This right here. I'm finally at the point where I'm considering dropping my Netflix account. It was good while it lasted but the content is now garbage, there is very little popular content, and we seem to be inundated with crappy Netflix only shows with B list actors and even worse acting / directing.
Same here.
It seems the only way you can get mostly quality moves to watch these days from Netflix, is to rent their blurays, which I do in addition to the streaming.
I mean sure, some of their own content is ok, but I joined them to watch MOVIES, popular ones without commercials, etc.
It is getting to where the streaming part of Netflix is not really worth it to me anymore.
I find Amazon Prime streaming even less optimal for finding something to watch, but hey it comes "free" with Prime which I do enjoy, so I can give it a pass, but with Netflix, they have less and less "A" class content I'm interested in watching....
On the other hand, there's always kodi. No need for a DVR since it's all there all the time. And... it's all free. Unless you want a kodi box for your tv. Then it's about $50 ish. One time fee for the box. Then it's all free. Anything that's ever been broadcast since they've been broadcasting. Anytime. On demand.
Well, a couple of things about that....
1. Of course I want to watch it on TV!! I didn't buy plasma and now OLED TV's to watch content on a small computer screen when at home. I have the video and sound system in my living room to get a movie theater experience, so I want a good image and sound quality source.
2. I've seen some kodi. Most of what was initially demo'ed to me, was live tv feeds from somewhere in Russia or eastern Europe. My other question is....is this legal content? I'm guessing it is grey area at best.....and if illegal, how is my kodi receiver receiving the signal? Where does it come from? Is it traceable like a torrent is?
I have some disposable income. I want my content in a relatively easy manner to access, nice interacts, and I want it to have quality video and audio signals. I'm not interested in watching some SD video quality signal, or some cam in a movie theater.
I'll admit, Kodi when I first heard of it, seemed interesting and still does...but I'm really curious WHERE the content is all coming from, and I've not found that out yet readily.
Free isn't all that great is you risk having some John Q. law guy possibly knocking on your door one day.
The cost of that ISP's connection may also need to be factored into the cost. Comcast has a monthly data use limit of 1,000 GBytes for many if not most household subscription users.
Do what I did.....
Get a business internet ISP connection.
I got the basic one from Cox cable in New Orleans for $69/mo...comes with low level SLA (and they are fast if you have problems to get out and on the pole for you)....and no data limits, and no ports blocked, so I can run all the servers I want.
For $69/mo I'm happy with the speed I get,and it serves all my streaming and cord cutting needs.
Yes, I do also use it for my work, but you really don't usually have to show the cable company much ID or proof of a business to get a business acct.
Well, Netflix and Amazon Prime, etc...are what they are. On demand content.
I've got those, and along with that, my cord cutting streaming app of preference for my "cable channels" I'd miss without Uverse or other cable service, is Playstation VUE. I run this along with Netflix, Amazon and YouTube, etc on Amazon Fire TV boxes on each h TV (the stick just is NOT powerful enough).
I like the choices I get with Playstation VUE for $35/mo....and it has DVR capability built in. Those were key for me.
For my money, I get all the ESPN's (not that important after college football season frankly), all the cable news channels I watch (CNN, MSNBC,Fox News, etc)....and things like AMC, TCM, TBS, FX....
To supplement that, I set up an OTA antenna that pulls in my local broadcast HD channels, and run that into a Tivo Roamio OTA unit with lifetime service included. I have that in main room, and it streams that content (live or DVR) to the other rooms in the house (office and bedrooms) via Tivo Minis on each tv.
I now have all I want to watch and MORE than enough content.
however it has NO DVR capability and that is a deal killer.
So, I'll let DirecTVNOW expire in a few more days and be happy with my VUE plus TIVO set up.
I don't think they'll ever set you up where you can 100% custom pick stations. But hell, we're only talking like $35, which if you can't afford that monthly, then you really should not be watching TV and spending your time trying to improve your vocational lot in life.
And for $35...the base channels they give should pretty much cover most of what anyone wants...and you're not likely ever to see a package offered for any less than $25-$35/mo...it just isn't worth it to the broadcasters and those companies building out the systems for these.
Most people are tired of the fact that almost every year in the last 20 has been significantly above average, and there's no indication that that's going to change unless we start fixing out damage. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc... [noaa.gov] So yeah, a lot of us care, and that caring adjusts our buying decisions. Power draw is one of the biggest considerations when buying new stuff, for me.
Well, while I don't mind if companies and people do things to try to prevent global warming, be green, etc....I don't go out of my way to do it, nor do I want to be inconvenienced or pay more $$ for it.
I mean, my life is short, and I don't wanna have my comforts impinged upon unnecessarily.
By the time the world gets too warm or something catastrophic comes of it...I'll be LONG dead and buried in the ground, so, what do I care?
I've never found that drinking gave me the *munchies*...in fact, if I drink much before time for a meal, I really lose my appetite and don't eat much.
HOWEVER, the next day, if hungover, my food choices become dismal I will admit.
If I'm hungover, I often don't feel like getting up and cooking a healthy meal with lots of veggies, etc. THOSE are the times I reach for the phone for a pizza....or if I can manage to get up and out just for a quick run...fast food like Taco Bell.
But that's more alcohol withdrawal related than alcohol consumption.
Yep, when you're single and celibate, that lifestyle is very inexpensive and attainable.
Well, single and I have no kids that I know of....but certainly not celibate.
And yes, part of my lifestyle involves women...so that does cost a bit of money when you are bedding those that don't have their own income or jobs that pay as well as mine. It's best to date the ones that *do*, but that's limiting the pool you have to choose from....
Anti-discrimination laws are allowed by the constitution. Those laws can prohibit certain speech.
Can you give me a viable example of speech prohibited by anti-discrimination laws?
I can say all day long and even print is...that "I hate old, fat, disabled, lesbian n-i-g-gers". I could even print I really don't want to hire them.
HOWEVER..if I actually DO discriminate based on gender, race, etc....then sure I can be slapped by a lawsuit.
But I do not believe that expression your beliefs, no matter how callous or unpopular they are are in fact, actually prohibited in any way. The constitution protects that speech.
About the only type speech that can be prohibited in the US, is that which actually incites violence against a real group of folks or individuals. Or incites other dangerous behavior (yelling fire in a movie theater)....
But I really do need specific citation of speech that is actually prohibited under penalty of the law by anti-discrimination legislation currently out there on the books.
PS..what's the deal with this new slashdot lameness filter that makes you put symbols in there for certain words (see above).
I think we need to legislate that ALL legal TOS and the like be written in this type of CLEAR and concise and easily understandable verbiage.
There's no excuse for the common man to be held to agreements signed that no one but a lawyer can understand.
If the general public is to be held to these agreements, they must be required to be written in terms that at least a 15 year old can understand.
I know, I know, that's STILL above the heads of the average person by a long shot, but at least it is shooting at a reasonable level for public acceptance.
Not once the pay is enough to comfortably support one's lifestyle.
But, does one ever really attain that level of pay?
I never will, I always want more, UNTIL, the moment I make enough to put quickly away and NOT ever have to work again....likely enough that will require a powerball win.
I work for one and one reason only....to make money to support my lifestyle. I pretty much make more than I spend now, but that extra goes to retirement and you can never really put enough away for most normal working mortals.
So, no...I have no love whatsoever for my work, none for IT work I do, BUT, it is the best and only way I have for now to make the type of $$ I need for currently enjoyed lifestyle and be able to put some money away.
If I win the lottery, you'll see me leaving skid marks out the door.
For making my shopping easier. With all the choices out there, I can just cross LG off the list of anything I'd own.
Absolutely!!!
I do NOT want all my appliances and such, internet connected and reporting back to God knows whom my household habits, lifestyle, consumption....
Late last year, I bought a new LG french door refrigerator..and it is great.
It was even then, starting to get to be a PITA to find a fridge with GOOD basic needs, like optimizing internal storage space, decent basic ice maker and water dispenser.
If they put wifi on everything, it would be ok IF AND ONLY IF it can be disabled and NOT required for operation.
Otherwise, no thanks...I don't need any other items I purchase potentially spying on my life. Its bad enough you can't hardly get a fucking car these days that doesn't phone home.
If pay is not important, that sounds like you are wealthy enough not to have to work (assuming you're keen on supporting yourself, and not living in mommy's basement forever having them support you)....in which case I'm asking...."Why are you asking about work if you don't care what you get paid?"
If you are independently wealthy, you don't NEED to work, and hence can spend you time doing whatever you wish.
You don't work a job for someone, unless you need money to live on, to support a family, etc.....and in that case, PAY is pretty much the driving force.
Do they have something for people who don't want any kind of tuner? I can't get any TV in my area anyway. All I want is the streaming, the interface, and actually working worth a damn unlike the Fire TV stick.
If you're only wanting to stream, get the Roku 4 or the FireTV unit (not the stick, too slow).
You can search and stream over those the easiest....
You can side load Kodi on those too (at least with the FireTV you can, I think roku too)....and with apps on that, you can stream in some regular TV channels too.
Did something change in the past few decades where people actually enjoyed their jobs?
I mean, I'm sure there are a few outliers out there that do, but for all of human history, MOST people hate working and doing "their jobs".....we'd all rather be lottery winners.
Actually TiVo has been doing the OTA combined with search and access across streaming like Netflix and Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc...for quite some time now.
With Tivo it can search, and play across a number of OTA saved and streaming content all from one box.
You can add Tivo minis in other rooms around the house that connect with the main unit (I have the Tivo Roamio OTA) for your other rooms in the house.
They've got the ability to do it but their attention has been pointed at the mobile market for a while now and I think the Macs haven't gotten adequate management attention.
That's what I hear, but don't understand....
I mean, a company that big, you'd THINK they'd be able to concentrate and work on more than 1-2 things at a time....?
In Israel there was an interesting case a few years ago. An adult woman called Riki Ovadia had invited 10-13 year olds to her apartment to have sex, repeatedly. Feminists actually insisted that the kids "took advantage" of her.
Hey, you can't rape the willing...lol.
I see these young, GOOD looking teachers on the news lately, beautiful ladies teaching high school and sleeping with their male students.
I keep wondering "Where they hell were these when "I" was in High School?!?!?"
Then you should be opposed to federal bans on abortion,
Yup, I am opposed to that.
...and opposed federal mandates to respect other states gun permits.
I think this is one thing that is analogous to states respecting other states' driver licenses....so, I'm ok with that. That is actually the sort of thing between states that the Feds do and should have some authority to help regulate.
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Look into Playstation VUE. For $35/mo..they pretty much have everything you want to watch from "cable channels"....and they have built in DVR too.
Same here.
It seems the only way you can get mostly quality moves to watch these days from Netflix, is to rent their blurays, which I do in addition to the streaming.
I mean sure, some of their own content is ok, but I joined them to watch MOVIES, popular ones without commercials, etc.
It is getting to where the streaming part of Netflix is not really worth it to me anymore.
I find Amazon Prime streaming even less optimal for finding something to watch, but hey it comes "free" with Prime which I do enjoy, so I can give it a pass, but with Netflix, they have less and less "A" class content I'm interested in watching....
Well, a couple of things about that....
1. Of course I want to watch it on TV!! I didn't buy plasma and now OLED TV's to watch content on a small computer screen when at home. I have the video and sound system in my living room to get a movie theater experience, so I want a good image and sound quality source.
2. I've seen some kodi. Most of what was initially demo'ed to me, was live tv feeds from somewhere in Russia or eastern Europe. My other question is....is this legal content? I'm guessing it is grey area at best.....and if illegal, how is my kodi receiver receiving the signal? Where does it come from? Is it traceable like a torrent is?
I have some disposable income. I want my content in a relatively easy manner to access, nice interacts, and I want it to have quality video and audio signals. I'm not interested in watching some SD video quality signal, or some cam in a movie theater.
I'll admit, Kodi when I first heard of it, seemed interesting and still does...but I'm really curious WHERE the content is all coming from, and I've not found that out yet readily.
Free isn't all that great is you risk having some John Q. law guy possibly knocking on your door one day.
Do what I did.....
Get a business internet ISP connection.
I got the basic one from Cox cable in New Orleans for $69/mo...comes with low level SLA (and they are fast if you have problems to get out and on the pole for you)....and no data limits, and no ports blocked, so I can run all the servers I want.
For $69/mo I'm happy with the speed I get,and it serves all my streaming and cord cutting needs.
Yes, I do also use it for my work, but you really don't usually have to show the cable company much ID or proof of a business to get a business acct.
I've got those, and along with that, my cord cutting streaming app of preference for my "cable channels" I'd miss without Uverse or other cable service, is Playstation VUE. I run this along with Netflix, Amazon and YouTube, etc on Amazon Fire TV boxes on each h TV (the stick just is NOT powerful enough).
I like the choices I get with Playstation VUE for $35/mo....and it has DVR capability built in. Those were key for me.
For my money, I get all the ESPN's (not that important after college football season frankly), all the cable news channels I watch (CNN, MSNBC,Fox News, etc)....and things like AMC, TCM, TBS, FX....
To supplement that, I set up an OTA antenna that pulls in my local broadcast HD channels, and run that into a Tivo Roamio OTA unit with lifetime service included. I have that in main room, and it streams that content (live or DVR) to the other rooms in the house (office and bedrooms) via Tivo Minis on each tv.
I now have all I want to watch and MORE than enough content.
however it has NO DVR capability and that is a deal killer.
So, I'll let DirecTVNOW expire in a few more days and be happy with my VUE plus TIVO set up.
I don't think they'll ever set you up where you can 100% custom pick stations. But hell, we're only talking like $35, which if you can't afford that monthly, then you really should not be watching TV and spending your time trying to improve your vocational lot in life.
And for $35...the base channels they give should pretty much cover most of what anyone wants...and you're not likely ever to see a package offered for any less than $25-$35/mo...it just isn't worth it to the broadcasters and those companies building out the systems for these.
Well, while I don't mind if companies and people do things to try to prevent global warming, be green, etc....I don't go out of my way to do it, nor do I want to be inconvenienced or pay more $$ for it.
I mean, my life is short, and I don't wanna have my comforts impinged upon unnecessarily.
By the time the world gets too warm or something catastrophic comes of it...I'll be LONG dead and buried in the ground, so, what do I care?
HOWEVER, the next day, if hungover, my food choices become dismal I will admit.
If I'm hungover, I often don't feel like getting up and cooking a healthy meal with lots of veggies, etc. THOSE are the times I reach for the phone for a pizza....or if I can manage to get up and out just for a quick run...fast food like Taco Bell.
But that's more alcohol withdrawal related than alcohol consumption.
I certainly don't....I can't image there is a large majority that do, nor make buying decisions based upon a company's green-ness.
Well, single and I have no kids that I know of....but certainly not celibate.
And yes, part of my lifestyle involves women...so that does cost a bit of money when you are bedding those that don't have their own income or jobs that pay as well as mine. It's best to date the ones that *do*, but that's limiting the pool you have to choose from....
Can you give me a viable example of speech prohibited by anti-discrimination laws?
I can say all day long and even print is...that "I hate old, fat, disabled, lesbian n-i-g-gers". I could even print I really don't want to hire them.
HOWEVER..if I actually DO discriminate based on gender, race, etc....then sure I can be slapped by a lawsuit.
But I do not believe that expression your beliefs, no matter how callous or unpopular they are are in fact, actually prohibited in any way. The constitution protects that speech.
About the only type speech that can be prohibited in the US, is that which actually incites violence against a real group of folks or individuals. Or incites other dangerous behavior (yelling fire in a movie theater)....
But I really do need specific citation of speech that is actually prohibited under penalty of the law by anti-discrimination legislation currently out there on the books.
PS..what's the deal with this new slashdot lameness filter that makes you put symbols in there for certain words (see above).
There's no excuse for the common man to be held to agreements signed that no one but a lawyer can understand.
If the general public is to be held to these agreements, they must be required to be written in terms that at least a 15 year old can understand.
I know, I know, that's STILL above the heads of the average person by a long shot, but at least it is shooting at a reasonable level for public acceptance.
But, does one ever really attain that level of pay?
I never will, I always want more, UNTIL, the moment I make enough to put quickly away and NOT ever have to work again....likely enough that will require a powerball win.
I work for one and one reason only....to make money to support my lifestyle. I pretty much make more than I spend now, but that extra goes to retirement and you can never really put enough away for most normal working mortals.
So, no...I have no love whatsoever for my work, none for IT work I do, BUT, it is the best and only way I have for now to make the type of $$ I need for currently enjoyed lifestyle and be able to put some money away.
If I win the lottery, you'll see me leaving skid marks out the door.
Absolutely!!!
I do NOT want all my appliances and such, internet connected and reporting back to God knows whom my household habits, lifestyle, consumption....
Late last year, I bought a new LG french door refrigerator..and it is great.
It was even then, starting to get to be a PITA to find a fridge with GOOD basic needs, like optimizing internal storage space, decent basic ice maker and water dispenser.
If they put wifi on everything, it would be ok IF AND ONLY IF it can be disabled and NOT required for operation.
Otherwise, no thanks...I don't need any other items I purchase potentially spying on my life. Its bad enough you can't hardly get a fucking car these days that doesn't phone home.
Say What.....?!?!?
If pay is not important, that sounds like you are wealthy enough not to have to work (assuming you're keen on supporting yourself, and not living in mommy's basement forever having them support you)....in which case I'm asking...."Why are you asking about work if you don't care what you get paid?"
If you are independently wealthy, you don't NEED to work, and hence can spend you time doing whatever you wish.
You don't work a job for someone, unless you need money to live on, to support a family, etc.....and in that case, PAY is pretty much the driving force.
I would posit while many/some people enjoy what they do for a living, it would hardly be the majority of people on earth that do so.
If you're only wanting to stream, get the Roku 4 or the FireTV unit (not the stick, too slow).
You can search and stream over those the easiest....
You can side load Kodi on those too (at least with the FireTV you can, I think roku too)....and with apps on that, you can stream in some regular TV channels too.
I *STILL* fucking hate the "ribbon" interface....I just can't find shit nearly as easy as I used to in MS Office products.
Wow..hold on there buckwheat.....
Did something change in the past few decades where people actually enjoyed their jobs?
I mean, I'm sure there are a few outliers out there that do, but for all of human history, MOST people hate working and doing "their jobs".....we'd all rather be lottery winners.
With Tivo it can search, and play across a number of OTA saved and streaming content all from one box.
You can add Tivo minis in other rooms around the house that connect with the main unit (I have the Tivo Roamio OTA) for your other rooms in the house.
Actually it varies widely between the states.
Many of them are 16yrs....and it wasn't that long ago, I believe that Hawaii had it as low as 14yrs I believe, but they raised it?
I'll have to look that one up, but 16yrs is common across many of the states in the US.
Err, ok, you got me on THIS one....
How the hell is Google providing any listing in response to a query going to land them in court?
Whether it is a good result or a poor one (based on your own judgement)...they've not broken any laws that I know of...
Did we pass "search engine" laws here recently that I didn't hear about?
That's what I hear, but don't understand....
I mean, a company that big, you'd THINK they'd be able to concentrate and work on more than 1-2 things at a time....?
A company that can't multi-task?
Hey, you can't rape the willing...lol.
I see these young, GOOD looking teachers on the news lately, beautiful ladies teaching high school and sleeping with their male students.
I keep wondering "Where they hell were these when "I" was in High School?!?!?"
Yup, I am opposed to that.
I think this is one thing that is analogous to states respecting other states' driver licenses....so, I'm ok with that. That is actually the sort of thing between states that the Feds do and should have some authority to help regulate.
I'm not terribly afraid of cops breaking into my car.