I haven’t been that impressed with what I’ve seen on Amazon Prime when I looked at it. I’m a Prime member, so we have it, but there’s a lot of content they want you to pay extra for, or so it seems.
If it wasn’t for the wife’s voracious TV consumption, I would go with the OTA stuff and be perfectly happy. -D > On Apr 13, 2020, at 10:43 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Old tv series (you had mentioned the Adams Family) often show up on Amazon > Prime video. I've got Amazon Prime anyway and we watch a lot of stuff on > there. Other than YouTube its my only "TV". I've got a 32" television hooked > to my Mac Pro via HDMI. > > "Long Way Round" and "Long Way Down" are both on there, excellent shows. > > -Curt > > On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 1:39:27 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > From the research I did I found that nearly all of the streaming services > have DVR capabilities built in for free. We use YouTube TV, which is > $56/month, and it has scheduling and DVR functions as a part of the deal. > Unlimited storage, so you can set schedules for stuff you might not even > decide to watch and it will sit there indefinitely. The wife has recorded > some movies on it I might watch, but to be honest, I never look at it. > > We’re very pleased with it compared to cable. The wife’s the TV watcher and > she’s happy, so that’s really all that matters. > > Again, Pluto TV has a lot of content and much of it is organized into > channels, so it’s easy to pick out the stuff you want to watch. If you’re > into any old TV series, they’re probably on it somewhere. > > With internet access, YouTube TV and a small subscription I pay ($5/month) > for over the air scheduling for my over the air DVR we pay less than > $120/month for everything. I’m pretty happy with that compared to the $225+ > we were paying for cable TV. > > -D > > > On Apr 12, 2020, at 12:54 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > I need to do something soon. My main holdback has been DVR. I never watch > > TV in real time except for the news. I think some of the streaming services > > now offer some sort of DVR. Whatever steaming service I get would have to > > have my locals as I’m too far out to get good signal OTA. Plus I need to be > > able to DVR those also. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Apr 12, 2020, at 10:01 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Roughly 22 minutes of programming for every 30 minutes of air time. > >> > >> Try Pluto TV. It’s completely free and has a boatload of programming. I > >> loves my Addams Family channel when I’m in the mood. > >> > >> https://pluto.tv <https://pluto.tv/> > >> > >> -D > >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
