Streaming versus Broadcast TV
We've never done much streaming, except we are Prime Amazon and view some selected movies or series. No commercials. We'd like to know the benefit of streaming networks over regular TV as far as co...
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The main advantages of streaming are portability and the ability to pick your content and not pay for content you don't want. "most" shows - especially network ones, are simply re-broadcast, commercials and all. Heck network shows have commercial slots built in. You can binge watch some old shows commercial free, and as you found out, a 30 minute show is about 17 minutes long.
We have a lot of streaming networks, sling, Hulu, Netflix, HBO max, Apple plus, and all those together don't add up to what we were paying through Comcast. Like another poster said, I DVR shows and scan through the commercials when I watch them back. Some streaming services have caught on to this and disable fast forward controls during playback. Subscribers only pay a portion of a network's revenue. Most comes from advertisers. And if you want to get rid of commercials, you will pay through the nose to offset that revenue.
We have a lot of streaming networks, sling, Hulu, Netflix, HBO max, Apple plus, and all those together don't add up to what we were paying through Comcast. Like another poster said, I DVR shows and scan through the commercials when I watch them back. Some streaming services have caught on to this and disable fast forward controls during playback. Subscribers only pay a portion of a network's revenue. Most comes from advertisers. And if you want to get rid of commercials, you will pay through the nose to offset that revenue.
