 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:07.880 So here's what I think they will do with this plan. 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.080 I bet I just have a feeling I don't. I 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:12.480 have a hunch that when you sign up for this plan, 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.480 the default streaming is probably HD and you have to 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:18.600 go in to your settings on T Mobile on the 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.560 app and actually switch it to say four K. But 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.520 I'm just guessing that because this is another little trick 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.240 the other carriers do. So if you have Verizon or 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.000 AT and T or even T Mobile and you have 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:34.879 streaming is generally defaulting at four to eighty, which is 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.919 DVD quality. It's very low resolution, and even though you 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.720 have a five G connection or a fast four G connection, 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.280 they still do that because it saves them money. 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:44.840 They don't have to. 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.280 They don't have to transfer as much data to your 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:54.240 phone to send through that like high clear resolution video. Now, 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:56.560 if you're on one of these unlimited plans from AT 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:00.560 and T or Verizon, you can go in and change 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.000 your resolution to a little bit higher, like I did 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:04.040 that on my Verizon plan. 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.080 I switched it A to HD. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.919 Yeah, HD, I think, And so even though you know 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:12.600 by default it's four eighty. So my point is you 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.439 can go in there and do that, and you should 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:15.639 if you you know, if you want to get the 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.480 most out of your paying for it, you might as well. So, 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.960 but this one you'll get up to four K. Now 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.000 on mine, I can only get up to TENNY I 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.680 think it's seven to twenty anyway, on a cell phone 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.440 most of the time it doesn't really matter. But hey, 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:31.040 if I have a five G connection. All these carriers 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.240 are so excited about five G. They make such a 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.679 big deal out of it. Well, let me use five G. 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:37.840 Let me use like the speed of your network. And 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.359 that's what T Mobile's saying. The other thing you get 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:45.080 is forty gigs of mobile hotspot and that's really good too. 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:49.400 I was in my hotel in Seattle and I wasn't 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.080 sure if they charged for Wi Fi or not, so 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.359 I kept off their Wi Fi for like the first 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:56.919 two days I was there before I just got frustrated 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.560 and ended up doing it anyway, but I was using 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.679 my hot Spot on my phone, and sure enough, after 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:06.000 I used up all the hot Spot data, it was worthless. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.520 It was it was absolutely worthless to use, and I 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:09.919 had to. 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:13.680 That's when I signed up for the other thing. Anyway. 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:18.439