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Lately my wife and myself have been debating dropping cable and realized just about everything we want from our TV is out there, but none of it is integrated. H
by adestefan 16y ago
Lately my wife and myself have been debating dropping cable and realized just about everything we want from our TV is out there, but none of it is integrated. Here's what we want:
1. My wife watches mostly shows from the major networks (ABC and CBS mostly) and we can get them in HD OTA. There are a few on cable networks, but we could always wait until they're released to DVD and have Netflix deliver them to us (either streaming or in the mail).
2. I enjoy sports, just about any sports. This time of year I watch NFL (available mostly OTA), NCAA basketball (ESPN3 shows a lot of these games), and NHL hockey (available via NHL internet package). In the summer we both watch a lot of baseball (MBL.TV would work for this). It would suck not having regular ESPN, but I could live with it.
3. Movies. We don't get to watch as many as we used to (the things a toddler removes from your life), but we still enjoy sitting down at least one night on the weekend for something.
I don't want apps on my TV. Instead I want a way to integrate all the streaming platforms that are already out there. If they're so called "apps", then that's fine, but just put them into a single, uniform package. Right now the Roku is very, very close. It can do Netflix, MLB.TV, and NHL, but it can't do ESPN3.
- ZoFreX 16y agoOne of the nicest things about my Virgin Media box (IMO) is the "on demand" service which basically integrates the content from all the free on-demand services (iPlayer, 4OD, etc) and the premium on demand content all into one interface. Pity it's dog slow, though.