As the technology guy for the Curmudgeon Societé Generale, I'm expected to answer all manner of technological questions. Luckily, they mostly have to do with how flip phones work.
But here on the home front, I test everything. Since the Societé is paying, I test everything you can imagine. TiVo, Roku, Chromecast, Sony DVRs, you name it. What the hell do they know?
One technology I use is my iPhone sending TV shows through my Apple TV. Works flawlessly. You dial up the show on your phone, push this little transmit button, and voilá! TV.
Worked flawlessly. Now there's AirPlay, and as convenient as it may be, I'm used to pushing the little icon on my phone that gets the show going. No more. The icon is missing, I panic, and the show doesn't do diddlysquat until I go into a push up menu and push "AirPlay". It works fine, but heeby jeebies, I'm 65 and changing comfortable thingies can be annoying.
Like deciphering the buttons on your new microwave. Were these invented by sadists?
This must stop. Either these things should tell you in plain English what is expected (remember, I'm the technology guy and this is simple stuff), or the warranty should cover you tossing the entire device into the stream in the backyard. Simple. Effective.
You don't ever want to cross an angry curmudgeon.
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