SvennoJ said:
The_Yoda said:
It's a matter of convenience for me. If I want to start watching a new series I can binge watch. I know by buddies cable had SOME on demand shows, the rest of it you would have to record if you want to watch them when it is convienient or [shudders] make sure you have an hour or a half every week where you can sit in front of the TV and watch your show when it airs, commercials and all.
I've got a smart TV so after linking each account to it you just switch apps and start watching the new Tick on Prime, then flip over to Netflix and watch a couple episodes of Ozark, then over to Hulu to watch last night's episode of The Goldbergs. It is pretty easy and seamless for me. Honestly it is the same reason I'm not terribly opposed to digital copies of games and why i always get digital copy included when buying physical movies. Most of the movies I've bought in the last year still sit shrink wrapped because they were immediately available on Vudu after i bought them in the store. Exceptions to that would be Dr. Strange or other movies that are bought partially because they are eye candy and I don't want any compression compromising the video.
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It's not that bad anymore. The recorders got quite smart, record the whole series for you, figure out by themselves to find the new episodes and can record upto 8 things simultaneously. The advantage being that you can always ffwd through commercials. More and more streams nowadays lock you into watching commercials. A unified guide is quite handy, plus it still airs first before it becomes available for streaming. It's no different than waiting on a streaming service to add a new episode every week.
I already find it a waste of time to browse through Netflix' catalog, can't imagine browsing through multiple stream services to find anything likeable, then have to remember what service it was under. I have all the apps as well on the tv, yet hitting list on the pvr has it all together in one place.
I guess at some point there will be an app to combine all the streaming services you use, coming full circle, except now you're paying every network seperately while they can make you pay extra to allow you to skip commercials.
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How much was your DVR(or are you leasing)? How much is your cable bill per month? Do you find fast forwarding through commercials immersion breaking?
