06-02-2012, 06:29 PM
I'm working on cutting the cable right now, so I've looked at all these in some depth. Picking iTunes only is definitely an option, despite the cost. Buying season passes to every show we watch is still way cheaper than cable/DirecTV, plus they are are HD, and we can stream them from the cloud to any iOS device "forever".
Netflix is cheap, but they don't have current season shows, which is a deal breaker for my wife. Plus a lot of their stuff isn't HD. Amazon is the same, and has a much smaller selection than Netflix. And it has a really crappy interface on the one device I own that supports it.
Hulu has current season shows, but it also has ads (a deal breaker for me - even Hulu Plus has ads), and they have a limited selection in HD.
Probably going to build a cheap Windows Media Center box as a DVR for free local channels (90% of my wife's shows are on ABC), and buy the rest from iTunes. Or if they don't have current seasons on iTunes (e.g. Game of Thrones), download the suckers.
Still hoping Apple's iTV has a way to subscribe to single channels as "apps", though. Might get more details at the developer conference next week.
Netflix is cheap, but they don't have current season shows, which is a deal breaker for my wife. Plus a lot of their stuff isn't HD. Amazon is the same, and has a much smaller selection than Netflix. And it has a really crappy interface on the one device I own that supports it.
Hulu has current season shows, but it also has ads (a deal breaker for me - even Hulu Plus has ads), and they have a limited selection in HD.
Probably going to build a cheap Windows Media Center box as a DVR for free local channels (90% of my wife's shows are on ABC), and buy the rest from iTunes. Or if they don't have current seasons on iTunes (e.g. Game of Thrones), download the suckers.
Still hoping Apple's iTV has a way to subscribe to single channels as "apps", though. Might get more details at the developer conference next week.
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