I have to leave the room when the wife searches the selections--too frustrating. We also upgraded to new tv and it is trying to show us way too much information.
NOTHING TO WATCH ON PAID STREAMING VENUES!
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DWalt
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Huge amount of free content, lots of movies, on Vizio. But I think it is available only on Vizio smart TVs. Ditto Samsung. TCM usually has a few worthwhile movies each week. Have not been to an indoor theater movie in at least ten years.
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JcMack
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I just watched "Five Graves to Cairo" which I haven't seen in 25 years. I'll bet I've seen "Band of Brothers" 15 time's. Prime keeps track of everything you've seen for over a year. You can revue and pick out something you've watched and could probably stand watching again.
DWalt
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I read somewhere that subscriptions to the non-streaming movie services like HBO, Cinemax, etc. have dropped considerably. No surprise there. I think they will go the way of Redbox DVDs. At least locally, Redbox DVD vending machines vanished over a year ago. I wonder what they did with the millions of DVDs they must have had. And all of the thousands of their machines. Maybe they could be converted to gun safes.
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On the whole, I like Amazon Prime. Convenient, quick delivery, and I watch some of the programming. Also rent movies for a few bucks. But I was pretty annoyed when they made us pay a few bucks extra a month to avoid advertising.
I occasionally subscribe to channels only to watch specific series, and then cancel.
Also maintain a Netflix subscription but watch it less, I think.
I occasionally subscribe to channels only to watch specific series, and then cancel.
Also maintain a Netflix subscription but watch it less, I think.
Been watching lots of Anime on Hulu. There's some pretty weird stuff, but it's entertaining. I appreciate the artwork.
I'm currently watching one about a spooky kid that's a ghost hunter. She's got skulls for pupils. Like I said, kinda weird.
I'm currently watching one about a spooky kid that's a ghost hunter. She's got skulls for pupils. Like I said, kinda weird.
Landman has gotten better. Spent an episode to develop characters, but that's ok. Dune Prophecy got way better in the second episode. Opened up the characters, and the plots.
With Comcast there are a number of streaming apps. I get Freevee, Tubi, Xumo, PlutoTV, even YouTube. There are others, too.
There's so much to watch. I really like the '80s and 90s TV shows that I never paid attention to or got to see. Yeah, there are adverts. but even with the ads, it's still better than the garbage being made, now!
IMO, TCM went down hill after Robert Osborne died. They repeat a lot of movies. I do like the film noir they show on Saturday nights. The one movie that played once on TCM was "Come and See" 1985. That's one of the most horrific war movies I've EVER seen.
Last year, one movie that I saw while surfing during prime time was "Pretty Baby" 1978, uncensored. It was on FLIX, IIRC. I had heard of the movie from a film class I took years ago but I had no idea what it really was. If you know about this movie, you know. If you don't, google it. I don't know how it made it on TV during prime time, especially with all PC censorship and everything else going on!
Yeah, there's a lot to watch.
There's so much to watch. I really like the '80s and 90s TV shows that I never paid attention to or got to see. Yeah, there are adverts. but even with the ads, it's still better than the garbage being made, now!
IMO, TCM went down hill after Robert Osborne died. They repeat a lot of movies. I do like the film noir they show on Saturday nights. The one movie that played once on TCM was "Come and See" 1985. That's one of the most horrific war movies I've EVER seen.
Last year, one movie that I saw while surfing during prime time was "Pretty Baby" 1978, uncensored. It was on FLIX, IIRC. I had heard of the movie from a film class I took years ago but I had no idea what it really was. If you know about this movie, you know. If you don't, google it. I don't know how it made it on TV during prime time, especially with all PC censorship and everything else going on!
Yeah, there's a lot to watch.
Tubi TV has a bunch of aviation documentaries.
This one, for instance:
Thud Pilots:
Watch free on Tubi. From deep cuts to hit movies, shows, series, live TV and awarded originals. No subscription. Free forever.
This one, for instance:
Thud Pilots:
Watch free on Tubi. From deep cuts to hit movies, shows, series, live TV and awarded originals. No subscription. Free forever.
venomballistics
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We haven't watched TV in probably 15 years.
Mr. Vito
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In addition to basic cable we get Netflix, Prime, Apple TV and Hulu. It makes me a bit ill to add up how much we pay for what we can watch on the TV screen. But generally I have found new things to watch that I have enjoyed, often late at night after my wife has gone to bed since she won't watch anything very violent. One of extras that we pay for is on Prime, called Brit Box. The Brits seem to make good police/detective dramas. Hulu, which started out with just having old TV shows, now carries a lot of original material as well as the old stuff (I'm been re-watching the entire "Homeland" series, well worth watching.)
Sistema1927
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The streaming service that I watch most is Britbox. I'm a bit of an Anglophile.
Of course it helps that my Mom was English, and that I lived five years in England as a child. (One year when my Dad was in Korea, and four years, 18 months at Sculthorpe RAF base in Norfolk and the rest of time in London when he was assigned to USAGUK on Oxford Street.)
Of course it helps that my Mom was English, and that I lived five years in England as a child. (One year when my Dad was in Korea, and four years, 18 months at Sculthorpe RAF base in Norfolk and the rest of time in London when he was assigned to USAGUK on Oxford Street.)
A sleeper show that little know about is "Mr-Inbetween" it is available on Hulu 3 Seasons. Australian series about a Hitman. Can often be very funny, sometimes dar, sometimes racy, but always entertaining.
It's a relatively modern show and free of most "woke" content you will see on a lot of current productions.
It's a relatively modern show and free of most "woke" content you will see on a lot of current productions.
Several months ago I dropped "Direct TV" and gave away my three flat screen TVs. I now watch movies on my laptop. I have Netflex, Paremont Plus, Amazon, and Utube. I mostly watch Utube old B&W movies. Up side of being senile is you forget what you have watched the day before so every day the old movies are new.
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This show was excellent. I watched a newer show on netflix called Black Dove ... pretty good as well.
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The Gilded Age - on HBO, I think - is good if you like period pieces.
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We thought we were going to save a bunch of money when we "cut the cable". Fast forward to today and streaming programs is about as costly as cable tv if you want to have the opportunity to watch all the good stuff. Hulu Live, HBO Max, Prime, Apple +, Paramount + and Peacock so I don't miss anything. And yes, some good ones in foreign languages. I use subtitles for all programs anyway because the hearing aids sometimes miss the spoken words.
When I feel stressed I like to lie in a shallow stream and let the cool water flow over me. It's very relaxing. You should try it some time.
I call it streaming.
I call it streaming.
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