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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way2roll wrote:
I think you just said it. OTA has old material. If you want new shows or movies you need a service that provides it. To each his own but this is why people stream. And I am not sure I would all it obsessed. Streaming has replaced all other forms of subscription and OTA service networks. It's the new norm.
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pianotuna wrote:
If you want quality content from Tubi, then browse the classics.
Guess what? Tubi IS "old material".
You NOT going to find "NEW" material on free streaming services.
thomasmnile wrote:
Streaming is an activity performed primarily by "cord cutters" looking to save money vs cable or satellite. Guess what? The streaming content providers have figured this out as well. Select a service like YouTube TV or Hulu, which provide similar content to a little more than basic cable or satellite. Add to that Disney, Netflix,HBO Max or other streaming content, you have blown past cable or satellite prices with ease.
^^^THIS^^^ is the problem.
If you WANT "new material" or current material you must PAY for that material and the only way to get that is by subscribing to the premium streamers like Disney, Netflix, HBO Max, Discovery+ and so on.
valhalla360 wrote:
We use streaming. If you buy every possible streaming service, it will cost as much as a fully loaded cable plan (maybe more).
If you are selective, you can really cut the costs a lot and still have a wide variety of shows available.
Biggest downside is if you watch a lot of sports.
Pay close attention to what I put in bold type..
To make that even more clear, NEW material is exclusively copyrighted by the respective content providers. It does not cross over or allowed to be rebroadcast by ANY other broadcasters, content providers and so on unless the original content owner sells the rights to a broadcaster or streaming service...
Therefore if you want to view say Walking Dead which is AMCs baby via streaming, you will have to subscribe to Netflix as Netflix bought the exclusive streaming rights to it from AMC.
Pretty much every cable and sat channel has gotten into the streaming pool. Each channel is owned by someone, one of the biggest channel holder is the Discovery Network which launched their Discover PLUS streaming service. They hold many of the new content channels like HGTV, Discovery channel, ID, TLC, Animal planet, Food network and more. Until they launched their streaming service, none of the content they own was online and it is exclusive to their network only.
To say streaming is "cutting the cord" to "save money" is pretty laughable at best. You must pay for premium current (and live) content and you must pay for your Internet service data on top of that.
Can you save some money? Sure but IF you go with 100% free streaming with old content only or select one or two premium streaming services at a time and give up on copyrighted material that is not available on the ones you did not subscribe to.
You can't have your cake and eat it to..
