Technology is so frustrating sometimes

[Roland99]

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Why is it so hard to watch ESPN on a device w/an HDMI cable?

My phone, ESPN app won’t play any videos.

On my iPad it plays by itself but when you hook up HDMI cable using an Apple adapter, can’t tap on any game to start playing.

Had to drag my laptop out here to get it working

used to work on my phone outside here for the last few years. I guess something changed in one of the iPhone updates

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Amazing with all of the gee whiz devices now coming together and supposedly working all

as one, the standards were set by industry leaders such as Zenith, and others, for all manners of devices that companies and/or their industries were producing, and of course, they all set their own industry standards, w/ no regard to interconnecting w/ other devices (they probably didn't want their devices to interconnect w/ anybody else's devices other than their own devices, which figures, a selfish desire that in the long run, hurt everyone).

[yonder]

2. I've given up trying to keep up - function of age I guess?

30 years ago I was embracing most new things out there. Anymore if something goofs up and after exhausting my limited skills, I'll call one of our kids or a pro. I just don't have much tolerance or patience for tech problems.

Long story short, dunno.

[Roland99]

3. I was building HTPCs (Home Theater PCs) back when HDTV broadcasts were first starting

The hoops we used to have to jump through to be able to watch something on a Hi-Def TV that was from based from a computer.

Now, any computer with an HDMI cable is an instant home theater PC. And computers and laptops work great. It’s just these mobile devices with all the content copy protection and other crap that causes issues