{"id":1726,"date":"2015-05-20T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2021-06-07T18:42:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T22:42:54","slug":"ouya-as-a-set-top-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=1726","title":{"rendered":"Ouya as a Set-Top Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;ve been traveling for work, I&#8217;ve had two simultaneous disappointments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hotel television programming.&nbsp; It&#8217;s not geared toward me; I&#8217;m not the target audience.&nbsp; I watch by series, not by channel.&nbsp; I use my DVR to watch, or stream with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\">Netflix<\/a>, or watch DVDs I&#8217;ve borrowed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadl.org\">my library<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Watching Netflix on my laptop for extended periods of time is taxing on my eyes.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t get me wrong, the screen on my laptop is amazeballs, but it&#8217;s still a screen on my laptop.&nbsp; My eyes get tired, my neck gets tired, and the relaxation at the end of the day turns into frustration and sore muscles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As far as I&#8217;m concerned, this is a solvable problem.&nbsp; My first idea has been to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ouya.tv\">Ouya<\/a> as a video and music streaming box.&nbsp; I successfully loaded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandora.com\">Pandora<\/a>.&nbsp; I side-loaded a recent version of Netflix&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.android.com\">Android<\/a> app without much difficulty.&nbsp; So, the last time I was out California way, I brought the Ouya, attendant cords, and one controller with me.&nbsp; I was ready to put it to the test!<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, some hotels still don&#8217;t want you to hook up your own devices to their televisions.&nbsp; I did not call ahead, because I had no idea that this was still a thing.&nbsp; Test #1 was a failure, but not from any technical shortcoming.<\/p>\n<p>My next trip out has me staying at a hotel that specifically mentions the ability to hook up external devices to the television.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re interested, keep an eye out for the details of Test #2 here.&nbsp; Second try&#8217;s the charm!&nbsp; (Wait, that&#8217;s not right&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;ve been traveling for work, I&#8217;ve had two simultaneous disappointments. 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