OT: Amazon Prime Day

[DudyDog]

Anyone get any good deals today? I really didn't need anything, so nothing for me. Just wondering if anyone else got anything worthwhile.

 

[dawgoneyall]

Anyone get any good deals today? I really didn't need anything, so nothing for me. Just wondering if anyone else got anything worthwhile.

Amazon? Bueatiful had *** women? I'll take one.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I didn't participate this year. The last couple of years I haven't been able to find anything worth my time. Seems like they are just trying to clean the crap out of their warehouses. The only thing I have found is good deals on Amazon devices. Other than that it has just wasted my time.

 

[jb1020]

Picked up and echo

And a dot for the hell of it. I cut the cable and use Hulu thru a fire stick now. Here's hoping I can just talk my way thru channel surfing instead of fooling with those tiny remotes.

kinda dumb, but I've wanted an echo for a while.

 

[civildawg88]

Prime day is so overrated. Basically they put all the junk they can't sell "on sale" which I've found out is like 2 dollars off from the everyday price.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

This was my first time doing it and I reached the same conclusion

 

[The Peeper]

Was holding out until today for another TV antenna. Today's price was $5 more than last Saturdays, 17 you Amazon. Ordered it from Wal Mart website having it shipped free will be here Thursday

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Amazon subsidiary woot! has been selling their world famous bag of crap all day long

 

[Dawgzilla]

I picked up 2 echo dots, for $70 total. One for the living room, which will be able to use my sound system for its speaker, and one for the bedroom which will use a bluetooth connection. I have the Harmony hub remote, so hopefully Echo will be able to run the whole system. And my smart thermostat. Maybe even my smart fridge....

 

[turkish]

Can someone explain the appeal of this Echo to me? I don't wanna 17n talk slow to some machine to accomplish tasks for me. It seems incredibly frustrating. What else does it do?

 

[aTotal360]

I don't get the appeal either. A business partner of mine swears by voice command technology. His whole house is wired with this stuff (tv, A/C, lights, everything). Matter of fact he texts and emails exclusively by siri dictation. The only thing he does with the Echo that even remotely has a use (IMO) is turning on the radio and commanding it. I'd rather just blue tooth it and control it with my thumb.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Can someone explain the appeal of this Echo to me? I don't wanna 17n talk slow to some machine to accomplish tasks for me. It seems incredibly frustrating. What else does it do?

Don't imagine Siri in a box on your counter. Siri voice interpretation is years behind the echo. You don't have to take pauses between words or even tell the other people in the room to shut up. It can even pick up your "inside" voice from 20 ft away easily. I normally talk to my echo while the baby is crying and my wife is talking to me. Siri and echo aren't in the same league anymore.

I mainly use mine to listen to the radio(tune in and pandora), add stuff to the grocery list, look up recipes, set timers and check the news and weather. It is a luxury item for sure but it makes my life easier, not harder. IMO the kitchen is the best room in the house for it.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

Supposedly it has adaptive voice recognition technology. so after you've talked to it a while it can distinguish your voice better. That is creepy to me... At some point these things are gonna be compiling metadata and start revealing your deepest darkest secrets to those you don't want when you piss it off

 

[rem101]

I got some underwear that was on sale. That's all that I saw worth it.

 

[kired]

It's just the next step in humans becoming like the people on Wall-E. Pretty soon we won't even have to get out of bed.

ETA: The prime day itself was a waste for me. There were only a few things I even considered buying... toys for my kids and a pair of running shoes for myself. But I don't really need either of them at the moment so I passed.

 

[MarkDallas]

At some point these things are gonna be compiling metadata

There's no "at some point". Pretty sure they do that now. You just have to trust that they wont use it for evil. That goes for all of them: Google, Apple, Amazon, etc.

 

[Chesusdog]

It has a ton of features and more get added over time. You can send voice messages, call people, set alarms and timers, play music, drop in on your own or someone else's echo (with their permission) to voice chat, hear the news, listen to audio books, turn on and off lights, lock doors, and a lot more.

 

[The Peeper]

I haven't seen anything listed yet Echo can do that my phone can't do. My phone can do many things Echo can't. I don't need another device in my life so I'll pass

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I haven't seen anything listed yet Echo can do that my phone can't do. My phone can do many things Echo can't. I don't need another device in my life so I'll pass

Echo isn't meant to replace your phone. It is meant to be a new way to interface with technology only using your voice. It isn't for everybody, but I still recommend giving it a try.

 

[Chesusdog]

We absolutely love ours. Constantly use it for setting timers while cooking or playing music while just hanging out. Sure I could do that with my phone too but voice commands are quicker and easier.

The "drop in" feature is really neat but I'd only set it up for me and very close family.

 

[seshomoru]

Pretty soon we won't even have to get out of bed.

Not gonna lie. One of the best things about the echos and my smartthings hub is that I don't have to get out of bed to turn off the lights or change the speed of the ceiling fan.

 

[seshomoru]

It's great for setting timers for kids as well. They listen to Alexa more than they do me. We have a smart things hub and hooked up our thermostat, master bedroom lights, and master fan tied to voice commands. Plus I was able to set up the soffit lights outside to go on an off automatically at sunrise/sunset. The speaker on the echo is great so we end up playing a lot of music on it. I'll usually wake up in the morning and ask it for my news briefing and the weather.

And my kid loves the fart sounds skill.

 

[dickiedawg]

I'm mostly the same way. I picked up an echo last year that someone was selling. I used it a lot at first to listen to music and later bought a couple of Dots, one of which is hooked in to my whole house audio.
At first it was really cool because the Prime Music selection was a lot more extensive, now since they have a premium service the free one is almost nothing. I have Apple Music, which I love, but won't work with Alexa. So we do Pandora some and I use it to play Jeopardy in the mornings.

I bought a Kindle on Prime Day because I've been wanting one. Almost picked up a Kindle Fire 7 for 29.95 because that's a ridiculously low price, and my kid has pretty much taken over my wife's Kindle Fire. But I didn't.