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Philips Android Google TV - Review

11/20/2020

I tried to post a review on Philips site about their 5,000 series Android TV that can be bought through Walmart, however Philips did not approve my review, it was too honest.

So I will write a review here.

The TV itself is well worth the price. The biggest negative is the fact that within the TV Apps they do not have the JW Broadcasting app. So even if you buy the Android TV you must also still use a Roku to watch and use some Apps, including Amazon Prime. The other negative feature is how their external drive system works. DO NOT copy any video, audio or photo files to a drive and then connect it to the TV. The TV must format the drive to it's file structure. Then once done the file size is limited. I have many MKV files that are over 3GB and that size is too big for the file structure of the drive that the Philips TV uses. So it is a very big negative.

However the greatest and most frustrating negative is the remote. The remote has a lag, you press a button and the TV does NOT respond for a second or 2, the lag is enough to make you believe that it did not work so you press again. The button layout is also very poorly designed. If you press the volume down it is close enough on the pressure pad that the option button is pressed and you end up in a different input mode or channel. At time pressing a button will cause a different press and something very unexpected happens. Now Philips is very well aware of this and has a replacement remote but they want the customer to PAY for it. They were very happy to send me one, even with proof of purchase, as long as I bought it. Granted they are fully aware of the faulty shipped with TV remote.

So for the time until Philips works out the bugs and greediness of making the customer pay for their poor judgement I would suggest passing on this TV.

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Star Trek Discovery Season 3

11/17/2020

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So back when Star Trek Discovery aired I gave it a try, but it was too dark, violent and too openly homosexual. So I stopped watching it. Now I'm a Star Trek TOS kid. I grew up watching it on Friday nights in rerun during the early 1970's, and I learned every detail. When it first aired Discovery was not Star Trek. So a few months ago on my Google News Feed I happened to read a short article that basically Discovery was to be rebooted. I read with keen interest how the crew was to be propelled into the future. I started watching again. I was surprised at how back to the basic concept of Star Trek they went. And I do hope they leave it to the audience to determine who has a relationship with whom.

But after episode 4 when the Discovery crew finds Starfleet headquarters something shocking occurred to me; are we really watching Star Trek? Let me take you back to that episode.

Starfleet and the Federation is no longer based on Earth, but in a warped bubble of protection, the remaining ships is a rag-tagged collection of what was left of Starfleet and are now traveling through space looking for not only Federation survivors of the burn but a new home.

Are you with me 1970's Battlestar Galacatica fans?

Now; no more 5 year mission, but a collection of rag-tag ships traveling the galaxy looking for more of their own and a new home. Now get this remember the Terran (I don't know all their names yet) shorted out the AI interviewers? She also kept asking who the guy with glasses was that controlled them. My my do you see it? He's will turn out to be an internal threat that he and his AI's will be kicked out and they will form their own "race" "By Your Command" and then try to destroy the remaining Federation. Just wait.

But the burn, I think that is an easy see. The song showing up throughout the galaxy and so many know it...well it may turn out to be a hidden code that fractured Dilithium and caused the burn. Far fetched? No remember music is noting but math set to frequencies that sound good. So those same math frequencies can be structured in such a way that a binary code can be determined and infect computers that are activated by audio. When the music is played a ship is infected and in turn the dilithium burn. I would think the Klingon version is a bit different.

So the reboot of Star Trek Discovery Season 3 is also a reboot of Battlestar Galacatica, I just really do hope they do not use the glass wearing guy as the leader of a breakaway AI race that wants to destroy the rag-tag fleet searching for a new home, I hope his name is not Baltar; and I hope the music is not the cause of the burn.

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Results of CDC Eviction Restrictions

11/13/2020

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The #CDC imposed restrictions on landlords across the country to prevent evictions. The goal was to limit the spread of #CVOID19. These restrictions however have resulted in a number of EXPECTED outcomes.
1) By restricting evictions some renters whose income was not affected stopped paying rent knowing they could not be evicted.
2) Due to restrictions on evictions landlords took the brunt of delayed payments on mortgages. It is logical to leave a single payment in the hands of a single renter then putting 10's if not 100's of missed payments in the hands of one.
3) The DHS of Crossville posted on LSN (now removed) that landlords were greedy and could afford to let people live rent free. Of course they lacked understanding that some renters that stopped paying rent were never affected by a loss of income.
4) A great power shift occurred. Renters became aware that nothing they do will lead to an eviction and landlords became powerless to do anything once a renter started destroying a place.

Below are photos of an apartment at 401-D Clark Livingston TN 38570. Over a period of 1 month the renters did this damage and they lived in ankle deep raw sewage. This was the 2nd time the renters had destroyed the grinder/pump, the landlord had no power to evict for what was thousands of dollars in damage. After the second time the landlord delayed the repair hoping the renters would move. The renters moved out November 1, however no repair or clean up work has started. The renters in apartment C are also taking advantage of the eviction restrictions, the photos of the trash is theirs. The trash has resulted in infestation of roaches, mice and other pest. The smell of raw sewage fills the air and my sons apartment upstairs. Begging the landlord to move forward has resulted in nothing, calling the health department, nothing, reporting it nothing.

it is my belief that the landlord is hopeful that the renters in C will give up and move. I do not foresee that, they were all homeless prior to renting the apartment and living filth is better than the street.

However in the meantime those renters in the surrounding homes and apartments have to endure the smell, the mice, roaches, and did I mention the smell?

We pay our rent on time every month as does our son. We tend to the basic upkeep without asking for reimbursement. However if we complain too much a suggestion to move is made. This in the tub is raw sewage and the small fills the upstairs apartment where my son lives and at times you can't be outside. This is now the 7th weeks this has remained like this and nothing is getting down or looks like it will get done anytime soon.

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Overton County of Tennessee Sheriff Not Wearing Mask

9/17/2020

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We have a sign on our porch and door asking all visitors to please wear a mask. The other night the Overton County Sheriff's dept visited and did not wear a mask, he even shined his light on the sign.
This is in Livingston Tennessee.

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How Far Will Hate Go?

9/17/2020

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I have a neighbor who hates Jehovah's Witnesses. He has made repeated false reports. All of which were lies. Although he is aware we have a video security system in his hate he forgets it is there when he makes his reports.
He has tried to have our dog killed by making a false report that he attacked someone and hurt them bad. It was not true. Our dog is a Service Dog for the hearing impaired, my wife is legally deaf.
His reports have escalated to the point that he is manipulating the local Overton County Sheriff's Dept of Tennessee into believing what he says is fact and a deputy bangs on my door at 2am. I was able to reason with the deputy but only after he used intimidation and misdirection. He even suggested I did not have a right to protect my and my family from harm. I made him aware that I was not stupid and knew my civil rights.
The zip folder contains text messages and video of my neighbor, some of the text messages will match some of the video. A word of caution, my neighbor hates not just Jehovah's Witnesses but also black people.

The Text messages
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Hit and Run in Livingston Tennessee

8/31/2020

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My wife and I live in a small cottage on a dead end street called Clark. Our son lived in an upstairs 4 unit apartment building, 2 up 2 down. The down units are letters C and D. Since December the renters in D have been a concern. On security video they are been seen dealing drugs, 24/7 different cars come and go, drive up, transaction through the window drive off.
One of our neighbors have seen then shooting up in their arms, and the smell of pot fills the air and other apartments. They have been reported to the Overton County Sheriff several times, and it went nowhere. They have also been reported to the DA two times, and again nothing. It boggles the mind to know that these people are openly selling drugs and nothing is being done.
They once openly carried weapons and bragged about what would happen in a shoot out. One night two of them got into a knife fight where one was transported to hospital and you guessed it, nothing done.
They have a very regular visitor, it is a man in a big commercial truck that either has his own business or works for a large commercial business. He paid a very quick roll up visit yesterday and as he was leaving backing into my sons basketball goal. The goal is badly damaged the entire pole shifted and braces bent. The man did not stop just drive off. Of interest is that he backed up into a private parking spot. Although it appears to be a parking lot, the upper section is only for parking for the upstairs units, he should have turned around below or backed into the street.
My son wants to try to talk to him first to get him to pay for it, $99, but I cautioned my son that he is trying to talk to a man who fled the scene of an accident and he is likely a drug user, go to the sheriff. He insist on trying first.
Below is the video of the driver arriving and then leaving hitting the goal and photos of the damage. I doubt that the sheriff will do anything or the DA, I did send the video to our Nashville media outlets.

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JW App Publications Crashes on Android

8/20/2020

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On August 19th 2020 the Watchtower released an update to the JW App that included a fix to crashes. I was hoping it would fix a publication crash in the JW App on Android systems.
I have use the JW App on Windows 10, Apple and Samsung devices. On Windows 10 and Apple devices I was able to download all the publications without any issues. However on Android if I download every publication the App crashes and closes. So with the above fix I was hoping to be able to download all the publications.
Why is it important to download all the publications and have them?
First what publications are available? Most of the books published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and The Watchtower’s dating back to 1950, Awake! dating back to 1970, Kingdom Ministry’s dating back to 1970 and several other publications. In time the Watchtower Library will be discontinued as well as the online library and the JW App will include search features similar to the Watchtower Library. So it soon become necessary to have all the publications downloaded.

So after the latest update I opted to test the JW App to see if it would crash if I downloaded all the publications. Before anyone tries this remember to either have your media files downloaded or wait to try because if you download media files AFTER downloading publications you will be unable to reverse the crashes.
In the past when I attempted to download all the publications the entire JW App would crash with no means to even open the Home page, with the above fix the JW App will now load and you can tap every left hand item except Publications. If you download too many Publications the JW App will crash when you tap Publications.

So here is what I have determined and the fix if you do experience a crash related to the Publications.
I was able to download all the books, brochures, tracks, article series, programs, index, guidelines, CLM’s, however I limit the remainder to The Watchtower back to 2010, Awake! back to 2010, I then tried to download all the Kingdom Ministries back to 1970, but after downloading the JW App crashed when I tapped Publications. As I mentioned before the 8-19-2020 update I was unable to keep the JW App from crashing, with the fix update the JW App will now load to all tabs except Publications.
So if you download too many Publications and the JW App crashes there is now a means to fix it without uninstalling and reinstalling. From the Home page go to Frequently Used and slid the Frequently Used List to the point that you can see the Kingdom Ministries. Then start deleting the Kingdom Ministries. After you delete about 5 years’ worth you should then be able to tap Publications without the JW App crashing.
However, I suggest continuing to delete Kingdom Ministries at least back to 1980 or 1990, remember every month we get a new The Watchtower and CLM.

So in summary, the JW App on an Android device will crash if you attempt to download all the Publications. So you have to limit yourself and choose what you want to download. As an example here is what I have done.
BOOKS – All
BROCHURES & BOOKLETS – All
TRACKS – All
ARTICLE SERIES – All
PROGRAMS – All
INDEX – All
GUIDELINES – All
WATCHTOWER – Back to 2010
AWAKE! – Back to 2010
CLM – All
KINGDOM MINISTRY – Back to 2010
So what is the cause? I still believe from an earlier troubleshooting post on this site that it is related to Frequently Used, however it could also be related to an old line of code from the early days of development. Since there are different teams for each platform to work on the JW App, then it is plausible that one team may have overlooked something. Perhaps at some point in the early days of the JW App there was code that had a line limiting the number of total Publications, or an “IF” or “and or” related to the number of Publications. It could be even related to how Android’s file structure for the Publications themselves. However, since the update of 8-19 allowed for many more Publications before the crash and now the crash is only related to the Publications Tab it appears more related to the total number of Publications allowed within the code.
So if you download too many Publications and the JW App crashes just use the above means to delete some of the Publications until it becomes stable again.

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