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the rook, bossing Never.
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Off topic, but it's garbage compared to ANY Media Centre or setbox or TV GUI I've used in 20+ years. And some of those to use your PC on a TV screen were bad.
No, it is NOT the performance. I'm talking about a GUI that is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE for a real TV set used with internal Cable/Satellite/Terrestrial tuners and multiple external video sources (Analogue, multiple HDMI etc). Only any good for streaming, games etc. Too small font. You need to be twice as close as real TV GUIs! Or have 55" TV in a tiny room or sit at desk with a screen on it. Poor for Terrestrial TV Absolutely USELESS for satellite tuner management. Ghastly menu structure, though last update improved it. Madness navigating sound & video format settings It's quite obviously tested mainly without Broadcast TV usage and on a 32" screen with someone at a desk. Not a 42" screen in an average room. The Default input select brings up the list of Android apps first Uselessly slow to find an image or video on a plugged in drive because it scans drive rather than letting you navigate by directory like Panasonic (not Android). Older non-Android TVs are better GUI. It is designed for a 32" tablet / smart monitor on a desk, not a TV in a living room. Also best to NEVER connect it to the Internet, but use a tablet or laptop as by default Android TV will send off titles of discs watched by HDMI and Broadcast channels watched as well as all other usage. |
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Running with scissors
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Nil adsuetudine maius
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Can someone point out a couple examples of Kindle KFX books that can only be delivered directly to your device? Not doubting this is the case, but I'd like to test a workaround to the problem.
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Grand Sorcerer
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Human Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory Manual (Pearson eTextbook) The Da Vinci Code (Arabic edition) I can provide more examples if needed. |
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And the Arabic Da Vinci gives me the option to transfer via usb. |
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Grand Sorcerer
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The second appears to have the option to transfer via USB, but when I actually try it I get the following error: We're sorry, this title is not currently available for download. (If you are able to download it from Amazon's web site I would like to know how.) Last edited by jhowell; 01-05-2020 at 09:07 PM. |
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C L J
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Grand Sorcerer
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Nil adsuetudine maius
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Thanks for the examples, which behave just as you described. Both Kindle books and USB transfer doesn't actually work. Can't download to Kindle to PC. No apparent /viable workarounds for these titles. It'll be a pain when Amazon rolls this out on a larger swath of their library. |
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There's an Info box that says: Quote:
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Nil adsuetudine maius
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It's a mess. Well because Amazon.
Thought to check out some different Amazon sites and they treat the first example differently, e.g. on Canadian site, I can download the first example to Kindle for PC. Using v 1.17 (untested, because it's an expensive book) typically forces a non-KFX format download. Can't be certain without actually trying though. Sample download was delivered in azw i.e. non-KFX format. The second example says that it's a Kindle book and "read on any device". But if you actually try I get the message that it can't be downloaded to my device or Kindle for PC. Quote:
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