Being that this is Mac Visionaries, I'll throw it back to Apple.
Ricardo, you mentioned HBO. I have HBO Now, and I just got Amazon Prime
again. I don't know how extensive HBO Now is, because my parents
subscribe to HBO via our cable provider, but the HBO Now app works
wonderfully on the Apple TV 4. I haven't looked at Hulu, but it looks
pretty good.
Ben
On 6/27/2016 8:24, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi All,
I think the death of cable as we known it all these years has definitely
started. But its going to be a long, agonizing death. lol. Netflix, Amazon,
Hulu, and possibly Apple in the very near future will be speeding up this death
though. I’m going to go ahead and add HBO to that mix as well, now that it is
possible to purchase a stand alone subscription to their network. Its all about
that original content, and how we all consume media/entertainment/news now.
Just 10 years ago, we basically sat around, and waited for network execs,
newspaper editors, and program directors at radio stations to tell us what was
news worthy, a great TV show, and the next hot song for the summer. Terrestrial
radio? Totally irrelevant. They basically just play what is getting the most
hits on youtube, and look at what is topping the iTunes charts to create their
playlists. They don’t discover/break new music anymore. Newspapers? Dead as
dead can be. With twitter, facebook, blogs, and google to hold that all
together, they are pretty much relegated as social media aggregators. I think
this is a very good thing. Too few telling us a narrow version of world and
current events was never a great thing.
Cable is just the last domino to fall. And all though it started with TV, look for
broadband to be the real tipping factor. You mentioned you keeping your broadband
cable connection because its the best around. Now, in 3 to 5 years when 5G is a
reality for most of us in the U.S. and Europe, and VZ, T-mobile, or At&T start
offering $30 a month wireless broadband packages for the home, with real world
speeds approaching 100mb down/up? Oh man! In Big cities Like NYC Detroit, Dallas,
this won’t have a huge impact. But for those who live in rural, out of the way
places? Where fiber ends 2 miles out side your town, and your using DSL in 2016,
and paying $50 a month for the dubious privilege? Cable is in trouble. People are
going to start doing the math and saying, wait. So I can get a little box, plug it
in to my outlet, and get fast internet? No person drilling holes in my walls, and
staying on hold waiting for an excuse about a downed line 25 miles away affecting
my service? And for less too? Sign me up. And, When I go to the in-laws, I can just
bring my little box with me? Like my Apple TV, or chrome cast?
I think the cable people just lack the foresight. Being the King of the hill
for 30 years will do that though.
On Jun 27, 2016, at 8:12 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Scott,
I felt exactly like you do. My husband had been wanting to cut the chord for a
long time, and I was the one dragging my feet. But now that we've done it, I
don't miss it much at all. There are some shows I miss like Diners and Dives
and Restaurant Impossible, but that's about it. And we've discovered new shows
that we like that we probably would never have discovered if we'd just been
able to put the Food Network on and let it run all night. :)
It is different, though. If you want to watch TV, you can't just pick up the remote and
surf around. Now, we decide what we want to watch and then access it. You can surf on
Netflix, and probably other sources like Hulu as well, but you surf through lists of
shows, not channels. It's funny, my husband will occasionally still ask, "What's on
TV tonight?" and I have to remind him, it's whatever we decide to put on. :)
Neither my husband nor I ever got our news from television, so that wasn't an issue for
us.
Our cost savings is probably around $80 per month, and we had a basic cable
package. Our internet is still cable, and they offer the best service in our
area, so it's likely to stay that way for a while. I know other people who
save less, because they took the same money they were spending on cable, and
just put it into subscriptions, Hulu, etc. Whichever way you go, I have to say
that not only is it nice to be saving that money, it's also just nice not to be
paying for all that really bad TV--in my opinion, most of what your cable gets
you is a load of ****.
So, I'm glad we did it. My suggestion would be to keep track of what shows you
get from cable that you actually value. Then figure out whether those same
shows are available through another mechanism--don't rule out purchasing them
if you really like them. I'm a huge Big Bang Theory fan for example. That
isn't available on Netflix, so I just purchased my favorite seasons on iTunes.
My guess is that you won't have too much that you get from your cable company
that you couldn't get more cheaply elsewhere.
Good luck, and let us know if you do decide to cut the chord.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jun 26, 2016, at 10:16 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote:
Donna, I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing but can’t quite get my head
around not having channels to turn to. I’m still a product of the old
television way of doing things. How about news or other live broadcasting? Do
you miss it? Do you still get it in other ways?
How about the cost savings, are they as significant as people claim?
Do you miss the older style of TV access or are things going well. Maybe if
nobody objects you could talk a little more about your cord cutting experience?
Are you still receiving Internet over the cable or are you all wireless or
some other access method?
On 6/26/16, 8:11 PM, "Donna Goodin" <[email protected] on behalf of
[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Brandon,
My husband and I ditched our cable last fall. We now watch either Netflix, or
content that we own. Netflix works great, both with our Apple TV and on my
iPhone.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jun 26, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Brandon A. Olivares <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hey everyone,
I am thinking of canceling cable, because we just don’t use it much.
We just got Hulu, and that is working awesome.
What I want to know is, does Netflix work well, either on the computer or on
the iPhone?
Thanks,
Brandon
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