Posted on 11/28/2014 9:18:30 AM PST by Enlightened1
Nielsen Ratings are going to finally factor in Netflix traffic. Reed Hastings thinks it's too little, too late.
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Paid for “broadcast” TV may be on the way out. You can now get many dozens of stations just with your antenna which is more than used to be available on cable. Multiple 24 hour movie channels, 24 hour weather, classic TV stations, etc. Plus, many just supplement the antenna with the app boxes like apple TV, roku or equivalent.
Commercials and low cost of netflix did it. Political idealogy had nothing to do with it.
There are increasing numbers of people just using their antennas. It’s difficult to believe that broadcasting is on the way “out” when more and more over-the-air networks are starting up. However, you don’t have to pay for these channels.
I miss having some of the sports which are broadcast only on cable, but those are available on the radio. Not entirely the same, certainly, as getting to see it, but it works - certainly better, to me, and paying a thousand extra bucks a year.
House of Cards........ good as it comes
Check your local market. There are multiple 24 hour classic movie (and modern movie) stations now available over the air that pretty much are the equivalent of some of those kinds of cable channels, and you can just get them with an antenna...no paying for them.
There will people that will not want to pay fees for TV entertainment, so unless they do it by ads then Netflix and others will lose sales long term.
And more channels seem to be getting added all the time over the air with just the antenna - A lot of networks showing older shows, many of which I’d never heard of before, made way before I was born - but good...genuine talent and comedy vs. just the same raunchy jokes over and over again in today’s supposedly “better” television.
does anyone use the big dish anymore?
I have not started House of Cards yet. But I have really enjoyed Lilyhammer.
Why would you switch from a nice TV screen to a tablet screen?
$35 Chromecast, sling any video you can pull up in a browser window to your TV, without cables. Cheap and easy.
$99 or less, Roku streaming box. Works more like traditional TV. 1400 channels of video. A little more expensive, but easier to use for technophobic people.
We are streaming White Christmas on the Roku right now. My boy grabbed the Chromecast and is streaming something else on his TV upstairs.
I have an antenna for local channels, free and easy.
Price for Prime going up, sorry, still worth it for us.
What kind of antenna do you have and how far away can you receive these stations? I am 90 miles SW of Chicago.
I like Netflix streaming, but I doubt that it represents 10% of what I watch. I think a lot of it has to do with the cable guide vs. the clumsy Netflix search.
The Amazon Prime user interface was HUGELY improved in the past month or so. What a difference. Finally is usable, well organized and has good search.
A show I watched on my computer on NetFlix is nowhere to be found on the TV. Weird.
I remember discovering FM radio in the St Louis ‘burbs in 66 or 67 — totally free of commercials. You almost had to be in a secret brotherhood to know about the “the underground.” As you say, that didn’t last long.
I can’t find new music on Internet radio — too much excruciatingly awful crud to wade through. But other recommendations from other fans and aficionados are hugely valuable especially with one minute previews on iTunes. Plus the ability to buy a single song and not another 10 pieces of drek.
How many gigs does one need to run these services? I am limited to 5gb a month.
Preprogrammed TV could never match on-demand for selection, for people who want to pay for it.
If this eight bucks a month not eight bucks a movie then this is well under the cost of most internet service
Netflix is about 1 GB/hour for standard definition and 3 GB/hour for HD.
You are in a tough position. Stick with mailed DVDs and BluRay Discs.
Sometimes other internet services are available that are more generous. It pays to shop.
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