LOTS OF ADS, esp on free sites..and, no youtube
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this does not accept YOUTUBE !!!!

the programs are chock full of various types and styles of commercials and ads..annoying---annoying

when they say something is FREE, don't count on it--there is a price and the price is ADS

my laptop and youtube are just what i wanted except for needing the laptop to run the programs, fast forward etc etc..then there are the needed added cables when using a laptop..

i hoped ruku would have solved that with a small simple plug in and a remote..

BUT along with the endless ads...they want you to be plugged in ALL of the time..i suspect they have a way of tracking what you are doing...what you are watching even without using roku, with the device always on (there is NO off switch) this could well be being done...SCARY..

and yet another, they demanded a credit card even is you did not buy anything...no card info entered, no roku....these are hardball players...and that adds to the scary and intimidating nature they present.
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forget about it if you are looking for sports channels such as NBA/Golf. it provides only access to those "free" channels, among which many are ads channels. BTW the quality is similar with or without the amplifier, i.e., the $60 model is the same as the $20 one.
2920954
Find something else, gives just enough infor to make a person dangerous without providing all the infor needed to finish the job.  Save your time and just use YouTube.
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ads ads ads ads ads ads and more ads. why bother unit works great but will jack up your computer with adverts
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Many reviewing&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Garmin-n-uuml-vi-2455LMT-4-3-Inch-Portable-GPS-Navigator-with-Lifetime-Map-Traffic-Updates/dp/B005DIBH6A/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Garmin n&uuml;vi 2455LMT 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates</a>&nbsp;complain that the traffic isn't free because it comes with <horrors>ads</horrors>! Well, nothing's free.  TV?  Nope.  Radio? ads.  Free newpapers? ads. Free phone aps?  LOL! Free social websites?  ROTFL!  Someone's gotta pay the freight.  *My* concern is that "you will receive Traffic Data...as long as Garmin receives traffic data from its third party content provider." Or, to put it another way, if Garmin goes out of business, we're all out of business! So, while I don't like them, I don't begrudge Garmin their ads.

But, while I don't begrudge Garmin their ads, I don't like them.  I had an MSN subscription for my previous GPSs, so I was primed to shell out for an ad free receiver (and an added bonus of more frequent updates, 30 seconds v 3 minutes).

When you plug in the GTM-60, traffic information is supposed to start within 5 minutes of receiving satellite reception, but there's no obvious way to tell.  Under Settings, Traffic continues to show NAVTEQ, there's nothing to indicate which traffic unit the GPS thinks is attached, and there are ads at start up!  The instructions say something about registering the unit at [...], but when you go there, there's no way to register the unit!

After 20 minutes on hold, I was connected to a knowledgeable technician who sorted things out...and here we go!

* The subscription does indeed start up when the GPS connects with a satellite.
* There is no need to register the unit to get it to function.
* There is no obvious way to tell that the GPS knows it's attached to a 60 rather than the GTM 26 that comes with the GPS.
* The ads are cached in memory.  They take a few days to go away.
* A software update was made available around 11/20/'11, and he recommended strongly that I apply it.  It installed easily.

But how does it perform?  Outstanding!  I've had free traffic units and mostly used MSN Direct before the 2012 models came out, so I was expecting something along the same lines...but, NO!

I've posted some pictures (taken while I was stopped!) to illustrate what goes on.

The GTM-60 has the usual Garmin Traffic Red, Yellow, and Green icons to indicate general traffic conditions.  When there are traffic delays,
* the GTM-60 begins by turning the title bar grey and describe what's coming up--for example, Stop and go traffic ahead.
* After a few seconds, the title bar reverts to green and a grey traffic icon appears on the left hand side of the screen to tell you the distance to the event.
* Pressing on this icon gives detailed information about the delay.

Very nice!
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Publishing is free these days. C'mon Showtime, it's been a decade. You'd easily get $2 an episode out of me, and you might find yourself with a viral hit on your hand if you publish a few clips on YouTube.
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I hate it because I can't buy it!  Lol, sorry for the one star but listing an item that isn't available seems odd to me.  Was this ever a product or just click-bait to get people to view the Youtube channel.  If so, well played.  You got me.
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I got this as a gift recently & was very excited but alas when I found out that YouTube doesn't work, it was a real bummer! It does have many good features but not having YouTube is a deal breaker.  I would also have bought the Spot but again until YouTube is back on these devices, I am not spending my money on it!
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There are way too many ads and it is difficult to realize that you are actually reading an article instead of an advertisement.  I love readying M&F but wow there are way too many pages of ad and not enough content.  This would be way better if ads were identified or if there was a way to hide pages of ads while you read.  Just a thought.
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computer is great, but youtube plays poorly, my PC laptop plays youtube vids great, on the mac its like a record skipping, very annoying.
1844386
Filled my computer full of problems- Adware, etc.  Took me way too long to clean out!
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First world problem, I realize, but I was appalled to find myself met with ads after spending $20 for this device (and in essence, the corresponding app).  I wrote to the company through their tech support channel and also through the Google Play store page for the app, and received no response.  I think it was not obvious, through my particular buying experience, that there would be ads in the app (which you can install but cannot explore/use until you have the hardware). So, if you are as put-off by ads as I am in what amounts to a "paid" app, I must reluctantly recommend that you look elsewhere for this type of functionality.

UPDATE: To be fair, I have just been informed there is a Zmart Remote Pro app (Free in the Google Play store) which will likely be the solution to all my concerns. This was not obvious to me through my buying process. Will try the new app and update again.
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I was happy with the product at first until I found out that only five searches are free. For such a pricey product, I would have thought all searches would be free. You waste one or two searches just trying to figure out how the product works.
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A lot of this stuff I could of found on the internet for free
3087179
No way to view videos through browser, user locked into using the app. Amazon can easily fix most of the problems by opening up a web interface and making downloads free. It won't cost you a ton.
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I have a Slingbox 500 which is my 3rd SlingBox unit.  Technically, it's excellent.  And the initial experience when I first bought it was very positive.

But since SlingMedia started to show ads many times in any one viewing session, the experience is now far too obnoxious to even consider.  I had planned to replace my SlingBox HD, my 2nd oldest unit, with a Slingbox 500.  When you connect to your own SlingBox - having already spent fairly significant money - with their browser-based software client, you see ads "while it's preparing your connection".  That's pretty bogus since their servers are necesssary only to find the current IP address for the box.  The saddest part is that their browser clients continue to show ads underneath the actual TV picture. If you go full-screen and move the mouse cursor off the monitor on which it is full-screened, the ads briefly disappear.  But many things you to that put the cursor back on that monitor bring the ads back.  If the connection drops and you have to reconnect, you get to view a brand new set of start-up ads again.  If you're unable to go full-screen because you need to do other things on that monitor with your computer while watching, there appears to be no way at all to stop the continuous stream of new ads.  Amazingly SlingMedia has actually found a way to make the ads viewing your own box even more intrusive and objectionable than most web ads.  The ads are not small.  The ad box occupies most of the width of the client's user interface.

I haven't tried them, but SlingMedia claims you can buy an ad-free client for Android and IOS.  Why not for Windows?  I would pay an extortion price to get back the ad-free experience I bought when I first purchased these units.

And the Sling browser client has the gall - after making you view ads on a product they've already charged you big money for - to ask you to "rate your experience".  As if anyone thinks that being force fed ads the whole time you watch (if not full screen) is anything but a complete disaster in terms of user experience.

To pay hundreds for a SlingBox - which never had these obnoxious ads with the original standalone "fat client" - and then be continuously pelted with ads you can't skip is a huge cynical betrayal.

I strongly recommend you forget this product line find a customer-friendly alternative.  I'm currently looking for one and will discard my current SlingBoxes once I find one that is not so user-hostile.  What a waste.  SlingMedia as a company deserves to fail if they continue down this path.
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Its in my unboxing video
Just wait 5secs and press skip ad, the ad is just to support my channel
http://adf.ly/1JJNyd