Why can't they give us our tv EVERYWHERE, easily?

I fired up my XBOX 360, since there is STILL no support on XBOX ONE for the following:
- HBO GO
- Showtime Anytime
- Dozens of others

I was able to run & authenticate HBO GO easily, but Showtime Anytime wasn't so easy.

First, since I tried authenticating on the iPad, the site assumed (incorrectly) that I would much prefer the "Showtime Anytime" App.  I would not.  My TV screen is considerably larger than that of my iPad.

So I switched over to the MacBook Air. Safari kept saying "The Primary Account holder for this account must register for Showtime Anytime first."  So I switched to Firefox.  Same thing.  Turned to the Windows desktop.  Same thing.

I've been a Showtime subscriber for nearly two decades.  Why can't "they" just give good service?

Xbox One - External Hard Drive support

On the Xbox 360, if you wanted more storage you had to buy it from Microsoft. Period. 

The sizes were small and the prices were large. That being said, most people with an Xbox 360 bought discs in a store. 

The Xbox One makes buying digital SO much more appealing.  Unfortunately my "Day One" Xbox One had only 20% left on the 500GB hard disk.  

While I slept (not literally, I just didn't know) the Xbox One got an update that allows "off the shelf" USB hard drives to be plugged in and for the Xbox One to be told to install future purchases to it. 

So, I pulled out a 2TB USB 3.0 hard drive that I bought but had not used. I'm now transferring everything to it. 

Thank you, Microsoft. #thankyoumicrosoft #xboxone

After six months, the Xbox One is freezing constantly, and often not starting at all.

So I've had my "day one" Xbox One for about six months, and it's freezing all the time, and often not starting at all. :(

- Freezes in the middle of games
- Freezes in the middle of Blu-Ray movies
- Controller stops responding
- Xbox Media Remote stops responding
- Even the main menu freezes

I resolve computer problems for a living, and one way to fix ANY software problem is to format the hard drive and reinstall.  That's not usually the best method, or the first to try.  Of course, on a computer there are tools that I can use to try to resolve the problem less destructively.  Also, on a computer there's the concern of data loss.

On the Xbox One, there's no real concern for data loss, since all the game saves are in the cloud, and any purchased games can be re-downloaded for free.  And on an Xbox One there's very little access to the "under the hood" software by the user (me).

So this is the fix I'm attempting this morning - I booted the Xbox One in "Safe Mode" by holding the pair & eject buttons and then hitting the power button, then I went to Settings > System and told it to restore factory defaults.  I'm now watching a green bar progress slowly across the screen.  If the system is more stable after this, then it was a software issue and all is right with the world.  However, if the Xbox One remains unstable (or really, more like "unusable") then it's a hardware problem and I'll have to ship it off to Microsoft's service center.

UPDATE: The restore process FROZE at 60% and now I'm shipping it to them.:(