OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[FearlessF]

Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, and Prime for how much?

if you're getting football on Hulu it's expensive

[utee94]

payin around $150/month just seems crazy for TV entertainment but then, that's not my thing

to each their own

I'd rather enjoy a bud fat and some wings with friends and drive there in my red sports cars than sit in front of the boob tube

Totally fine.  As long as you're not one of the people saying "there's no good TV being made anymore" then it's all good.

[FearlessF]

it's all good

[MikeDeTiger]

Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, and Prime for how much?

if you're getting football on Hulu it's expensive

Netflix a few pennies under $20, Hulu with no commercials is a few pennies over $20, so let's call them $20 a piece.  Something like $12.50 for Prime, but it's charged annually, though I think that's about what it comes out to.  I pay an extra $2.50 for no commercials there too, so let's call it $15.

So $55/month for those three, which has a lot more stuff than cable has.

We get YTTV or Hulu TV when football is on, so that's an addition.  But really, if you can get local channels OTA, you can get Sling Orange for around $40 or something and get your ESPNs.  

[FearlessF]

I'd like to know the legal source for ESPN, SEC and BTN, FS1 - you know, SEC and B1G football that's less than $82.99 = that's Youtube TV

the occasional Prime and/or Peacock I can manage - not having BTN is a deal killer

[SFBadger96]

I'm currently paying $80.99 (ha ha!) for those channels on Sling. But I'm about to drop the ESPN part (I think).

[FearlessF]

hmmm, I an used to youtube and like how it works.  I'm obviously all about saving $$$, but not sure if it's worth $2/month to switch

$5/month, yup

[betarhoalphadelta]

Something like $12.50 for Prime, but it's charged annually, though I think that's about what it comes out to.

I've said it before, but unless you literally don't buy anything else from Amazon, you really can't state that it's $12.50 (or whatever) per month for Prime Video. 

I'm an Amazon Prime subscriber because of how many things I order and they're on my doorstep either between 4-8 AM the next day or slightly later the next day. I was a Prime subscriber for years before I think I even installed the app. 

I view Amazon Prime Video as a nice add-on to my Prime subscription, not the driving force. So maybe now that I DO use it, I could say that $2-3 per month of Prime is being "spent" on Prime Video... But I also know that if they stopped doing Prime Video, I wouldn't stop being a Prime member...

It would be like if Costco suddenly unveiled a streaming service. Would that mean I'm spending $130/year on "Costco Video"? No... It means that of the $130/year I spend on Costco, I just got an extra video service on top of what I was already enjoying. 

[SFBadger96]

It would be like if Costco suddenly unveiled a streaming service. Would that mean I'm spending $130/year on "Costco Video"? No... It means that of the $130/year I spend on Costco, I just got an extra video service on top of what I was already enjoying.

OMG. That would be sooooo awesome. C'mon Kirkland--get to it!

[betarhoalphadelta]

OMG. That would be sooooo awesome. C'mon Kirkland--get to it!

But you have to watch in bulk. 

[847badgerfan]

But you have to watch in bulk.

There's only two of us here.

[SFBadger96]

I can leave the TV on in the background, muted.