Streaming, Made Simple (eBook)

A thousand things to watch, and nothing on.

Television got harder, not easier. Being confused by a set that asks you to sign in is a reasonable response to a genuinely confusing situation - not a failure. This book fixes two things: finding what you actually want to watch, and knowing exactly what you are paying for.

Inside this book:

What streaming really is - and why your ordinary channels are still there whenever you want them backSmart TVs, sticks and boxes - and the input button that makes people think they have broken the televisionYour remote - the six buttons that matter, and why back gets you out of almost anythingSigning in without typing - the code trick that spares you the on-screen keyboard entirelyFinding something to watch - searching properly, and building a watchlist that works like your own channelHearing the dialogue again - why modern sound is so hard to follow, what actually helps, and how to make subtitles big enough to readYouTube - the most underrated service for this reader, and almost all of it freeWhat you can watch without paying - catch-up, free ad-supported channels, and the library films almost nobody knows aboutLive television, sport and news, and watching in bed on a tabletKnowing what you pay for - and stopping it. The three places to look, why cancelling the app does not cancel the subscription, and how to actually get outWhen it goes wrong - a troubleshooting chapter organised by symptom: buffering, no picture, no sound, sign-in loops

This book teaches the pattern, not a list. Streaming services merge, rename and disappear constantly. You will learn how signing in works, how to search, how to turn on subtitles and how to cancel, which still works on services that do not exist yet. No prices, no hype, and nothing you can break.

Large print throughout, short numbered steps, a remote-control card, a troubleshooting page, a plain-English glossary, and a page to write down every service you pay for.