eldergamer
CAGiversary!
Thinking of dropping cable and just going to a streaming type box.
Amazon FireTV? Roku? Copy of an email sent to my wife laying out pros, cons, and concerns.
I hate to say it, but it seems like the Amazon FireTV box is the better system.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CX5P8FC/ref=sd_allcat_fire_tv#compare
It'd be $99 for the box. And then $75 a year for Prime. (Or we could just Prime on the PS3 and leave that on 24-7. )
The fireTV box has hulu and netflix and all that installed, but you have to subscripe to those services. (Even hulu plus at $8 a month is cheaper than $80 a month for cable)
Now, here's what we wont get (as near as I can tell)
Most ABC,NBC, CBS, FOX shows. (Some of that is on Hulu.)
Most of that is broadcast, and all the networks broadcast in HD now. Just have to buy antenna.
(That would be the only way you could watch the News at Noon, or Fox 12 news. Unless you watched via browser) Live sports aren't usually streamed. So most Sunday morning Football games we'd have to watch on antenna. (I think)
None of them really have CNN or Headline News. So if you wanted the latest urgent update on the missing Malysian Jet (This just in: Still not found) or Headline News reporting on some trial, you are out of luck.
New episodes of things like Bubble Guppies or Team Umizoomi, Wallykazam, etc. (only place I see that has those is Amazon Prime.) Some old episodes are free. New episodes are $1.99 a pop. (but then again, do we need -every- episode?)
Hulu Prime has new episodes of older kids Nickeloden shows added after they air (Spongebob, Breadwinners, etc) but not the nick Jr ones.
HuluPrime has new episodes of Colbert Report the day after they air. Same with Simpsons.
Amazon FireTV? Roku? Copy of an email sent to my wife laying out pros, cons, and concerns.
I hate to say it, but it seems like the Amazon FireTV box is the better system.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CX5P8FC/ref=sd_allcat_fire_tv#compare
It'd be $99 for the box. And then $75 a year for Prime. (Or we could just Prime on the PS3 and leave that on 24-7. )
The fireTV box has hulu and netflix and all that installed, but you have to subscripe to those services. (Even hulu plus at $8 a month is cheaper than $80 a month for cable)
Now, here's what we wont get (as near as I can tell)
Most ABC,NBC, CBS, FOX shows. (Some of that is on Hulu.)
Most of that is broadcast, and all the networks broadcast in HD now. Just have to buy antenna.
(That would be the only way you could watch the News at Noon, or Fox 12 news. Unless you watched via browser) Live sports aren't usually streamed. So most Sunday morning Football games we'd have to watch on antenna. (I think)
None of them really have CNN or Headline News. So if you wanted the latest urgent update on the missing Malysian Jet (This just in: Still not found) or Headline News reporting on some trial, you are out of luck.
New episodes of things like Bubble Guppies or Team Umizoomi, Wallykazam, etc. (only place I see that has those is Amazon Prime.) Some old episodes are free. New episodes are $1.99 a pop. (but then again, do we need -every- episode?)
Hulu Prime has new episodes of older kids Nickeloden shows added after they air (Spongebob, Breadwinners, etc) but not the nick Jr ones.
HuluPrime has new episodes of Colbert Report the day after they air. Same with Simpsons.