What does cord cutting mean to you?
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
Yeah, honestly I forget that it exists for the most part. I don't know anyone my age that uses it either.
And we're a generation apart so that's a big swathe of people. My parent's still do it but it's very much a background noise thing.
My dad does, he's in his 70s. But he does it via a card that streams to his computer and he DVRs it so that it is as disconnected from traditional television as possible and the commercials are removed.
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@tim_g Yeah I pay for netflix for the kids. I would enjoy watching it some but I can't ever get control of the tv from the kids lol
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@irj Oh I didn't know about that, I could watch the Bundesliga!
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
right, but they do watch the shows - which requires either OTA or cable or hulu or streaming from the channel's website to watch the current season.
But for Scott, OTA and streaming from channel's site would be out due to commercials, and he said he's not using Hulu. so now, at a minimum, he's time shifting it a season waiting for it to arrive on Netflix or Amazon, or he's not watching them at all.
again, wouldn't be surprised in any case. -
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
Yeah, honestly I forget that it exists for the most part. I don't know anyone my age that uses it either.
And we're a generation apart so that's a big swathe of people. My parent's still do it but it's very much a background noise thing.
My dad does, he's in his 70s. But he does it via a card that streams to his computer and he DVRs it so that it is as disconnected from traditional television as possible and the commercials are removed.
what's he using to remove commercials?
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
right, but they do watch the shows - which requires either OTA or cable or hulu or streaming from the channel's website to watch the current season.
But for Scott, OTA and streaming from channel's site would be out due to commercials, and he said he's not using Hulu. so now, at a minimum, he's time shifting it a season waiting for it to arrive on Netflix or Amazon, or he's not watching them at all.
again, wouldn't be surprised in any case.I did use Hulu, had no good content. It was getting stuff from networks like NBC and Fox. Not good enough to keep.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
Yeah, honestly I forget that it exists for the most part. I don't know anyone my age that uses it either.
And we're a generation apart so that's a big swathe of people. My parent's still do it but it's very much a background noise thing.
My dad does, he's in his 70s. But he does it via a card that streams to his computer and he DVRs it so that it is as disconnected from traditional television as possible and the commercials are removed.
what's he using to remove commercials?
He's got some desktop software, no idea what it is.
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
right, but they do watch the shows - which requires either OTA or cable or hulu or streaming from the channel's website to watch the current season.
But for Scott, OTA and streaming from channel's site would be out due to commercials, and he said he's not using Hulu. so now, at a minimum, he's time shifting it a season waiting for it to arrive on Netflix or Amazon, or he's not watching them at all.
again, wouldn't be surprised in any case.How many people are watching shows when they come out? I mean I'm sure there are people but I don't really know many in my generation.
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
Yeah, honestly I forget that it exists for the most part. I don't know anyone my age that uses it either.
And we're a generation apart so that's a big swathe of people. My parent's still do it but it's very much a background noise thing.
My dad does, he's in his 70s. But he does it via a card that streams to his computer and he DVRs it so that it is as disconnected from traditional television as possible and the commercials are removed.
what's he using to remove commercials?
He's got some desktop software, no idea what it is.
Would you please inquire, thanks.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
I don't consider it to have "come out" till it is on Netflix
I have no idea what shows are network and which are not. I literally have no way to tell if I'm seeing stuff "current" by your standards.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
I really don't know anyone my age that watches network television when it is broadcast. Other then live sports of course.
right, but they do watch the shows - which requires either OTA or cable or hulu or streaming from the channel's website to watch the current season.
But for Scott, OTA and streaming from channel's site would be out due to commercials, and he said he's not using Hulu. so now, at a minimum, he's time shifting it a season waiting for it to arrive on Netflix or Amazon, or he's not watching them at all.
again, wouldn't be surprised in any case.How many people are watching shows when they come out? I mean I'm sure there are people but I don't really know many in my generation.
I have to assume a ton, otherwise cable TV would have already collapsed because the advertisers wouldn't want to pay for people not watching their ads.
I don't watch live TV, but a few times a week I'll watch 30 min time shifted TV. this allows me to FF through commercials. The rest of the time it's time shifted hours, days, weeks sometimes.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
No the point was to specifically talk about current shows. Shows that are being released today. Not something from last season.
Talking about Blue Bloods allowed the red herring of talking about past seasons, which I was trying to avoid. -
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
I have to assume a ton, otherwise cable TV would have already collapsed because the advertisers wouldn't want to pay for people not watching their ads.
Everyone I know with cable does the same thing... turns it on and casually ignores it. It works because tons of people are addicted to "whatever is on" programming. They can't be bothered to pick, it's just that they want it fed to them. Exactly what I want to avoid. It's a great business model for cable, and exactly why I don't even allow it in the house, even if it is free.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
No the point was to specifically talk about current shows. Shows that are being released today. Not something from last season.
Talking about Blue Bloods allowed the red herring of talking about past seasons, which I was trying to avoid.Why would someone care about a current show? I've never understood this concept. There is plenty to watch, watch something else until that releases. Then you get it and can binge if you want, have no commercials, don't pay an arm and a leg, etc. It's pure win.
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
