You Thought You Didn't Need This… - Caavo Control Center Showcase

[CPotter]

Thanks for Caavo for sponsoring the video, check out the Caavo Control Center at http://geni.us/12LFn

 

The Caavo Control Center gives you one universal voice remote to browse and search across all your Live TV and streaming services, from Netflix to Prime, Apple TV to Roku!

[Arika]

i still dont think i need (or want) this...

[Streetguru]

I fail to see what exactly this device is useful for if it can't p***te things for me.

[Spotty]

Still seems pretty pointless.

 

The idea of solving the problem of spending half your time finding something to watch, something I'm guilty of, by having blog posts or curated lists suggesting what movies you should watch isn't going to work. People are just going to end up spending even more time reading those recommendations for movies before deciding.

 

It requires an extra $2/month subscription on top of the purchase of the remote and box? I'm not really sure why they require a monthly subscription considering they're not delivering any of the content to you. Can't they just offset any service cost by selling the users tv viewing habits to marketing companies and TV show creators? 

[ZaDoctor]

I would love this as someone who has a very large Plex library (3000+ movies), Netflix, Hulu, Amazon prime, YouTube Red, and Cable. It can be a pain if I want to watch a movie but don't know what service it is on I end up logging into one and searching then the next again and again until I can find it.

 

I know very few people have so many services but as someone who does this would be very valuable.

[ahuckphin]

Typically, two uploads a day means a trade show happened.
However no trade show happened recently.

So what's the deal with these double uploads recently.

No hate to double uploads.

Just very curious.

[Salv8 (sam)]

if i wanted multiple services within one device, i would just use the apps separately

sure i would have to look though every one of them to find the show/movie i want to watch. but fuck that because i don't want to

a. don't want to pay $100 upfront

and

b. pay $2 monthly for the convenience...

because services like https://reelgood.com/ do this for free and also have

A SHIT LOAD MORE SERVICES FOR THE USER!

I'M NOT JOKING, THERE ARE AT LEAST 60 SERVICES SUPPORTED: https://reelgood.com/canonicals

it's IOS and web only and plex isn't supported as well but it's better then spending $100 on a US only device, and pay $2 monthly to continue using it...

probably the worst showcase you guys have ever done...

[tjwmagic]

That's my problem. We just switched from an expensive cable bill to a very cheap Netflix, Hulu, and PLEX (broadcast). So our bill is only $20 a month where it use to be just under $100 a month for TV services. Now I got to add more money, to make switching TV easier. Yes, this would help my family understand where the TV shows are, between the Netflix, Hulu, and PLEX services, but our goal of setting up PLEX was to cut the bill and we eventually want to get rid of the other services. So I doubt I will be adding this any time soon, even though I see the benefits. 

[Velcade]

The $2 a month is interesting.  Charge 140 for the device and cut the monthly fee.  I can't see someone using this past two years away. Tech is always changing.

[Syntaxvgm]

really useful.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

[JohnM3]

Agree... I don't understand the $2.00 a month?   I could see my wife using the voice commands to watch shows.. I personally don't have a problem or hard time

finding what I want to watch.. but what subscriber of LTT would?    This seems to be more a "GIFT" for parents / grandparents  I guess??? 

 

[poochyena]

$100 + $2 a month? I lost all interest at that point.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Are we really back to the showcases shit again? I thought y'all said you were over that

[aezakmi]

7 hours ago, Salv8 (sam) said:

because services like https://reelgood.com/ do this for free

you still have to pay $200/mo or whatever for each of these services though

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

But can you mod the operating system to run windows and play crisis on it? 

[Salv8 (sam)]

3 hours ago, aezakmi said:

you still have to pay $200/mo or whatever for each of these services though

netflix ain't free, this service is though....

[Yani]

I use my xbox one - it does everything ... I also have ps4 pro , it does it too! Why should you promote such a device? Oh wait , sponsor of the video is this amazingly useless Caavo box :)

[Bramimond]

Don't really get the point of subscribing to one, let alone more than two, of these services. I stopped watching TV (and going to the movies) 15 years ago because nothing on there was worth my time. But I guess there are people out there happy with the selection. Not sure why they put up with all the content being scattered around different platforms, though.

 

[Fullmental]

So umm...do they make one with 10 or 15 HDMI inputs? Asking for a friend...

 

Seriously though, it'd be cool if they did Plex or Emby support as well, if they don't already.

[Drak3]

I didn't think I needed this. I was right.

[Fenrhix]

$2 a month..... ok..... so.......hmmm...... useful..... 

[Crunchy Dragon]

I still don't think I need this, but ok.

[Peterbus AKA GRANDA TECH]

On 10/2/2018 at 7:56 AM, CPotter said:

Thanks for Caavo for sponsoring the video, check out the Caavo Control Center at http://geni.us/12LFn

 

The Caavo Control Center gives you one universal voice remote to browse and search across all your Live TV and streaming services, from Netflix to Prime, Apple TV to Roku!

Thanks for pointing this device out to me , why? , because I thought it might enhance my Home cinema setup so I bit the bullet and bought it and got it shipped to Ireland.

I attached 4 devices , Samsung 8500 UHD player, Roku,Amazon cube , Nvidia Shield .

I had all my devices hooked up via a Control4 universal remote but it had the drawback of not having blutooth remote and so I had to use the remotes for the blutooth devices.

after the setup I am down to just three remotes , my Control4, sky and the Caavo remote with the voice search ,works great and gives you the choice of “ STREAMING”,”PLEX” or web search.

Alexa intregration is useless but they may fix this in the future.

Downside is not enough connections but I can live with that....