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Why don’t the customers use a tablet resting on the treadmill or wall-mounted TV to watch whatever they want?

francisofascii 5y ago
That is not always practical. Also, why purchase a tablet or install a wall mounted screen, when there is a perfectly good screen right in front of you.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  Because unless screen doesn't display what you want it to. It's useless.
  - iomcr 5y ago
    But they paid for the $4,000 treadmill, not expecting it to magically become the $400 treadmill.
mikestew 5y ago
Tablets can bounce around on a treadmill if you really get going, and 10" is not 32". And you think customers are going to wall-mount a TV in the garage where a lot of treadmills live, rather than just buy a built-in screen? I mean, yeah, that's exactly what I did, but not everyone (not but a few?) are even that handy. And on top of everything else, customers thought that they could watch whatever they wanted on their attached 32" LCD screen. Why fuck with wall-mounting a TV or a bouncy tablet when they sell a treadmill with the screen built-in?
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  > Why fuck with wall-mounting a TV or a bouncy tablet when they sell a treadmill with the screen built-in? Because unless the screen displays what you want it to, it's useless?
  - radlad 5y ago
    > And on top of everything else, customers thought that they could watch whatever they wanted on their attached 32" LCD screen.
  - mikestew 5y ago
    Oh, I see, you want to shame people for not seeing this coming. Never mind, I thought yours was an honest question.
    - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
      Interesting interpretation. Shame was not mentioned. What was mentioned: a workaround to a problem.
    - 8n4vidtmkvmk 5y ago
      even if not for the content/software lock.. modularity is almost always better. screen technology is constantly improving. maybe i want to upgrade later without throwing the whole treadmill out?
    - mdoms 5y ago
      I don't think that's plausible considering the users knew they were "hacking" the machine to view this content. > But Howard, and many other NordicTrack owners, weren’t drawn to the hardware by iFit’s videos. They were drawn in by how easy the fitness machines were to hack. > To get into his X32i, all Howard needed to do was tap the touchscreen 10 times, wait seven seconds, then tap 10 more times. Doing so unlocked the machine—letting Howard into the underlying Android operating system. Personally, I would never purchase a device with a screen that intentionally locked me out like this.
- elmolino89 5y ago
  Wrong question: wtf TV sized screen attached to whatever fitness gizmo when smaller screen and a whichever size you want wall/pedestal mounted TV will be likey cheaper and usable outside your jogging hours.
- suifbwish 5y ago
  It’s called military surplus Velcro. You get a second rubber case for the tablet that you apply Velcro to the back of then apply the other side to the treadmill in an area where it makes full contact. I have seen videos of people in Velcro suits jump and stick to walls so I’m sure it would work with a tablet.
WheatM 5y ago

That is not always practical. Also, why purchase a tablet or install a wall mounted screen, when there is a perfectly good screen right in front of you.

TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
Because unless screen doesn't display what you want it to. It's useless.
- iomcr 5y ago
  But they paid for the $4,000 treadmill, not expecting it to magically become the $400 treadmill.

mikestew 5y ago

Tablets can bounce around on a treadmill if you really get going, and 10" is not 32". And you think customers are going to wall-mount a TV in the garage where a lot of treadmills live, rather than just buy a built-in screen? I mean, yeah, that's exactly what I did, but not everyone (not but a few?) are even that handy. And on top of everything else, customers thought that they could watch whatever they wanted on their attached 32" LCD screen. Why fuck with wall-mounting a TV or a bouncy tablet when they sell a treadmill with the screen built-in?

TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
> Why fuck with wall-mounting a TV or a bouncy tablet when they sell a treadmill with the screen built-in? Because unless the screen displays what you want it to, it's useless?
- radlad 5y ago
  > And on top of everything else, customers thought that they could watch whatever they wanted on their attached 32" LCD screen.
- mikestew 5y ago
  Oh, I see, you want to shame people for not seeing this coming. Never mind, I thought yours was an honest question.
  - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
    Interesting interpretation. Shame was not mentioned. What was mentioned: a workaround to a problem.
  - 8n4vidtmkvmk 5y ago
    even if not for the content/software lock.. modularity is almost always better. screen technology is constantly improving. maybe i want to upgrade later without throwing the whole treadmill out?
  - mdoms 5y ago
    I don't think that's plausible considering the users knew they were "hacking" the machine to view this content. > But Howard, and many other NordicTrack owners, weren’t drawn to the hardware by iFit’s videos. They were drawn in by how easy the fitness machines were to hack. > To get into his X32i, all Howard needed to do was tap the touchscreen 10 times, wait seven seconds, then tap 10 more times. Doing so unlocked the machine—letting Howard into the underlying Android operating system. Personally, I would never purchase a device with a screen that intentionally locked me out like this.
elmolino89 5y ago
Wrong question: wtf TV sized screen attached to whatever fitness gizmo when smaller screen and a whichever size you want wall/pedestal mounted TV will be likey cheaper and usable outside your jogging hours.
suifbwish 5y ago
It’s called military surplus Velcro. You get a second rubber case for the tablet that you apply Velcro to the back of then apply the other side to the treadmill in an area where it makes full contact. I have seen videos of people in Velcro suits jump and stick to walls so I’m sure it would work with a tablet.

WheatM 5y ago