Recent content by Arbogast

Probably best, I'm thinking, to just get a conventional laptop.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Just had a look at tablets with 1T storage, though....they're really expensive-- like between $1300 and @2200! I'll say it again: It seems beyond weird that no audio-component manufacturers offer something suitable. Baffling. In any event, you've been incredibly...

Thanks for such a thoughtful response! And my apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I think I haven’t been very specific in my wording—again, I’m not very tech-savvy. What I meant re the hard drive was just that I keep all my music file backed up on an external hard drive. The idea...

Thanks much for the advice. If I went with a tablet or laptop, would I need any kind of an amp or subwoofer between it and the speakers? It's weird: It's like I'll be buying a laptop or tablet while having no need for internet connectivity (I'd be loading iTunes from an external hard drive)...

I'm not especially tech-literate and need some advice. I've decided it's finally time to toss my CDs and vinyl and simply play music via iTunes. My question: How can I get iTunes (which is on my computer in another room) to play in my living room. Preferably, I'd like to be able to do it via...

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it out, but no change. It seems, in fact, that it was Roku's update of its software that caused this problem.

Suddenly, last Tuesday, my Roku 3 will no longer play sideloaded videos via PlayOn/My Media. It worked fine for four years and now...the playback aborts as soon as the vid is "retrieved." Roku does not offer customer support for this model and the online support is damn near useless. PlayOn...