TV streaming services

[Twisted Tenon]

I can't help but think that the drop off in quality of the free to air tv is a deliberate tactic to force consumers onto the pay channels. It will be a sad day when the cricket & footy is exclusively on pay TV.

TT

[Handyjack]

When sports move to a paid service I simply stop watching them. The time of showing also influences what I watch.
Sports which I may have watched in the past include V8 supercars, F1, Champ/Indy cars.
It was interesting that the Big Bash League moved from pay TV to free to air. I was able to start watching a bit of it and attendances at games also went up.
Basketball used to be big and on free to air. No longer on free to air and I think the if not the league a lot the teams are dying.

[fxst]

When pay tv first hit our shores the big selling point was no ads ....so I went with it, remember galaxy? then the ads started once they got a reasonable amount of customers and I and hundreds of others left. It went broke and eventually evolved to foxtel. How long before the streaming services start that? I still remember when utube was ad free not now got an audience so whack in the ads. Greed always kicks in and this I believe is the main reason for the piracy that all the companies complain about. I'm over tv nowdays with all the idiot reality?? shows
Pete
hands soapbox to the next ranter

[NCArcher]

After reading this thread I did a bit of research and have now signed up to Netflix. The first month is free so nothing to lose really.
I don't watch TV, I prefer to watch a few shows on ABC iView on the computer. Not in the least interested in reality TV.
I also have a mini Android PC hooked up to the TV, as our TV is not particularly new or expensive and doesn't have access to the internet, so I can watch the occasional show on iView on the big screen.
I'm pretty impressed with Netflix so far. We'll see how we go but I will probably keep it after the free month is up.
Oh and I'm on ADSL 2+ with decent speeds and iView and Netflix are free to download with my ISP.

[AlexS]

No matter what the delivery medium, there is a limited amount of worthwhile viewing, and it's just being spread thinner & thinner. Better to read a book (or Kindle).

[fxst]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said
Pete

[Chris Parks]

No matter what the delivery medium, there is a limited amount of worthwhile viewing, and it's just being spread thinner & thinner. Better to read a book (or Kindle).

I have had a first generation Kindle for many years but I recently bought a Kindle Voyage and it is fantastic, I have thousands of books on the computer and transfer them when I need to. I don't watch much TV either and I have tried to talk Mrs P out of having Foxtel so I started a Netflix account as a first move in the war. The flexibility of the service with the small amount of money they charge makes it ideal for me as I can watch what I want when I want and it remembers where I am with my occasional viewing. Another thing I have added lately was a Chromecast with which I can broadcast to the TV from my computer, for $50 it is a steal. I haven't watched free to air for years apart from Iview now and then. I also have a NAS in the home network and that can store and stream movies and TV episodes as well, I can't work out why we still have Foxtel to tell the truth. All this technology must be a death knell for FTA, it comes down to how many sources of entertainment you want.

[Grumpy John]

Might have to give Netflx a rest tomorrow evening to watch this on free to air.

[Twisted Tenon]

Might have to give Netflx a rest tomorrow evening to watch this on free to air.

Bloody beauty I'll be watching

On another note, I've signed up to netflix last night. Looking good so far.....

TT

[Acco]

Might have to give Netflx a rest tomorrow evening to watch this on free to air.

Thanks for that GJ, I'll be watching that as well

I also use Netflix pretty much every night.

[Chris Parks]

Make sure you don't exceed your data limit unless you are with iinet who have made it free which they now regret.

[Master Splinter]

...I manage to get by on a mere 7-800 gigabytes a month...

[Chris Parks]

A few people I know did not realize that Netflix affected their data limits, hence my post. Mine with everything including a son who is into gaming fairly heavily runs out around 250-300 Gig per month with a 500 Gig cap.

[Bob38S]

I can't help but think that the drop off in quality of the free to air tv is a deliberate tactic to force consumers onto the pay channels. It will be a sad day when the cricket & footy is exclusively on pay TV.

TT

I think you are 110% correct.

Not only are the wannabes falling over each other for their 10 seconds of fame but it is el cheapo TV as all of the calls the viewers are encouraged to make create a tidy sum as they are premium calls.

V8's hmmm, I used to know what they were..... I go back to the early days of black and white for the first Hardie Ferado/Bathurst days - from showroom floor to racetrack, all brands etc. My nose may be a little shorter but channel 10 (really channel 5 as they are only half as good as they claim and that is being generous) can stick their highlights where the sun don't shine. Any preschooler with a Timex watch and 30 seconds of instruction could be more accurate with the scheduling.

As for pay TV, if I'm paying for it I don't want any ads at all, this is just gouging twice, once from the advertisers and once from the viewer.

[Twisted Tenon]

As for pay TV, if I'm paying for it I don't want any ads at all, this is just gouging twice, once from the advertisers and once from the viewer.

That's why I gave Netflix a try Bob. The was the kicker for me was $11.99 a month for two screens with no adverts. So I'm paying for no ads. Just wait until they have enough customers and they'll begin to phase in the ads. Call me cynical

TT