Do you use Amazon? The TV that comes with Prime membership includes IMDB tv, Pluto, others, and Amazon’s services. Some of the services run by on demand only, others have “live” that looks more like cable but better quality video and audio. Their HD adaptors are $19-25 each. Your smart TV or DVD will have access to many of the services.
I am looking into having a rooftop antenna again to get the local channels (10 of them!) for news weather and what we like to watch there.
I am looking into having a rooftop antenna again to get the local channels (10 of them!) for news weather and what we like to watch there.
You can buy an OTA DVR. As most of any series is available in entirety to select play on, I am not seeing a reason for a DVR if you are not time shifting sports. Recording is not needed like with cable.
You really need to see streaming in action and have someone there walk you through it. At least use your computer or Kindle Fire to start exploring your prime streaming.
You really need to see streaming in action and have someone there walk you through it. At least use your computer or Kindle Fire to start exploring your prime streaming.
Yes exactly you understand and yes DVR's are built in most of the services. Nat'l news services are on Prime and all the services.....Sounds to me like just need to investigate all ther services and pick one. I'm currently Prime, Netflix, and Sling Orange. Times of the year I dont need ESPN I drop Sling and get Philo to save $20 month
I haven’t had cable in a decade. I stream everything over my smart TV and have an OTA antenna in the attic that gets 50 channels (although most are QVC).
most everything I watch is available on one streaming platform or another. We share memberships between family members, so one might have Amazon, another netflix, another disney+ and another Hulu. Combine that with a good internet service in the home and our bill is under $100.
anything else not covered by streaming you can usually find via Reddit and some legwork. Really not much I’m missing regardless…other than the huge cable bill. Not having cable cuts out the “junk tv” as well.
most everything I watch is available on one streaming platform or another. We share memberships between family members, so one might have Amazon, another netflix, another disney+ and another Hulu. Combine that with a good internet service in the home and our bill is under $100.
anything else not covered by streaming you can usually find via Reddit and some legwork. Really not much I’m missing regardless…other than the huge cable bill. Not having cable cuts out the “junk tv” as well.
We actually bought an Amazon firestick. It has all out subscription services on it (hulu, netflix, Amazon, etc) and when we go on vacation we take it with us and hook it up to whatever tv we have at the hotel or rental home. Comes in handy for rainy days or nighttime watching in terms of keeping up with our shows and not stuck watching lame hotel room programming
That's a thought!
We bought a 'fire tv' or whatever it is and also have the little 'firebox' for lack of another term, didn't think about taking it on the road.
I have just used the Kindle as a streaming device while traveling, even to stream Charter or Dish on the road. My first Kindle had a HDMI port that has been basically disabled in updates since Amazon Prime TV came out. One of the Fire Sticks (the size of a big flash drive or dongle) would be no big deal to take along.
My PS4 gathers dust these days. A firestick can do everything it can other than the gaming and a smart tv sold these days doesn’t even need anything else. You can add apps for all the streaming services to the tv itself.
I do still play PS4 though. Always in the mood for a good shooter. Just no time
I do still play PS4 though. Always in the mood for a good shooter. Just no time
Except your Firestick doesn't have otherwise latent CPU cores, memory, and graphics chipset lying around that gaming stations do. Also, no storage capacity.
PS4s gathering dust is the perfect scenario for folks who are now looking for a good multi-media platform.