WEBVTT - Last episode of the year, packed with your questions! 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:15.320 Tech, travel, food, whatever. It is the last episode of 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.480 twenty twenty one, and it's a special one where I 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.520 answer just the questions you sent me. What's going on. 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:25.320 I'm Richdemiro and this is Rich on Tech, the podcast 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:27.160 where I talk about the tech stuff I think you 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:30.240 should know about, and it's where I answer the questions 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.360 you send me. I'm the tech reporter at KATLA Channel 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:37.080 five in Los Angeles. I figured for the last show 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:39.680 of the year, I would do things just a little differently, 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:44.840 and so I asked you on Instagram and Facebook to 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.080 send in your questions on a wide variety of topics. 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:50.960 And yeah, yes, sent me some questions. So I've got 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:54.120 lots of questions. I've got so many, so many to 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:56.680 go through right here, I've got them on my computer. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:00.560 So we're just gonna get started. So it's going to 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:02.560 be a lot of I'm gonna just kind of jump 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:04.720 around because there's questions from all over there on a 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.199 wide variety of topics. So it should be a pretty 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.200 fun show, because you know, it's the end of the year. 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.560 We need something fun to listen to. Getting ready for 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.920 Ces coming up in January. I was just in Vegas 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:18.840 yesterday and it was cold, so it reminded me that 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:22.240 it's going to be very cold in January. For CS. 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.240 CS is still kind of a mixed bag right now 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.720 because we've still got a lot of you know, restrictions 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.520 and things going on, of course, variants, and you know, 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:34.120 it's just we're not in a place where where things 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.759 are like no problem, you know. I mean last year, 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.640 we thought a year later things would be a lot better, 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.399 and you know, they're just kind of all over the 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:48.720 place still. So CS is happening, but some people are 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.040 not going. Some people are predicting that they're going to 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.200 cancel it. But at this point we are getting a 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:57.480 lot of emails from CS saying that it's happening. There's 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.960 a lot of exhibitors, there's a lot of people, and 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.320 they're actually going to give everyone a COVID test as 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.640 well now, so well see, I kind of want to 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:08.440 go just to see how different it is. I mean, 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.760 I'm curious to see what a show in this sort 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.640 of pandemic world looks like. I mean, is it small? 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.519 Is it it's just maybe it's easier to manage. I 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.480 don't know. But anyway, I am planning on attending unless 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:24.000 anything majorly changes, but I will plan on attending and 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.320 bringing those reports to you. All right, let's start with Cynthia. 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.360 She's got the first question. I guess should I do this? 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:30.800 I don't know if I should do this because the 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.400 whole thing is this. So Cynthia's first question is needing 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:37.960 a new iPhone and mini pad. I'm using the six 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.360 s lol, no upgrade. Love. When is the best time 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.480 to buy these? After Christmas? You are the best enjoying 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:49.360 you since you began. Oh thank you, Cynthia. New iPhone 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.920 really comes down to you just kind of have to 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.040 look at the deals that are out there. So they 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:59.880 don't particularly do deals any particular time except when they launched. 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.400 Been doing a lot of deals during launch. But my 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.200 way to do this now the mini iPad. I have 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.520 not seen any deals on at all. So if you 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.680 go to iPad Mini the way I look for deals, 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:15.600 you go to iPad Mini deal in Google okay, and 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:19.080 then you hop over to the news section. So this 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:23.320 will bring up bloggers that look up oh wow after 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.520 I just said that. So one day ago, iPad Mini 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:29.080 sees rare discount one hundred and thirty dollars off. Wow, 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:33.200 I actually want to do that. Wow, Amazon is offering 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:40.320 Oh interesting Amazon, this doesn't oh I see, never mind, 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.440 the rare discount on the iPad mini is only twenty 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.920 dollars off. That's that's not really like a it's not 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.880 a huge discount. But yeah. So the way I look 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:52.880 up any kind of deals is you just type in 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.480 the name of the product in Google, type the word deal, 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:57.960 and then the secret is you want to move over 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.320 to the news section and that will give you all 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.680 of the bloggers that track these things. And the reason 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:05.920 why bloggers track these things is because they share their 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:07.800 affiliate links, so they get a little bit of a 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.520 cut of the price when you buy something, So there's 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:13.600 something in it for them. There's an in it to 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.479 win it kind of aspect to this. So iPad mini, Yeah, 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.279 just check Amazon or check those deals and see. When 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.320 it comes to the iPhone again, just the same thing. 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.159 So I would just type in iPhone and whatever model 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.520 you want, So if you want the twelve or you 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:32.800 can just type iPhone deals and see and it'll tell 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.160 you what the deals are on the iPhone. And of 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.200 course mac rumors comes up and it says we're just 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.479 ten days away from Christmas. This was a couple days ago, 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:42.880 and it will give you if you scroll down to 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:48.680 the iPhone just have iPhone doesn't really have iPhone, so 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.880 it didn't have iPhone in that one. But that's because Yeah, 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.320 so I guess what I would do is probably just 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.320 check the carriers in that case if you can't find 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.000 something there. But you know, it's one of these things 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.240 where you just kind of have to do a little 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.000 research online, just kind of just pop around. You can 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.359 call your carrier. I have a friend that actually changes 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:08.039 carriers every time the new iPhone comes out that he 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.760 wants to get because he'll get a new deal. Now, 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.520 I feel like the carriers have gotten a little hip 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.919 to that because these days they're offering a lot of 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.000 these deals to new and existing customers. But first place 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.599 to start is your carrier, call them up, see what 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:27.919 they say, and go from there. Okay, next question from Instagram, 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:33.880 Stefan says, how's life driving with a Tesla? Good question. 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.840 I am obsessed and I think I've mentioned this on 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.040 the podcast before, but yeah, there's no other way to 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.960 describe it except it is the best car I've ever purchased. 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:46.799 I love it. It is totally changed my entire life. 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:51.480 I mean, I feel better, I'm healthier, you know, I'm 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.599 just kidding, No, I mean, it's one of those things 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:58.440 that it just has really opened up my eyes to 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.640 different ways of thinking. When I drive to work and 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.000 when I drive around or I take a road trip. 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.880 It's just really phenomenal to me that I'm not using 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:10.760 any gas, which is number one. There's other weird little 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.159 things like like you would never idle in your car 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.960 or leave your car on for like an hour, whereas 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.920 with a with an electric car, that's no problem. So 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:21.120 this is why they and it makes me realize why 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:24.560 they built in the Netflix and the YouTube and all 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.719 that stuff, because you can sit in your car now, 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.240 so your car becomes almost like another room. It's all 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.000 because it's electric. So if it's electric, you can just 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.320 leave the thing on just like any other thing that's electrics. 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.760 You're not feeling this pressure when you're running a gas 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.200 engine that you want to turn it off because it's 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.680 you know, ruining the environment or whatever it's doing. It's 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:48.200 just wasting gas, especially with gas prices. But overall, really 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.680 really enjoy it. I do think that there's something to 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:55.120 this whole Tesla thing and it's it's just I don't 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.520 know how to explain it. It's just really kind of 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:01.760 changed my entire thought process when it comes to cars, 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.240 Like it's just it's really really phenomenal to drive. It 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.120 handles really well, and it just it just changes the 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:10.600 way you think about cars. But it also makes me 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.320 think that if everyone switched to one of these overnight, 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:14.960 we'd have a whole other set of problems. You know, 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.000 where to charge them, how to get the electricity to 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.000 charge them. So I think that we're in a good 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.840 transition time, and I think I'm glad that Tesla and 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:23.560 some of these other companies have taken the lead on 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.960 this because there is going to be a transition period. 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:29.480 That is, you know that we need we need a 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.600 long runway for this. There's a lot of gas cars 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.560 out there, so I'm not saying everyone needs to buy one, 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.400 but if you do buy one, I think you will 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:43.520 be very very happy. Rick asks what is the best 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.480 cell phone to buy? Rick, there's a lot of I mean, 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.440 I would have a lot of choices for this, So 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.559 I think when it comes to the iPhone of things 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.600 or the Apple side of things, I would say either 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.920 the iPhone thirteen which is just the standard iPhone or 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:04.360 the iPhone thirteen Pro. And the main difference between those 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.080 two phones is the fact that the Pro has a 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:11.760 zoom lens and the thirteen does not. And of course 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:16.040 the Pro just has slightly better specs in certain ways, 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.200 but it's not you know, it's got like a better 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.640 screen and that kind of stuff, But that's the main 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:22.640 thing is that is you get the zoom lens and 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.400 you get a higher quality camera as well. But otherwise 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.840 I think that the thirteen is great. That's on the 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.800 iPhone side of things. On the Android side of things, 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.160 I would recommend the Pixel six and the Pixel six 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.880 Pro and I just did my review of these on 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:41.360 TV and they're just it's just the best. It's it's 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.800 just such a great Android device. And I did the 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:48.400 update finally to check it out, and I will say 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.760 I'm not totally impressed with the update, Like I think 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:52.840 there's still more work to be done. But at the 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.280 same time, I think overall, I'm very picky because I 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.800 test a lot of these phones, so I'm very picky 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:01.320 with my phones, and I think that the you know, 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:04.560 I expect a little bit more from the Pixel because 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.760 you know, this is Google's phone, this is Google's flagship. Like, 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.200 there shouldn't be any stutter, There shouldn't be any nothing 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.160 should be wrong with this phone. Like Apple comes out 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.760 with their phone and it's like there's a couple of 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.320 little bugs here and there, but it's not nothing. That's 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.640 like that's like a deal breaker. And I'm not saying 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.800 there's a deal breaker with a pixel, but it's just 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:25.120 like I feel like with with Apple or Google stuff, 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.400 it just feels a little bit unpolished compared to Apple. 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.280 And that's natural. I mean, that's why Apple is the 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.080 market leader, because they have figured out how to ship 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.320 stuff in a way that is super polished. And to 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.760 be quite honest, Apple's been slipping in that aspect. I 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:41.679 mean when when iPhones came out a couple of years ago, 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:46.280 you did not see so many updates like we're seeing today. 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.880 Like with the iPhone. If you are looking, you're noticing 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.280 that the the iOS is getting updates like almost you know, 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.840 it feels like every month, which is great because you're 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.720 always getting new features and things fixed and little things. 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.840 But it used to be the iPhone had one main 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:06.640 iOS update a year and the maybe one little tiny 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:09.040 you know, incremental update. But now we're just seeing them 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.040 all the time, and so you know, it is what 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.240 it is. But otherwise, let's see if you want something 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.440 that's more unique. I think that the Samsung devices are 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.280 really cool. The you know, the flip phones. The fold 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.600 is is really neat. It's it's nice and simple. The 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.720 flip is really cool too, or sorry, am I getting 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.960 those mixed up? I think the yeah, the z flip 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.400 so sorry, the fold is not simple. The fold is 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.480 like the bigger, kind of clunkier one, but it's got 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:40.520 the big giant screen inside. The flip is the smaller 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.280 one that you know fits in your pocket, which is 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:44.560 really cool. So again, if you want like a different 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.400 form factor, and then if you want a lot of zoom, 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:48.280 you got to go with the S twenty one Ultra. 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.160 So there are a lot of choices out there when 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.920 it comes to cell phones, there's not one fits all. 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.439 I mean iPhones, believe me, you see the most of 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.360 those everywhere. But you know, as you travel you do 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:00.800 see a lot of different phones out and about, and 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.200 so yeah, there's there's lots of choices still out there. 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.600 Adrian says, how was the concert? Oh, Adrian, you must 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.240 follow me on social media or did I mention? I 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:16.600 didn't even mentioned that I was going to a concert 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.280 on social media. So the concert was excellent, that was 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.720 That's why I was in Vegas. I went to a 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.640 Luke Comb's concert and I just, you know, I just 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.000 had this feeling that Luke Combs would be pretty good 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.080 in concert because I really enjoy his music, and he 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.920 was great. It was t Mobile Arena. It was really 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:39.920 really nice. Definitely a great show. And did I don't 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.240 think I posted anything about it yet, but I'll probably 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.520 post a couple couples of things about it. But it 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:46.520 was just great. I mean, he did a really nice job. 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:54.960 Definitely definitely uh what's the word, uh, when you're your 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.800 your comfort zone. Definitely impeded on my comfort zone a 0:11:57.840 --> 0:11:59.520 little bit. I mean I've been to one concert here 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:03.199 in La which you know, was a little bit more 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.520 the rules were a little stricter, so you know, with 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.880 with entrance and all that stuff. But here, you know, 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.439 is Vegas is a little bit more relaxed, but still 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:14.200 still I think everything was on the up and up 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:15.880 and it was a really nice concert. But yeah, Luke 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.800 Colmbs was great. Told his backstory, which you know, obviously 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:20.439 you go to concerts to hear a little bit more 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:24.360 than the CD or the streaming, I should say, but 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.040 he did a great job told his story, and it 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.520 was just amazing that he basically said, in six years 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.040 his entire life has changed, because six years ago he 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.079 was absolutely nothing, and now here he is like selling 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:39.480 out stadiums and concert venues in Vegas. So pretty cool. 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:43.839 Thanks for asking. I always don't mind a Vegas trip, 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:48.559 all right, Janet says, how do fire sticks work? I'm 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:54.040 a technically challenged grandmother. Good question. It's so interesting because 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.120 I always take for granted the fact that I understand 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.480 all this stuff and it just kind of comes natural. 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.040 And then you get a question from someone like I'm 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.560 not going to name someone the other day, but they 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:06.400 told me on their phone they got a little wrench 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.960 at the top, a little wrench icon. Now, to me, 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:10.760 when I see a wrench icon, I know that that 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:14.559 means that my phone has a software update or something 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.040 like that, right, And to this person, they said, oh, 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:19.880 I thought I needed to tighten a screw or something 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.800 on my phone. I mean, that sounds funny, but the 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.880 reality is like, yeah, if you don't understand, if you 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:27.640 didn't grow up with this stuff, or you didn't you're 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.760 not really technical. Why would you think that a wrench 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.160 would mean a software update? You'd say, oh, shoot, I 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.319 need to tighten something on my phone because there's a 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.880 wrench icon. And so it's little things like that that 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.440 I take for granted that I know. And this is 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.240 part of why I like doing what I do, because 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.360 my tech segments on TV reach the average person. They're 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.079 not tuning in for technology, they're tuning in for local 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.400 news and for fun and weather and all that stuff, 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.360 and then my stuff comes up and they go, oh, 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.280 that's cool. This guy explains stuff, hopefully in a way 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.800 that's easy to understand, and that's always my goal. So 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.920 the firesticks, it's interesting a lot of people think that 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:03.800 when you get a firestick, that's it. You just plug 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:05.960 it in and that's all you need, Like you don't 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.120 need to get cable, you don't need to get internet, 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:11.560 you don't need satellite whatever. But the firestick is really 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:15.040 just a platform. It's a conduit for you know, streaming 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:18.240 services that you choose, and so you can't just go 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.160 ahead and cancel your cable. You can't just go ahead 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.480 and cancel your Internet. You have to decide what do 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.400 you want on this fire stick. Nowadays, there are a 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.000 lot of free streaming services. So if you just had 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.720 the firestick and you just had Internet, which are the 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.520 two basic things you need. Yeah, you could probably suffice 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:39.520 on the built in news programming that Amazon provides you. 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:44.840 You could probably suffice on Pluto to be what else. YouTube, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.560 So there's a lot of free content out there, and 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:49.280 it's all ad support it, so you're not going to 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.080 get away from the ads. But it's just kind of 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.920 like broadcast TV where it's free. You put an intenta 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:56.040 up and you get it and there's ads and so 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.040 same thing here. But if you want to step it 0:14:58.120 --> 0:14:59.920 up a notch, you can go with Netflix, you can 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.800 go with Hulu all the things that I pay for 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.200 every month, Hbo Max, and that's what you do. So 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.400 the firestick is just sort of the platform. You stick 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.600 it into the back of your TV that kind of 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.280 takes over your TV screen. So it's no longer you 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.120 turn on your TV and it defaults to channel two 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.479 or whatever it is. It turns on to the firestick 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.240 and now the firestick is your platform, so you can 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:26.960 look on there for movies, TV, shows, games, whatever you want. 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:28.560 I mean, there's a whole app store. It's kind of 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.960 like a cell phone on your TV screen, and you 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:33.760 can decide what you want to pay for, if you 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.760 want to pay for anything, and then once you pay 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.760 for those things, you can watch the content on those surfaces, 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.040 and you can also integrate gets a little technical, but 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.680 you can integrate an antenna if you want. They have 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:48.600 a thing called fireTV recast, which lets you connect an 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:52.960 antenna to your fireTV and then you can watch broadcast 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:56.800 channels through there. I find that there's so much around 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.200 and all the broadcast channels that I care about have 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:04.160 the stream apps, especially Channel five, and so you don't 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.080 you basically don't even need the antenna. You just use 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.480 the streaming app and that works pretty well. But the 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.400 fire sticks are great. I think it's probably the best 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:16.520 overall streaming platform. I know a lot of people like Roku. 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.920 Apple TV is excellent, but it's it's a little pricier, 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.520 and Chrome Cast is great, but it's a little bit, 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:25.560 you know. I just feel like fire TV is really 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.040 there's a lot going on there, Like Amazon is really 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.960 really pushing it, so it's become I think it's it 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.640 might be the most popular, maybe Roku is, but I 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:39.200 feel like Firestick is definitely the one to kind of get. 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.200 That's the one I reckon the most just because simple. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.960 That's when I have not in my primary TV. Primary TV, 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:46.800 I still have Apple TV because my kids like to 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.640 mirror stuff and you know, use all those features, not 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:53.160 like the Apple Arcade on there. But for my secondary TV, 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:58.800 I do use the fire Stick and then it's really nice. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.000 And I just got the new one, the fire Stick Max. 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:05.840 It's the Amazon fire TV four K Max. Did I 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:09.080 get that right? And so that one is it was 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:10.680 thirty five bucks and it's just you know, it's a 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.400 little bit faster, a little bit better, and so it's 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:21.000 been great. All right. Jumping around here, Joanna says, what 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.000 food gadget do you use on a regular basis? Airfier, 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.639 Vita mix, any new gadgets you recommend for the kitchen. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:31.479 So the the latest thing that I use is an 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.359 air fryer. I bought it at Costco. I bought the 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.360 I think it's Ninja or Ninja whatever it is Ninja 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.760 And we'll actually I have two things I really really 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:42.560 liked that I bought in the past two years, the 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:46.399 air fryer, and also the Instant it's like kind of 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.520 like the Instant Pop brand, but it's a it's a 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.600 coffee maker that does both in the espresso shots and 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.080 regular K cups. And I swore off K cup machines 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:59.159 forever because I thought that the coffee was gross and 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.719 it was like, you know, kind of stale tasting and 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.840 watery and like not very good. But honestly, after using 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.440 another coffee maker for like a year, like a ground 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.080 coffee maker that actually ground the beans fresh, which I 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:12.960 thought would be great, but it turned out to be 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.440 not so great, and it was a pain to clean up, 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.800 and it just it never made a cup of coffee 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.879 that was very good. And so I actually just ditched 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.760 that and I bought the Insta one, which was a 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:26.800 third of the price. It was like one hundred bucks 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.000 versus like three hundred I paid for the grinding one. 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.840 And the Instant one is so perfect. I love it, 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.600 So now I just buy So now I just buy 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.040 like the CA cups that are a little bit fresher. 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:40.280 So they've got this brand at Costco that is like 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.840 a San Francisco Pod or something, but it's like a 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.080 it just feels a little bit fresher ground than some 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:47.560 of the CA cups you can buy at the store. 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.160 And then also I liked some of the Starbucks ones 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.280 that are a little bit stronger, and you know, so 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.159 I'm dealing with that. And then I love the n 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.840 espresial part of it. Then the espressial part is excellent. 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:00.919 It uses then espresso pot odds and I make, you know, 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.840 when I come home, I'll make like a nice espresso 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:06.440 in the afternoon with a little bit of a I 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:08.439 don't know if you say, panna, like a little bit 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.119 of whipped cream on it. And they actually make this 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:13.960 stuff that's meant for it's called like sweet Foam from 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.159 I think it's the same company that makes like, you know, 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.920 whip cream. And it's just really good. And so I've 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:22.320 just that's been my coffee situation. The air fryer situation 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.320 has been a little bit less. I've been less pleased 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:28.200 with it. It's cool, but I feel like it it's 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:29.840 hit or miss, like the things I make in it, 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.760 like sometimes they're good, sometimes they're not. I know, people 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.440 love the air fryer situation, and it is easy because 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:37.600 you're not heating up like an entire oven. Things do 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:39.880 cook fast, but I just feel like it's it's kind 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:42.040 of hit or miss, Like sometimes things come out really good, 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.080 sometimes they don't, and then I feel like the thing 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:46.320 gets really messy inside and so it's like a lot 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:48.919 to clean up. But overall I like it. I mean 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:51.480 it's fun, especially for like nuggets and French fries for 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:53.680 the kids. Stuff like that we've made. You know, we've 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:55.840 made like Brussels sprouts in their roasted I mean I've 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.200 made I've tried everything in there. Like some things I 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:00.199 thought we're gonna be good in there, like sand and 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:02.359 in stuff, is like it just gets a little messy 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:05.160 and like, you know, kind of I don't know, it's 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:06.920 not as not as exciting as I thought it was 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.040