HBO to launch stand alone streaming svc in 2015 (1 Viewer)

[Sheriff66]

If it wasn't for sports I wouldn't have cable/Sat at all, that's where the hook is

NFL Gamepass that comes with Redzone and NFL Network is about $120/year which includes every single game. You'd need a $5/month proxy since you're in the US. NHL/NBA/MLB also have full online packages.

Those aren't the only sports. NBC/NBCSN carries EPL. Fox Sports 1/2 carries UFC and soccer. Spike has Bellator. NASCAR...I kid, I kid. College football on various networks. ESPN family.

I watch college hockey as much as possible, NBCsports, CBSsports, Big10 network are huge for me

 

[heckmanm]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

 

[3C's]

If it wasn't for sports I wouldn't have cable/Sat at all, that's where the hook is

NFL Gamepass that comes with Redzone and NFL Network is about $120/year which includes every single game. You'd need a $5/month proxy since you're in the US. NHL/NBA/MLB also have full online packages.

Those aren't the only sports. NBC/NBCSN carries EPL. Fox Sports 1/2 carries UFC and soccer. Spike has Bellator. NASCAR...I kid, I kid. College football on various networks. ESPN family.

UFC has fight pass to watch everything. Don't care about the rest

Sounds like some of you spend waaaay too much time in front of the TV.

Keep nickle and diming and your right at a subscription for cable, esp when packaged with internet and/or phone. Awesome deal you got going there. Add in that you have to pay higher price for more data usage. Then there's the whole issue of multiple people in a household (4 adults here). Think I'll stick with satellite.

 

[Sinn Fein]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I get 30/10 for $35/mo - not packaged with anything else (i.e no phone or cable package)

The 10 upload is stretching it a bit, but I generally am getting close to 30 down when ever I check my wireless, and I will get just above if I plug an ethernet cable to modem.

 

[NutterButter]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I get 30/10 for $35/mo - not packaged with anything else (i.e no phone or cable package)

The 10 upload is stretching it a bit, but I generally am getting close to 30 down when ever I check my wireless, and I will get just above if I plug an ethernet cable to modem.

Who's your provider? I'd be shocked if this was true.

 

[heckmanm]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I get 30/10 for $35/mo - not packaged with anything else (i.e no phone or cable package)

The 10 upload is stretching it a bit, but I generally am getting close to 30 down when ever I check my wireless, and I will get just above if I plug an ethernet cable to modem.

I get about half the speed for twice the price. Yay, Comcast!

 

[culdeus]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I get 30/10 for $35/mo - not packaged with anything else (i.e no phone or cable package)

The 10 upload is stretching it a bit, but I generally am getting close to 30 down when ever I check my wireless, and I will get just above if I plug an ethernet cable to modem.

Who's your provider? I'd be shocked if this was true.

Agree, calling bull#### here. This is either a promotional rate or totally made up.

 

[Sinn Fein]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I get 30/10 for $35/mo - not packaged with anything else (i.e no phone or cable package)

The 10 upload is stretching it a bit, but I generally am getting close to 30 down when ever I check my wireless, and I will get just above if I plug an ethernet cable to modem.

Who's your provider? I'd be shocked if this was true.

Agree, calling bull#### here. This is either a promotional rate or totally made up.

Time Warner - it might have been a promotional deal when I first signed up, but I got it at a stand-alone price. Still what we pay now - almost a year after the upgrade.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Looks like now that package is $54, and its 30 down, 5 up - which maybe why I don't get close to 10.

For $64 you can get 50 down, 5 up.

 

[Josie Maran]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't.

I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

 

[Josie Maran]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I have ATT Uverse at 15mb...never had a problem streaming anything so it's totally worth it. Time Warner would have been about 55 for double the speed, but I don't need it.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I can't name a single CBS show that I watch that isn't sports. I just need a streaming service for HBO/Showtime/AMC/FX and some kind of sports package and we'd be good.

 

[James Daulton]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't.

I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

 

[James Daulton]

I can't name a single CBS show that I watch that isn't sports. I just need a streaming service for HBO/Showtime/AMC/FX and some kind of sports package and we'd be good.

The way it could go, if you had to pay individually for all those networks, you're basically at or above the current cable price.

 

[culdeus]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't.

I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

HD what? Torrents are nearly always better quality than cable. If you know the right ones to pick that is. Most come close to DTV quality.

Antenna picture quality surpasses even DTV, and it really isn't close.

 

[culdeus]

I can't name a single CBS show that I watch that isn't sports. I just need a streaming service for HBO/Showtime/AMC/FX and some kind of sports package and we'd be good.

The way it could go, if you had to pay individually for all those networks, you're basically at or above the current cable price.

But you could theoretically have a HBO plan only for Thrones, heck you could wait about 4 episodes in, watch the first 4 and let the last 4 air and pay for a month and quit. Try doing that type of churning with cable.

 

[cstu]

I can't name a single CBS show that I watch that isn't sports. I just need a streaming service for HBO/Showtime/AMC/FX and some kind of sports package and we'd be good.

The way it could go, if you had to pay individually for all those networks, you're basically at or above the current cable price.

But you could theoretically have a HBO plan only for Thrones, heck you could wait about 4 episodes in, watch the first 4 and let the last 4 air and pay for a month and quit. Try doing that type of churning with cable.

Or you could theoretically download the torrent at the end of the season.

 

[cstu]

HD what? Torrents are nearly always better quality than cable. If you know the right ones to pick that is. Most come close to DTV quality.

Antenna picture quality surpasses even DTV, and it really isn't close.

The 1080p versions are perfect quality to my eyes.

 

[Fennis]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

you do live in BFE

 

[James Daulton]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't.

I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

HD what? Torrents are nearly always better quality than cable. If you know the right ones to pick that is. Most come close to DTV quality.

Antenna picture quality surpasses even DTV, and it really isn't close.

HD Comcast picture quality is excellent. You're also not doing anything that could potentially get you in trouble. You also don't have to be tech savvy to use cable. You also don't have the upfront cost of a decent HTPC to run all your torrents. Seems like a decent amount of trouble to save a couple of bucks a month.

 

[culdeus]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't.

I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

HD what? Torrents are nearly always better quality than cable. If you know the right ones to pick that is. Most come close to DTV quality.

Antenna picture quality surpasses even DTV, and it really isn't close.

HD Comcast picture quality is excellent. You're also not doing anything that could potentially get you in trouble. You also don't have to be tech savvy to use cable. You also don't have the upfront cost of a decent HTPC to run all your torrents. Seems like a decent amount of trouble to save a couple of bucks a month.

You are grossly overestimating the amount of effort torrenting takes and the hardware required to do it.

 

[Josie Maran]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't. I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

Yeah, I'm getting HD. Even on the OTA antenna, programming is in HD.

 

[Josie Maran]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't. I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

HD what? Torrents are nearly always better quality than cable. If you know the right ones to pick that is. Most come close to DTV quality.

Antenna picture quality surpasses even DTV, and it really isn't close.

HD Comcast picture quality is excellent. You're also not doing anything that could potentially get you in trouble. You also don't have to be tech savvy to use cable. You also don't have the upfront cost of a decent HTPC to run all your torrents. Seems like a decent amount of trouble to save a couple of bucks a month.

You are grossly overestimating the amount of effort torrenting takes and the hardware required to do it.

This.

Effort = 23 seconds and maybe 4 mouse clicks

Hardware = HdMI cable

 

[James Daulton]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

Chump change for full cable . Triple plays go for $89-99 depending on promo being rum. Life is way to short to nickel & dime stuff like this.

I don't know what a triple play is. And I don't actually want full cable anyway.

How do you watch espn, nfl network, amc, discovery, fx, food network, etc?

I don't. I'll torrent a handful of shows, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, etc. but that's a small inconvenience IMO. The only thing I miss is the variety of college football without the espn/fox sports games.

Your also not getting HD, correct? The thing is I consider the price I pay for cable tv, vs the use I get out of it , a good deal. Cell phones for four family members is a different story however.

HD what? Torrents are nearly always better quality than cable. If you know the right ones to pick that is. Most come close to DTV quality.

Antenna picture quality surpasses even DTV, and it really isn't close.

HD Comcast picture quality is excellent. You're also not doing anything that could potentially get you in trouble. You also don't have to be tech savvy to use cable. You also don't have the upfront cost of a decent HTPC to run all your torrents. Seems like a decent amount of trouble to save a couple of bucks a month.

You are grossly overestimating the amount of effort torrenting takes and the hardware required to do it.

This.

Effort = 23 seconds and maybe 4 mouse clicks

Hardware = HdMI cable

I get it. You guys like it. Me, I'd rather have hundreds of channels at my disposal at one time where I can browse, change, go back, tape something, whatever. It's worth the $ to me and I think most people feel that way.

 

[NutterButter]

For me right now.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime = $25/mo

Internet = $30/mo

When I bailed on cable a couple years ago, I was paying about $125. Easy call IMO.

What kind of speed to you get for $30/mo? Do you have multiple providers available?

I don't think I can get just plain broadband for under about $70 here, unless I select the "barely above dialup" option.

I get 30/10 for $35/mo - not packaged with anything else (i.e no phone or cable package)

The 10 upload is stretching it a bit, but I generally am getting close to 30 down when ever I check my wireless, and I will get just above if I plug an ethernet cable to modem.

Who's your provider? I'd be shocked if this was true.

Agree, calling bull#### here. This is either a promotional rate or totally made up.

I went 6 months where cablevision wasn't billing me for internet. I guess I had an even better deal.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

If it wasn't for sports I wouldn't have cable/Sat at all, that's where the hook is

NFL Gamepass that comes with Redzone and NFL Network is about $120/year which includes every single game. You'd need a $5/month proxy since you're in the US. NHL/NBA/MLB also have full online packages.

Those aren't the only sports. NBC/NBCSN carries EPL. Fox Sports 1/2 carries UFC and soccer. Spike has Bellator. NASCAR...I kid, I kid. College football on various networks. ESPN family.

UFC has fight pass to watch everything. Don't care about the rest

Sounds like some of you spend waaaay too much time in front of the TV.

Keep nickle and diming and your right at a subscription for cable, esp when packaged with internet and/or phone. Awesome deal you got going there. Add in that you have to pay higher price for more data usage. Then there's the whole issue of multiple people in a household (4 adults here). Think I'll stick with satellite.

I don't pay higher prices for data usage, the cost isn't close and I get more of the stuff I like to watch; sports.

 

[3C's]

Damn, I misspelled you're.

 

[dickey moe]

If I have cable, why would I need this?

you won't assuming the to go app stays the same layout.but this is huge for non cable peopke

Almost 90% of households have either cable or satellite tv. Where's the market?

The ranks of Americans who no longer get cable or satellite TV have increased 44 percent in the past four years to 7.6 million households

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