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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joebedford wrote:
Never watch anything live - a PVR doesn't away with most of the annoyance from commercials.
X2!
I make use of my Dish built in DVR..
If you have Internet connected Dish Hopper with Sling or Hopper3 you can also use the Dish anywhere streaming.. Dish anywhere streaming is include automatically with Hopper2 or hopper3
DISH ANYWHERE DETAILS
I also have a standalone PVR which I can record the video from my Dish or other video sources plus I ripped much of my DVDs down and copied them to the PVR and take that with me.. 2TB HD holds plenty of content to watch if I do not have Internet or OTA..
For many of the "classics" as someone had mentioned they stream from free streamers, I get plenty of that right from my OTA sub channels..
I get:
STARTTV
FAVE
CoziTV
METV
Comet
LAFF
ACTION
Other OTA subchannels which are a mix of old classics and new programming:
WBPA-LB
Family
AceTV
RightNw
YouTooAMGTV
FunRds
Allsprt
WxNatn
AMvoice
Newsnet
PBS CREATE
PBS WORLD
PBS SHOW
ION
Bounce
CourtTV
Mystery
Defy TV
TruReal
H&I
GRIT
Circle
DABL
Stadium
TBD (pets)
QUEST
getTV
AntennaTV
Charge!
TimelessTV
HSN
MOVIES
BZR
SBN
CTM
DECADES
I am not sure why folks are so obsessed over trying to stream everything from the Internet.. Many of the OTA SUB channels are rich in that old material that is on the free streaming sites.
