Cord-Cutting, Or How to Stream your Way to Success

I almost never watch anything on Amazon. It just doesn't seem remotely as good as Netflix.

That said, I keep it for Prime shipping because I order an obscene amount of stuff from Amazon.

Amazon is working on original content though, some of it has a lot of promise, like the Ridley Scott produced The Man in the High Castle. Pilot episode is really good.

The Man in the High Castle: Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes

TV is useless. The quicker it dies, the better. Fuck TV. Been cable-less for about 6 years.

Amazon Prime is amazing if you have children. (Hi2u Dora and Diego). Also you can save a few dollars on the movies you end up buying with those promotional credits you slowly stack up on Amazon. You don't HAVE to buy movies but my girls watch Frozen only about 6 times a day when I let them so renting wasn't cost effective.

The fact that Amazon even has that service is just icing on the cake. Amazon saves you so much money its stupid.

Well damn....

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Is anyone privvy to details on HBO's standalone streaming service?

as far as I am aware, they have not released the details other than in vague terms about it being "a premium service that will be priced as such".

So no ABC/Fox/NBC/CBS on SlingTV? Have to go HD rabbit ears for those?

CBS has their own streaming service for $5 a month

Haven't had cable in about 4 years. I keep Hulu and netflix around for lazy days but for the most part I just torrent what I want to watch. I watch games and such out at bars or over at a buddy's house.

Big W Powah!_sl said:

Is anyone privvy to details on HBO's standalone streaming service?

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I have been using HBO GO for the past few months with my brother's login & PW from his provider. The website and streaming works well. AFAIK sometime in 2015 HBO GO will become available through a netflix type subscription. Have been watching True Blood / Game of Thrones so far.

Vaclav_sl said:

So no ABC/Fox/NBC/CBS on SlingTV? Have to go HD rabbit ears for those?

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Yes rabbit ears or a cable tv package. They seem to be adding a few more channels here and there to Sling TV as it goes along. So long as the base price of $20 doesn't start going upward like typical cable I'm ok. The best solution would be al la carte channels but in the meantime I'll take the 5$ addon packs. It doesn't actually matter in the long run since it only only becomes easier and easier to find content online and if Cable doesn't convert to IPTV fast enough then there will be a Popcorn client for TV.

The only trepidation i have for going 100% streaming is the nickle and dime services ill have to buy eventually going to cost relatively the same amount as my at&t service.

radditsu_sl said:

The only trepidation i have for going 100% streaming is the nickle and dime services ill have to buy eventually going to cost relatively the same amount as my at&t service.

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There is already a more competitive online market then there is for cable. I can't see how anyone will hope to keep costs high even with exclusivity deals since those very deals will push people to use.. "free" services. See Game of Thrones and HBO.

What is the output of a small HD antenna? Is it HDMI or RG6 coax?

TIA