Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, Amazon Prime.
All of these combined are cheaper than a standard cable subscription. Who the fuck still has cable and why.
>>63159807
The only reason I do, is because I'm stuck with shitty Comcast and it comes out cheaper to get it bundled with cable.
>>63159807
netflix canada sucks
I think we don't get hulu
>>63159807
Because sports
Satellite TV here in the UK is comically expensive now and yet people see it as a necessity.
You get plenty of channels on free to air if you really feel like sitting in front of the TV every fucking night, £50 a month for extra channels that STILL stuffed with adverts even though you pay extra.. total bullshit yet even poor people can't live without it.
some people actually like to watch shows as they air and not beg for streams on /tv/
also >>63159955
>>63159911
>non-american opinions on an american-hosted chinese cartoon board
>>63159807
>Who the fuck still has cable and why
For the sports package. I know i can Stream football but i like my footy to be in HD and no buffering, when Liverpool aren't on TV i literally don't turn my cable on. Everything else i watch i torrent
Internet.
All of this combined is cheaper than Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, Amazon Prime.. Who the fuck still has Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, Amazon Prime and why.
>>63159978
you better be paying your tv tax slave.
>>63159978
>yet even poor people can't live without it.
There's a reason why they're poor
>>63159807
I don't think my mom can get her Spanish soap operas on any streaming service.
>>63159807
muh sports, other than that the only reason to get cable is because you like to get brainwashed by advertising more than you like to watch actual programs, since the advertising actually takes up more time on most channels.
>>63160620
wall
>>63159807
Still need internet to watch all these things so it's not truly cord cutting. Until your city offers free city wide wifi you're beholden to the cable or cell companies.
I'm a massive pleb, so I'm glad that I have Hulu Plus so I can watch some Criterions and raise my power level.
>>63160773
>paying for hulu plus
>still have to watch commercials
Kek detected
>>63160620
The entire series of Maria la del Barrio is on Netflix. That shit is classic.
>>63160811
Joke's on you, m'lady. I upgraded to the ad-free service. Literally 1/10 of what I was paying for cable.
No sports.
>>63159807
I have directv because I'm not poor. I watch sports and I like the convenience of DVRing shows.
>>63159955
This. the total sports package (save for NBA League Pass) is only $25 from AT&T. This includes EVERYTHING. Only thing it hasn't covered so far was the Rugby WC because AT&T themselves don't carry the channel which it was broadcast.
>>63160900
>le the only reason you wouldn't buy horseshit is because you're too poor meme
nice
>>63159807
who the fuck pays for all that shit? just torrent whatever you wanna see you gigantic mongoloid
>>63160944
Well it's true. People with money here in the US have satellite or cable.
>>63159807
America's internet situation sucks ass so I can either pay $75 for internet or $90 for internet and cable
>>63159911
just use a vpn nigga
>>63160740
>Facebook internet blimps will be our savior from the cable company tyrants
Post yfw
>>63159955
>>63160903
Have fun sucking Comcast & ESPN's dick, meatheads
>>63161171
lol this nerd mad as fuck
>>63161107
how? I don't watch television on my computer, filthy casual
>>63161171
You forgot Fox, Bein, GOL tv, etc.
Enjoy shit streams.
>>63161220
Hook your TV to your computer dumbfriend
>>63159807
>who the fuck still pays money for media and why
Standard UK Sky TV Subscriber Profile
>Likely on Benefits
>Have the biggest TV 55" plus
>Have the latest TV technology (4k)
>Pay the most for a Sky Subscription + Movies + Sports + Multiroom
Why the fuck are poor people obsessed with having as big a TV as possible and having all the channels.
95% of the channels dont even get watched.
>>63160655
Fuck off, chicano.
>>63161292
People want what they can't/don't have, thus poor people are extremely materialistic
>watching T.V.
>paying for netflix when you can just fucking pirate
Who the fuck still has Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, and Amazon Prime and why.
>>63161292
>be a gainfully employed electronic engineer
>watch one of these poverty porn benefits shows
>they all, without fail, have bigger better TVs than me
I think we should just gas them all t b h
just one dole day lock the job centre doors and sarin the fuckers
>>63161402
I used to be this way and downloading anything takes way longer than just streaming immediately.
>>63159807
old people, so they don't have to learn how the darn compuernets work
>>63161402
Because not all of us want to be leeches that illegal pirate movies when we can pay $7.99 per month for more content than we can ever watch
>paying for media when you can just stream it for free
Holy fuck so many newfags
>>63161468
then stone two birds with one rock by getting better internet
it's 2015, unless you live in a rural area with no google fiber you have no excuse
>>63161504
kek yea that $8 subscription goes a long way for the content producers my sides
Because I dislike going to TV JUST to turn on a show. Part of the novelty of TV is channel surfing, live/real time content, and feeling part of something that is ongoing rather than just sitting in front of something, putting on a show, and waiting to be entertained. The interaction is what I like about TV.
>>63161292
Think of it like a primal thing, what do poor people like to do besides spending far too much and getting into debt? Drinking and fucking, when they see a really filthy slag walking the street they admire or another female who's puss they want to crush, they won't hesitate to bring them over for "Netflix and chill", so them saying they've got a big arsed TV with all the latest technological features is kind of like how animals like to display their chests in the wild and punch it to exert their dominance so they can fuck. If the poor person actually manages to succeed in mating with a really stupid female then chances are that will lead to the reproduction of retarded off spring which both unlikely parents after their registered wedding reception can use to milk the benefits system so they can sit on their arse all day and night watching shite TV.
>>63161402
Im pretty sure streaming services have reduced pirating
99% of netflix is intellectual property that can't produce a return anymore, they're more than happy to dump it off to a third party in exchange for a small but consistent stream of revenue
netflix is great as a supplement but it doesn't work as a primary source of entertainment if you watch tv very much at all
>>63161546
Yeah man. I mean I'll watch independence Day any time it's on TV, any time I see it while scrolling through the guide, and I'll have a great time watching it. But I'm never going to actually sit down specifically to watch Independence Day. The spontaneity is half the value. Like when a great song comes on during shuffle vs. just putting it on yourself.
>>63161292
Lol my fucking neighbours are big time tramps and RENT a TV that they have to put 50p in to switch it on, they often ask us to change pound coins for 50p pieces.
Yet they have that sky dish proudly bolted to the wall which must cost at least £40 a month.
>>63161620
this, browsing on it you see it's all total shit, really hard to actually find something you want to watch
>>63159807
I have Netflix and Foxtel (australian) because I need foxtel to watch sportz.
>>63161537
And you wonder why studios do so many remakes and shit. Pleb.
>>63161641
>RENT a TV that they have to put 50p in to switch it on
What kinda shit is this? This is like those hotels with their own shitty game consoles which charge ridiculous amounts for like 30 minutes of play.
>>63161641
This is a meme like TV license right?
>not getting freeview
it actually boggles my mind that we live in an age where television broadcasts are bounced off communications satellites which distribute over a large area a radio signal that travels through the entire fucking atmosphere to transmit a frankly huge amount of information to my satellite dish so that I can watch in Gran Torino on Channel 5 in HD for the millionth god damn time and I don't even have to pay for this service.
Like what the FUCK, mankind is absolutely brilliant
>>63159807
I do. Mainly for TCM and live sports.
>>63161634
Exactly that. I can't just decide "Oh I'm gonna sit here and pay attention to this movie for two hours" and then do it. Phone, laptop, internet... all too distracting. But I love having James Bond on when they marathon it during Thanksgiving.
I can't get that with Netflix and the other shit.
>tfw no free streaming service where you can "favorite" shows and it will play episodes you havent seen in order for that show, but randomly picks which show and hascommercials in between each show to simulate TV
>>63161539
>it's 2015, COME ON!
>>63159807
daily reminder that the WWE Network has more subs than HBO GO
>>63159955
which sports?
you can get NFL Rewind which is 30 bucks for the entire season
NHL Vault is like 6 dollars a month
MLB.tv is like 160 for the season
NBA.tv is the same as MLB
unless you actually watch all of them
that still is less than the max cable subscription needed for all teh channels that carry the various sports on various channels which are like 200$ a month
>>63162446
>cable
I don't even own a TV, motherfucker.
>>63161539
They literally produce content though
>>63161855
I don't like the word but this is a normie problem
>>63159807
Dude they stick you with contracts and they do "bundles" too. So my bundle came with a house phone and internet both at a highly discounted price.
However fuck the cable companys. They are con artist pieces of shit. Can't wait till my contract is up because I'm gonna march into their building and literally drop the phone and cable box right on the front desk.
>>63159978
Only £75.75 for a full Sky TV package. You poor bro?
....fucking Sky.
>>63162516
>nfl rewind
>not watching games live
also if you live in the local market for the team you want to watch on mlb.tv or nba league pass it's blacked out
>>63159807
Got my phone with free calls, 16mb broadband internet and Sky package for like £35 a month.
I'm good.
>>63161757
I think so, although there are electric meters like that for notorious bill-dodgers
How else do I watch baseball
>>63162516
sports isn't like film anon. watching it live is like a huge point.
>>63159807
>Who the fuck still has cable...
1. Idiots.
>and why?
2. See 1.
>>63162945
false, MLB started showing in-market
and all of them show right after the game is archived anyways
you can only pay attention to 1 game at a time, have fun trying to say that DVR'ing shit or then spending the rst of your week watching Sportscenter to see highlights is any different than just watching the games
it takes less time to see all the NFL games condensed (cut from end of play whislte to next snap) than it does for you to sit there for 11 hours on sunday and watch 3 games
its 5-6 hours tops, no sportscentre shit either
>>63163237
not false, I live in the Reds market and the Reds were always blacked out
and you clearly don't watch sports, archived games are useless, the magic of sports is that it's live
>>63163315
>my life is unable to adapt to anything so i continue using dinosuar media delivery methods
>>63163237
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/help/faq_blackout.jsp
It all boils down to internet. If you live out in the country in a fly-over state like me then internet is slow and limited. A good portion of the american population is in my position.
>>63163365
idgaf there are articles on forbes this year talking about their deal to start offering local markets, it was up to FOX to try an agree to it
>>63159807
>wanting HBO
after seeing shows like "Girls" and the quality of "True Detective" season 2 and "Game of Thrones" season 5, I think I'll pass
>>63163364
>I've lost the argument so I'll resort to personal attacks
>cable delivers hundreds of live broadcasts at any given time to my 60 inch flatscreen with no delay and somehow this is "outdated" technology
>>63162516
It's obvious you don't watch sports m8
Most don't actually care about games that don't feature their team, the fun is hanging out watching the game and having a good time
>>63163380
is it actually slow, or you just dont wanna pay for it
if you aint paying close to 100 dollars a month for interent and complain about how slow it is, then ur shit
>>63163398
For 15 teams, not league wide
>>63163442
>he thinks that DVR box isnt applying a 30 second delay for its "pause" function
>hundreds
>all of which have to be watched when they decide it can be watched
>pay hundreds of dollars a month
>still get ads on every show
>>63163495
>talking about caring about sports
>brings up shit that doesnt pertain to actually watching the games
lemme guess, you go to the movie theater with friends and then try to come on here and give us your "critique" as well right while people are shit posting on their phones, eating popcorn, talking, getting up in front of youand other shit
>>63163588
cable is like $80 max unless you have a bunch of premiums, bundled with internet you shouldn't be paying more than $120, maybe $130. Well worth it.
and by the way, the highest cable cost is sports, and I watch sports so I'm happy to pay for it
>>63163685
>i pay to see 10-20 minutes of relevant action spread out across 4 hours each day
>this is so much more convenient!
>>63163624
Wtf are you trying to say to me?
The only thing I can make out is that you're trying to paint me as some kind of ignorant normie
>>63163791
ok beta faggot, I'm sorry the jocks bullied you or whatever
sports u kek
>>63163847
you're trying too hard dudebro
>>63163541
My internet is slow because I have no choice. My family uses a verizon plan, limited gigs a month via cell phone internet. its garbage, but its the price we pay to live out in the green pastures with fresh air. The only other option is hughes net. I have no idea how well their service is, but my parents are stubborn and dont want to change.
>>63163881
>how dare people pay for things I don't like!
>>63159807
I'm German and the government here forces us to buy cable. Even if you don't own a TV.
>>63163685
>Well worth it.
>>63160740
>free city wide wifi
>free
kek. gotta pay for that shit somehow famdesu
>>63161274
>240p video probably
>>63159955
get antenna, done. If it's ESPN don't support those lame asses with a sub and just stream online.
>>63163987
if you cobble together all the shit OP posted, that's over $50 without any live events, and you need the internet anyway
>>63163915
Hughesnet used to be called Directway. They were (and still are) so shit that DirecTV sued them for damaging their brand, and won, forcing them to change their name to hughesnet.
As far as sattelite in general goes, you're paying 2-3 times as much for 250-500mb a day of "unlimited" bandwidth, and when you go over, its worse than dialup, but they allow full speed like 6 hours a day.
I'm lucky, I've still got a phone with an unlimited data plan.
>>63163685
>he leaves out all the taxes
the cable and phone taxes bring the shit up to double its price
internet has no tax
>>63164076
x264 uses barely nothing in regards to resources. So that can easily do 1080p
Sports
>>63164162
I'm not leaving out the taxes, cable plans run around $50 or $60, pay for a box and taxes and bam, $80
The cable company is the USA is a monopoly and they make you bundle cable with internet
For years I also had a landline phone I never used because I had no choice
>>63164076
T-thanks yify!
>>63164224
they're not anymore, they compete with AT&T, Verizon and Satellite in most markets
>>63159858
this desu senpai
the US government needs to destroy this monopoly already
>>63164277
The US government gives comcast hundreds of millions ever year to reinforce it's monopoly.
>>63164122
and 50-70 a month is somehow just as brutal as 120-130?
>>63164388
the $120 includes internet, which, again, you need anyway
sports? idk. once the boomers die out cable will too and everything will be sunshine
I can't access the on demand services of networks if i don't have a subscription
None of this shit is available in my country. And I'm in fucking EU, are you seriously telling me I have to deal with MUH REFUGEES but can't even get Netflix? Feels like getting keked desu senpai
>>63159807
FOOTBALL
>>63159807
OTA hdtv, kodi and torrents. Paying for media is for suckas like you.
>>63161504
Good goy.
>>63161404
Get a better tv miser. You even sound like a Scrooge type pantomime villain haha.
>>63160628
literally this. im surprised there no subscription service for sports yet, that way i dont have to go out and spend money to go out, and watch my god damn games at home.
>>63159807
>there are free live streaming sites
>and torrents
>people actually pay for hulu
>netflix is limited as fuck
>cable still exists
Why anything?
>>63160900
Isn't DirecTV cheaper than the other cable services
>>63165546
This to be honest family shake my head...
>>63161620
>>63161666
Ive noticed this lately as well. Im an artist and often play movies or tv while I draw and carve. Lately all there shit is so fuckng trash I cant even use it as back round noise. Persoanlly I feel like it only started being totally shit a year ago. What happened?
>>63161641
Sounds like UBIK. Fucking nightmare.
>>63162446
half of netflix shit is free garbage no one wants to watch padding.
why don't americans have satellites?
>>63166351
there's no incentive for companies to let netflix have anything of value
>>63159955
Just get sling Tv
>>63160042
hulu shows ALOT of shows only one day after they air on tv, and with only a few mins worth of ads vs 20 fucking minutes of it, and for only 8 bucks a month vs like 50.
i have both hulu and netflix, and see zero reason to ever have cable tv again.
>>63167123
we have everything
>>63167130
comcast and co are getting ready to force their own streaming with bandwidth caps and exemptions for themselves.
everyone wants to take out netfuxed now.
>>63160523
>HURRR PIRACY
fuck off faggot.
>>63167198
hulu is entirely garbage network shows that they stream for free on their websites anyway, why anyone would pay anything for Hulu is beyond me
>>63161402
Because I'm not a poorfag and I pay for the convenience of the content rather than the content itself.
>>63167212
why is it only called cable then
>>63160999
and if everyone torrents, then what happens when no one wants to make shit anymore? I bet you torrent games too, and then complain why devs treat pc gamers like the filth they are.
fuck off and die retard.
>>63164224
>The cable company is the USA is a monopoly and they make you bundle cable with internet
Nope. As much as I hate comcast they let you get internet separate.
>>63167337
"cable" is a ubiquitous term that has been around for a while that people use to describe television, but there are 2 nationwide satellite companies, as well as phone companies like AT&T and Verizon and even Google that offer tv service as well
>>63159807
How blind do you have to be to think streaming looks good? Everything is compressed to hell and back and the bitrate is ridiculously low.
>>63167280
fuck off retard, how the fuck would you know if you don't even have it? you're so full of shit it hurts. literally kill yourself.
>>63167493
>shilling for hulu
wow, sad. it's ok man, enjoy your Empire and CSI or whatever the fuck lol
>>63167420
what's your default?
Netflix: $8.99
Hulu: $7.99
Am Prime: $49.99 a year for college students
HBO Now: $14.99
Cable in southern Cali: like $129.99 for something that's 40% ads
Inb4 Hulu has ads hurrdurr
It's ads are like 40 seconds it's not that bad.
Most shows have 20 minutes of ads
>>63167567
Hulu has the classic James Bond collection
Tosh.0
Workaholics
Rick and Morty
Fargo S1
Vikings
Gotham
Arrow
Flash
And all of Seinfeld
It's decent.
>>63167788
nowhere is cable $129 by itself, with internet probably
>>63167958
If you include the box rental fee, tax, and HBO price it's around that.
>>63168018
no it isn't
>>63159807
Most importantly: Torrents.
I haven't had cable for nearly 10 years.
>>63159807
Programming scheduling. I like background noise of TV with a reliable schedule that I don't need to constantly micromanage myself, and I like standard cable scheduling.
If I could find a software that would automatically mimic cable scheduling I would switch. By that, I mean:
At 7am play episode 1 of Stargate. At 8am play Star Trek, at 9am play the next show.
Then the next day, automatically move up to the next episode in each of those series, and loop back to episode 1 when the series ends.
There is no media software I could find that could do this. Only ones that could go sequentially through a single show.
Either that or spend a month manually making a playlist show by show, fuck that.
Also I'm Canadian so Hulu, HBO and Amazon aren't available and Netflix is the retarded step child version with nothing good.
>>63168227
what do you do about commericials?
>>63159807
>Who the fuck still has cable
old people
>and why
they're retarded
you'll be old and retarded one day, too
>>63168321
I assume you mean the lack of commercials causing the shows to not all line up at 8am, 9am, etc?
Yeah that's a downside. I guess I'd just have the schdule offset so each show basically starts every 40-45 minutes. So long as it could keep the scheduling, and move episode number automatically I'd be happy.
Cable makes be discover things, it's part of the aspect of channel surfing. Half the more obscure shows/documentaries I've ever seen came from randomly stumbling on them while scrolling a channel. This would happen a lot less if I was just just using a streaming service (I haven't discovered much new that I enjoyed with NEtflix compared to cable)
Also spontaneity. If I see some movie I enjoy on cable, I'll get into it. But I pretty much will never specifically go to watch those movies on Netflix.
>>63159807
>>63159807
>All of these combined are cheaper than a standard cable subscription.
Thats how they fucking get you bitch.
They give you those cheap ass prices for the first 10 years and than when they know everyone in the country is addicted to their services they jack up the price from $10 a mouth to $80 a mouth.
Cable was only $14.99 to $17.99 per month from 1990 to 2000. And there were so such thing as different "Packages" with different set prices.
They gave you all cable channels with the exception of movie channels like HBO or Pay per view for $14.99 to $17.99 a month depending on your state.
15 years from now when cable is no longer a thing thanks to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime you'll start hearing people bitching about how they hate having to pay $49.99 for just one of those services you listed there.
>Well I wont pay it than if it goes up
Thats what your parents said back in the 80s and 90s about paying for tv by getting cable. It's hard to cut your entreatment once you are in your 40s and watching your shows is the only part of the day you look forward to after work.
>>63159807
my mom has cable
but thats cause shes computer illiterate and the only streaming site she can use is Netflix
Probably why Comcast has data caps now, no other option here besides att and they're even worse
>>63167253
>paying for shows that were released FOR FREE
>>63167242
Rogers did this in Canada.
When Netflix launched in Canada, Rogers halved their monthly bandwidth caps and then offered bandwidth meter exemption when streaming from their service.
>>63159807
I honestly didn't know people still had cable at all. Everything is internet now. View on demand or pirate.
>>63167444
You're asking this in a world where Yify was basically the #1 movie source.
I agree though. This is why I have a huge bluray collection. Quality trumps all. Sinking bluray sales have me pissing my pants about the all-streaming future movies are heading to.
>>63169036
>what are remuxes
>tfw got the 3dvd plan with netflix for $15 a month and currently averaging 6 movies a week
>>63169122
Transferring data streams between containers. What are you trying to say?
>>63169036
it won't stay that way
keep your collection to minimum...just the things you watch once a year or so
>>63169197
Are you dense? Yeah, you're dense.
>>63169280
Why are you talking like a 16 year old?
>>63160184
>Streaming
>Buffering
Nigga if I hook my laptop up to my TV you wouldn't know if it's cable or not. When was the last time you streamed something? I haven't had to buffer a match in years
>>63169256
>keep your collection to minimum
Why?
>>63169362
because " the next big things " are already in existence and are being released to market in strategic marketing concerns..not technology shortcomings
>>63169342
>Match
I want to know how effective streaming sports on a chromecast stick is, all I need really
>>63169309
So you can understand me, shithead.
>>63169501
i don't talk to tripfags
turn it off
>>63169342
what site pls
>>63159858
Comcast must be destroyed
>>63169564
You just did
What does Amazon Prime do that Netflix and Hulu don't? I don't want to pay for AP if I'm not getting anything I'm not already getting from the other two.
>>63159807
plebs who need someone to provide something to watch for them.
my mother is one of those people. I gave her netflix, and she didn't know what to watch. she went back to cable
>>63164277
The government created it you uninformed sheep
You know what would be great if you could pay for streaming apps a la carte. Like if I could pay like $5.99 a month for TCM streaming or MTV, or IFC for example like you would with HBO Now that would be the best.
>>63169812
Free 2 day shipping and no $35 minimum
Their selection seems mediocre as far as movies go
My parents pay over $170 a month for cable alone, over $200 with internet.
I only pay for internet, its $30/ month for 100mbps.
I just don't understand it, I have amazon, I have netflix, but not hulu and any shows I want to watch I torrent. If I want to watch a sports game, I find a stream with ease. I just don't understand why anyone pays for cable anymore, it's a gigantic scam, and they aren't competitive in their pricing.
>>63160184
>For the sports package.
You just need to have parents with a cable subscription, then you can do all the ESPN streaming you need
>>63169855
A good cable line up with an HD dvd is better than any shitty Netflix anon
If Netflix was so good we would get 30 threads a week of OPs asking
>"Can't find anything on Netflix but the same shitty C list movies and shows."
or
>Netflix just took my favorite show away.
or
>"Recommend me something to watch on Netflix guize I'm board
Netflix is for shitty poor college kids who have have internet and all they can spare a month is $8 on a crapy cable substitute
>>63170555
who the fuck still uses DVDs or any physical media for that matter?
I might still care about cable if not for the fact cable TV also just sucks. All my favorite channels show nothing but dreck these days.
>>63169920
probably will happen before too long
>>63170594
i do
i have about $10,000 worth of home audio video equipment
and i'm not going to source it to a shitty stream to display for my favorite or most anticipated content
>>63170470
>My parents pay over $170
Your parents must be richfags with loads to cash to burn on a shit load of channels . You can get a cable package for around $55 a month HD and DVR included.
>I torrent
Not everyone is down with Stealing or as edgy kids call it torrent
>I find a stream with ease
>with ease
Not everyone finds it easy to find streams for shows or events. Most don't even know where to look.
>I only pay for internet, its $30/
What kinda cheap company are you even using. Cheapest in my area is around $47
> I just don't understand why anyone pays for cable anymore
Not everyone is willing to or knows how to steal like you
>>63170738
>about $10,000 worth of home audio video equipment
All of my why.
I seriously hope you are quite rich and that amount is nothing to you
You can easily stream things in high quality though
>>63159807
I am guessing because merricunts are stupid and have shit internet
>>63170594
>DVD
I actually meant to say HD DVR not DVD but dvds and blu-rays are fucking great.
it's cheaper to have cable and internet than just internet
>>63170759
>You can get a cable package for around $55 a month HD and DVR included
please show me your ways
>>63170738
Your not alone anon from 2001 to now I must have spent way over $20,000 on dvds and blu-rays
Worth every fucking penny.
>>63170819
>You can easily stream things in high quality though
no, you can easily stream things in ok quality
if that acceptable to you...knock yourself out
>>63170899
You can stream things in just as high quality as you get with cable
>>63170941
cable quality is pretty shit though, i mean why the hell are channels STILL not even 1080p?
I just have Netflix and I use my parents cable subscription to watch through the TWC App
>>63170819
I've never been able to find a stream of anything online that can hold a candle to dvd quality. Even fucking youtube "HD" videos look worse then actual dvd sometimes.
>>63170941
i don't have cable
i have directtv
and i don't watch my favorite or most anticipated movies on it
i order them from netflix bluray, or buy them outright
>>63171035
compression, yo
most people wouldn't be able to stream high bitrate HD
>>63162545
>I love wasting money.
Im not even the same guy.
>>63159807
Why not just buy the amazon fire stick and put tvmc on it? One time price and you got nearly everything?
>>63160894
Usereddit streams
>>63171055
Although higher bitrates are becoming more common. I know Netflix has HD shows with bitrates comparable or better to those on most DVDs.
>>63164076
Nah, it runs 1080p.
>>63171374
>Be me
>Buy a show for $40 on amazon
>They let you down load it to one device and stream it when ever
>laptop that I downloaded it to gets fucked up
>Go to site to stream it and can't
>Get an error message saying their licence to the show has expired.
>Best amazon can do is give me my money back
>Tell them
"I don't want the money. I want the Show. I had money and I gave it to you so I could have the show."
>They say sorry nothing we can do
Same with Netflix. You still don't own the show or movie tho.
The moment they don't renew their contract for the show with the studio you are no longer able to watch your favorite tv show.
Buy a tv show in 1999 and unless you treat it like crap or store it improperly you can still watch it today in 2016
Hell I've got Disney VHS tapes from 1985 that still play fine with zero issues other than the loss of a little color to this very day.
>>63172489
didnt this happen last year with a bunch of christmas videos with them.
or was that hulu or something.
right before christmas they lost a bunch of christmas video rights.
Cable is like $20 a month more than just having internet due to bundling (which all of those services require). Also, sports.
>>63170759
>Not everyone is down with Stealing or as edgy kids call it torrent
Plenty of stuff is available for free by the official channels on their website not to mention airing for free to begin with. Then there's the matter of stuff that doesn't even air in your country.
People don't want to pay for cable for the few things they'd watch on that.
>Believing anyone can deny me the Ash VS Evil Dead series
>>63159807
Is this a /tv/ approved TV?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WR28T0M/ref=twister_B010O0CMG0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Because local TV is unavailable on all streamers as is news.
>>63173083
Cheap for the size.
but
To small
Whats the refresh rate 60 or 120?
How many HDMI inputs does it have
>>63173144
It's for my 1 bed room apartment, what size do you recommend?
Refresh rate is 60
It has 2 HDMI. I chose it because it is not smart as I don't need my TV helping NSA and I'll be getting OTA channels for news and watch my own content using Kodi or maybe even get Apple TV some time in the future.
Torrenting is cheaper than everything. That's all I do.
>>63167864
>gotham
>arrow
>flash
fuck
>>63173139
Dude piracy
>>63165315
Do you get HD OTA? How does it work? Do you need to get a $200 antenna?
>>63170470
>>63170759
>mom has fios and full tv package
>had to login to her account to help her with something
>see this
Jesus christ. She makesover $130,000 a yearbut does a horrible job saving any of it. Pretty sure she'll have enough saved to retire for 6 months and be bleeding cash like a fucking government welfare office in Detroit.
>>63173239
Anything below 46" is small to me but if you're cool with the size it could work.
If its not 120 it's still going to be HD but you're not getting the best picture quality. Even standard dvds look way better with a 120 refresh rate. If you don't have much to hook up to the tv two HDMI ports is ok but If you're like me you need at least three to four.
It's a nice brand and it's better than nothing. The price is ok but it's just not for me. Only you know what you're going to be hooking up to it and using it for. Plus I don't know how picky you are about picture quality.
>>63173502
It's so bursty, what is she spending those huge bursts on? PPV?
>>63161369
>thus poor people value what they have
fixed that for you Richie rich.
>>63161504
>more content than we can ever watch
TOP FUCKING KEK
>>63169309
That's actually a normal sentence that an adult of any age would say, autist.
>payfags
When did /tv/ become full of normies ?
Netflix streaming is ass and has been for the past 3 years. Its only worth it to pay more for the physical media mailing service, as that gives you access to their entire catalog, not just the trash they have streaming rights to. I have enjoyed some their original content though.
Prime is only worth it if you know you are going to use all of the available services on a regular basis. Same issue for the streaming as Netflix in my experience.
HBO Now...I know little about it because there's not enough there to get me interested in paying for it. It is cool they have finally been able to offer their service independent of needing a sat/cable sub though.
I like Hulu the most over all. Good selection of current shows. I like the selection of old movies, and old shows.
All that said I actually pay for none of them. I 95% download/stream, occasionally buying a bluray, and rarely buying a dvd if there's no bluray copy.
>>63174332
>not just the trash they have streaming rights to.
I've never even seen a Netflix main menu screen.
Do you have any examples or a list of said trash films you're talking about?
>>63159807
S P O R T S
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>>63174626
That will end too after ESPN goes banktrupt.
>>63174493
Just have a look yourself and see what you're (not) missing out on with netflix streaming:
http://instantwatcher.com/
>>63159807
I have cable. cable internet. How can I stop this?
>>63159807
sports
I have Amazon Prime but I pay for that for the shipping and I've had it since before they even had a streaming service added on.
Used to have Hulu until they went Final Jew Boss and put ads in even with the paid service unless you pay even more for their ultra premium Goldberg approved package. Dropped it completely.
>>63159807
I like it, I'm not poor
>>63174844
That can't be right. Who would pay for that? I have more films in just one of my dvd holder books (that olds over 500 discs) than that. Better selection to. I could only recognize 3 of the covers and I wouldn't really wanna watch any of them. The only one out of the 3 I kinda like I already have on Blu-ray.
>>63175966
>That can't be right. Who would pay for that? I have more films in just one of my dvd holder books (that olds over 500 discs) than that.
What? You do realize that front page is just a sampling of the selection right? There's a lot more if you look through each genre.
The original point about netflix's shit selection is still true however.
>>63163237
During the start of basketball/hockey playoffs and the baseball season I like to flip between different sports.
So I can technically watch 3 sports at a time nerd
>>63159807
>not mooching off your neighbor for free and either streaming or downloading all your favorite shows a day or less later than it's airtime
>>63167788
>>63168018
let's see receipts nigga!
my...roommates pay $165 total a month for premium cable with hbo and starz, 2 HD boxes, unlimited landline calls and 100 megabit speed internet
i know prices aren't gonna be the same but no way can they be that much different.
>>63174000
Lol, poor people are obsessed with "measuring up", they're trying to prove to the world that they aren't pieces of shit and they are worth something (which they aren't)
It's human nature to want what you can't have, in their case they look on TV and see their role models, the Kardashians and co, living it up in a lifestyle that is completely reversed to their own, they want to have that aspect of life so desperately that they've deluded themselves into thinking they're similar because they have trivial vanities such as big tvs and nice cars
>poor people value what they have
Maybe enlightened poor people, but the vast majority are poor for a reason, they're not exactly bright and too caught up in living their day to day lives to stop and consider metaphysical ideas
