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Post by Slinger on Nov 16, 2018 0:11:45 GMT
Amazon is selling their new 3rd generation Echo Dot for £24.99 and the older 2nd gen Dot for £19.99
I've just bought my third Dot. It can live in the kitchen and become the "spare" should the living room or the bedroom Dot ever fail.
Honestly, I believe you'd be mad not to one or two of the 2nd gen models for such a silly price. From what I can gather, only differences between the generations is that the gen 3 has a cloth cover, and its speaker is a bit better, it goes up from a 1.1" driver to a 1.6" driver. The first point makes them a bit more "wife-friendly" and as for the second point, you probably won't be playing anything decent through them anyway as they've both got a 3.5mm audio jack and/or Bluetooth connectivity.
I'm just annoyed that I'd already bought two before the price dropped this low.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 16, 2018 7:46:47 GMT
I called Sky about their Black Friday deal of Sky Q with UHD, Entertainment & Cinema packs, free box and a TV thrown in all for £55pm. Seemed like a good deal. However, there's an issue which has been a problem for me for a few years now. I have Sky F1 as part of the now obsolete HD pack. These days, you can only get Sky F1 as part of the Sports pack, which I don't want.
So the nice Black Friday deal of £55 became a rather less enticing £73 when adding Sky F1 back in. Yes, that's £18pm for one extra channel.
I'm looking at any other way of reducing my costs while getting Sky F1 in UHD, which is the only reason I want 4K from them.
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Post by DaveC on Nov 16, 2018 8:20:42 GMT
Just bought a Dot 3. Thanks for the heads up !
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Post by naim1425 on Nov 16, 2018 9:32:09 GMT
just bought 2 dots and a echo plus a fire7 tablet ,hoping i can use it with a raspberry pi when i get one sorted out(thanks Martin)hope the fire 7 can control a pi
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Post by DaveC on Nov 16, 2018 9:47:03 GMT
I passed on the Fire 7 as it's not IOS or Android and apps may not work ?
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Post by naim1425 on Nov 16, 2018 9:54:02 GMT
I passed on the Fire 7 as it's not IOS or Android and apps may not work ? thanks Dave,i have spoke to amazon and you can use it st set up dot and echo,it has spotify on, i want to be able to see the artist`s and track i want to play instead of asking alexa ,(apps may not work)it would be good if someone knew if it control a pi |
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Post by John on Nov 16, 2018 9:56:02 GMT
I used to use a fire tablet with Volumio
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Post by naim1425 on Nov 16, 2018 10:03:00 GMT
I used to use a fire tablet with Volumio so will it control only if i use volumio,i already have a fire hd 7 but it might be to old for the pi software, so the new fire 7 maybe what im looking for,plus 30 quid same as a couple of bottles of red |
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Post by John on Nov 16, 2018 10:04:29 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Nov 16, 2018 11:39:05 GMT
I'm looking at any other way of reducing my costs while getting Sky F1 in UHD, which is the only reason I want 4K from them. Yay - I called someone at Sky who was further up the food chain and recognised I have been a customer for 16 years. I am now getting a Sky Q 2TB box with 4K, a 2nd Sky Mini box with HD, the Entertainment pack, Sky Cinema, Netflix / Boxed sets, Sky F1 all for £68pm plus £20 installation. Perfect! |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 16, 2018 13:48:44 GMT
Always worth a call and a whinge
Did you threaten to leave as well ?
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Post by MartinT on Nov 16, 2018 14:07:41 GMT
I might have suggested that I was unhappy with their service and was moving over to Netflix...
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 16, 2018 14:20:58 GMT
Might have been a good idea  |
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Post by Slinger on Nov 20, 2018 18:35:04 GMT
Another dose of black whassname happiness. I've just picked up the Cuisinart 1600w griddle/grill I've had in my wishlist at Amazon for six or seven weeks for £49.95 instead of ninety-odd quid. I can taste the paninis already.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 20, 2018 18:37:41 GMT
Ooh nice Paul! There's bog all in my wishlist with a decent discount ...  |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 21, 2018 7:13:16 GMT
Another dose of black whassname happiness. I've just picked up the Cuisinart 1600w griddle/grill I've had in my wishlist at Amazon for six or seven weeks for £49.95 instead of ninety-odd quid. I can taste the paninis already. Those are great for toasties and panninies but if you use them for steaks or burgers it all goes downhill very quickly unless you keep it spotlessly clean. |
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 21, 2018 7:46:21 GMT
Panninies?
Careful now, you could get charged for talking Italian like that!
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Post by MartinT on Nov 21, 2018 8:11:52 GMT
Oops - a rare error in my spelling. I will not use the excuse of a typo!
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 21, 2018 8:51:45 GMT
Spelling and grammar too, I think, me old fruit.
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Post by petea on Nov 21, 2018 10:28:30 GMT
Should that not be, " my old fruit", sir?  |
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