{"id":3200,"date":"2014-08-15T23:05:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T06:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:20","slug":"digital-media-of-choice-to-the-tune-of-weapon-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/digital-media-of-choice-to-the-tune-of-weapon-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Media of Choice (to the tune of “Weapon of Choice”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a Vudu account because we have a Smart TV and the Vudu app came pre-installed. Still, it’s easy to log in and it’s easy to use on my computer.<\/p>\n

Netflix on the TV isn’t as hard to use as Hulu, but it’s a little bit janked for us. Still, it’s a must-have around our house. I enjoy watching Netflix on the TV or my Kindle Fire. I’m always using my computer and I worry about it breaking down from being overloaded, but I log in through my computer to arrange my queue.<\/p>\n

Flixster works on my Kindle Fire, which is awesome. All the movies I saved on Vudu are cross-shared to Flixster so I can watch them. (There’s no Vudu app.) So I can actually watch all those movies we’ve bought whenever I want, as long as there’s wifi.<\/p>\n

Crackle is free movies and TV shows and they allow a free app, unlike Hulu.<\/p>\n

For my most used free services: Hulu and Dramafever are most comfortably watched on the computer. Viki works well on the Kindle, though it freezes up for me occasionally.<\/p>\n

I watch a lot of my saved stuff and DVDs with the VLC Media Player, which makes me wish that all those services worked with it. I like being able to easily resize and move the player and tell it to stay a particular size.<\/p>\n

TL;Dr, watch free stuff on Hulu, Dramafever, Crackle, and Viki. Netflix is an easy pay-service, as is Amazon Prime. And for all those digital copy codes that come with DVDs and Blu-Ray, I prefer inputting them into Vudu — it works for all kinds, and they’ll self-propagate to the Flixster app for android devices and to UltraViolet.<\/p>\n

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Check out my newest masterwork “Allies & Enemies” at: All Romance Ebooks<\/b><\/a>, Amazon<\/b><\/a>, Goodreads<\/b><\/a>, Less Than Three Press<\/b><\/a>, Smashwords<\/b><\/a>. — superhero, urban fantasy, mm, drama. Darkstar x Blue Ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got a Vudu account because we have a Smart TV and the Vudu app came pre-installed. Still, it’s easy to log in and it’s easy to use on my computer. Netflix on the TV isn’t as hard to use as Hulu, but it’s a little bit janked for us. Still, it’s a must-have around…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Digital Media of Choice (to the tune of “Weapon of Choice”)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55],"tags":[261,560],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-real-life","tag-digital-media","tag-peebled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-PC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3616,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/amazon-basics-wired-keyboard-amazon-fire-tv-stick-my-brother-was-struck-by-a-vehicle\/","url_meta":{"origin":3200,"position":0},"title":"Amazon Basics Wired Keyboard; Amazon Fire TV Stick; My brother was struck by a vehicle","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"May 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I bought an Amazon Basics Wired Keyboard for >$12 and it works pretty good. 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