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All of that is way cheaper (currently) than cable. The biggest problem is finding what you want. Need a TV Guide for streaming, so I can search for say "The Ma
by iso1210 5y ago
All of that is way cheaper (currently) than cable.
The biggest problem is finding what you want. Need a TV Guide for streaming, so I can search for say "The Martian", and it would tell me "This is on netflix in your country", or "this isn't available on subscription, but you can rent it on amazon for x.xx or buy it on apple tv for y.yy"
- grishka 5y agoStill you have to go out of your way AND spend money, vs just opening your favorite torrent tracker, searching for whatever you want, and choosing the quality/codec/language. I've honestly never understood the appeal of not pirating.
- iso1210 5y agoGiving money to people creating the stuff you like to watch?
- jeffffff 5y agoroku search is exactly this
- janosett 5y agoThe Apple TV does this, essentially.
- stouset 5y agoIt does, but Netflix is the one provider (that I know of) that's decided to entirely opt out of Apple TV integration, so I can't add any of their shows to my universal queue and have to specifically switch to Netflix to see what I'm in the middle of or want I to watch next.
- 8ytecoder 5y agoI have a premium subscription but end up forgetting to watch Netflix because they won't integrate with Up Next. I pick something from my queue - I mean you usually watch TV when your brain is fried and it's not going to remember everything. Don't know why they're so adamant about this.
- rhino369 5y agoThey want the netflix interface to be the only queue you use by default when your brain is tired. If they are just a content provider to apple, they lost.
- imoverclocked 5y agoI have the same complaint about Netflix.
- wiredfool 5y agoI’d really like apple tv to stop showing me things on streaming services I don’t have, and at the same time not show me the options grime the ones that I do.
- wwweston 5y agohttps://www.justwatch.com/ https://www.justwatch.com/
- dhosek 5y agojustwatch is my go-to destination to see where to get a movie or TV show.
- yanbianhobo 5y agoI use justwatch for this
- 8ytecoder 5y agoYup. Apple TV for most things and Just Watch for obscure stuff or if there's a chance it could be on Netflix. Just Watch has some major blindspots. I have had multiple searches that return wrong titles.
- salmo 5y agoThe biggest problem for me is that my local cable company is the cheapest/best internet provider. So, no, it's not cheaper for me than cable. Internet without cable is almost the cost of the "bundle". (it's evil) I just have cable on 1 of 4 TVs, but still. Also you can't get most streaming content on cable, or the sports content I get on cable without 4 streaming services (ESPN+, Peacock, Paramount+ & Hulu). So I've got a cable package w/ sports + a couple streaming services. Sometimes I'll pick one up for a month or 2 and drop it just for something I want to see. Sometimes I rent something from Amazon. It's just a mess. But the search is pretty easy. My Rokus, Amazon sticks, or even cable box search fine for me.
- brightball 5y agoTivo has been doing this for years. I can search for a show, see if it's live, upcoming in the next couple of weeks to record or if it's available on Amazon/Hulu/Netflix/Vudu to stream or buy. Then just click it to go straight there. Also has a nifty feature where you can list all available episodes of a show across all seasons and it will mix in your live recordings with streaming options. I honestly don't know why Tivo doesn't get a lot more love. Cable when you aren't paying per-TV fees for boxes is pretty great. Just a couple of bucks a month for a cable card in the Tivo and then you hook up Tivo Mini units on all of the other TVs in your house to access the main box.
- wan23 5y agoGoogle does this - just search for the movie name and put the word streaming after it. https://www.google.com/search?q=the+martian+streaming https://www.google.com/search?q=the+martian+streaming