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To: KC_Lion

At the POF Household...

Comcast — Mrs. POF can’t get enough sports. Only cable satisfies her demands.

For me...
Roku for Netflix and Amazon Prime access.
Apple TV for the occasional TV season I purchase. Plus showing my favorite pics on the TV and slideshows. Better UI than Roku and Apple has superb encoding.
Oppo Bluray player. Not getting much use any more. The Netflix streaming library is still way too thin, so I still get a fair number of movies on disc
Tivo HD to record from Comcast. I get a few movies now and then as well as This Old House and Hometime. I forget how bad the commercials are on recorded TV stations.

I’ve got 55 Mbps Comcast “Blast” service which has lately been clocking at 100 Mbps. Use an Asus AC router. Hardwired Cat 5 from a Cisco 16 port switch to another 8-port switch at the TV. Still get occasional caching problems and not sure where they are originating.

Overall, pretty satisfied with the streaming experience and wish we could finally cut the Comcast cord. We’d save big bucks. But the better half says “Either you go or the cable goes. Take your pick.”


11 posted on 05/31/2015 6:51:22 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Geez, on this tread I hate to admit it but I have Comcast also.

I still like Kelly File, Elementary, AD, CSI-Cyber, Reign, NCIS, Person of Interest and several that are on hiatus like Falling Sky and Longmire, though I understand that will be on Netflix when it comes back.

I have Netflix and besides besides a few things, it is not good enough to have it alone or in any combo with other providers like Amazon. Loved “Daredevil” with Vincent D’ Onofrio (Law and Order detective) however.

Fox has a good series on Western Legions right now. Just enough OReilly commentary to not cause a barf alert.


39 posted on 05/31/2015 10:05:12 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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