Its official. Im cable-less

[sloppy joe]

i agree cable/direct tv cost too much and is mostly junk but i can't live without the history channel.

 

[Hitman]

i agree cable/direct tv cost too much and is mostly junk but i can't live without the history channel.

While I watch PLENTY of History Channel on Netflix Instant the history channels fails often when their BIAS shines through. Especially when they attempt to re-write history on the topics of Science and Religion.

Anyway here's the three pages on Netflix of History Channel shows;
http://instantwatcher.com/titles?q=History+Channel&search_episodes=

 

[erazir]

i would if it werent for the history channel, discover and espn. the only thing I watch religiously is SEC football. i couldnt live through football season with just an antenna. wish someone offered a package where you could just pay for the channels you wanted and not the rest!

 

[bravo3]

what do you guys do for espn?

 

[angrycookieman]

I don't like that you have to pay for tv, then still sit through commercials.

 

[03protege]

I thought hard about it the other day, but I'm a slave to Saints games in HD.

Speed you can't get it via HD antenna?

 

[03protege]

While I watch PLENTY of History Channel on Netflix Instant the history channels fails often when their BIAS shines through. Especially when they attempt to re-write history on the topics of Science and Religion.

Anyway here's the three pages on Netflix of History Channel shows;
http://instantwatcher.com/titles?q=History+Channel&search_episodes=

Does it have the GOOD history channel stuff or is it all their modern programming (CRAP!)?

 

[SeventhSon]

The only thing I need to work out are the local channels (news, Saints game, etc). I have not looked into antennas yet. Any ideas?

A buddy also suggested looking info Roku. Anyone use that?

 

[Hitman]

I've had a Roku for years. It's awesome and the new ones just released are even MORE advanced.

Netflix and Roku are TOO AWESOME and TOO CHEAP not to have.

Does it have the GOOD history channel stuff or is it all their modern programming (CRAP!)?

I posted the link above where you can see every History channel show available to watch with the click of a button on Netflix Instant.

 

[I_FLY_LOW]

I have a 3 or 4 year old roku box, that I gave to a friend after I got my ps3, tv, and blu-rays hooked up to the net.
What do the new roku box's do?

 

[Hitman]

I have a 3 or 4 year old roku box, that I gave to a friend after I got my ps3, tv, and blu-rays hooked up to the net.
What do the new roku box's do?

Motion Control remotes like the Wii for Games on the Roku Hub Widget
More Channels on Roku Hub
Smaller with better WiFi capabilities and more options on the remote.

http://www.roku.com/

 

[I_FLY_LOW]

holy crap, it's even smaller...
Interesting.

 

[Skiney]

Only Free HD TV

Nawlins, and Baton Roach network channels, fox etc.

Oh and a big TALL ANTENA with rotor

Been that way out here in the country since 2004

OH by the way Home Phone went away over way before that!!!

 

[Xenon]

I've been considering this, but the wife and I do enjoy out TV time together. I have a home phone, but it's over the interwebz.

 

[Hitman]

I've been considering this, but the wife and I do enjoy out TV time together. I have a home phone, but it's over the interwebz.

We have 3 small kids so from 5:00 to 8:30 there is no sit down and watch TV time. However once them little boogers are in the bed me and the wife will fix like a late night dinner. We love watching Law and Order CI so we sit down with our food and press play. Again NO commercials. being that without the commercials it's like 40-50 minutes an episode we even watch two at a time.

I can tell you that we will more than likely NEVER go back to Cable/Satellite.

I would NOT be able to watch something then have to wait until NEXT WEEK to see what happens next. Or have to wait MONTHS for the next Season to start.

I actually watched all 8 Season of 24 back to back over a couple months. That was awesome. Season Finale Press Play Episode one on next season

 

[olivs260]

This is something I've been thinking about for a while. We spend probably $120/month on satellite. I could live without regular TV, except for networks for the games. The only thing I don't think I could live without though, is DVR. Is there something out there that you can hook up to an HD antenna to record live like a DVR works? Obviously with Netflix, there would be no problem with regular shows.

 

[USMC-Deano]

We have 3 small kids so from 5:00 to 8:30 there is no sit down and watch TV time. However once them little boogers are in the bed me and the wife will fix like a late night dinner. We love watching Law and Order CI so we sit down with our food and press play. Again NO commercials. being that without the commercials it's like 40-50 minutes an episode we even watch two at a time.

I can tell you that we will more than likely NEVER go back to Cable/Satellite.

I would NOT be able to watch something then have to wait until NEXT WEEK to see what happens next. Or have to wait MONTHS for the next Season to start.

I actually watched all 8 Season of 24 back to back over a couple months. That was awesome. Season Finale Press Play Episode one on next season

My wife and I did the same thing last year after we finished watching season 8 on Fox. We started watching the show with season 6, so we watched 6, 7, and 8 in order, but then started from the beginning and moved through the first seven again. Best show ever, IMO.

However, on topic, I have cable interwebz with Cox and we actually get expanded basic in the bedroom without charge and have been since December of 2009. Never mentioned it to them, they've never said anything to me about it, and I've been waiting since that time for it to just stop working one day, but it's still going. We watch a LOT of Netflix, but they are changing their policy soon and splitting up the instant package from the DVD packages, so we will likely stop getting instant and just stick with DVDs since there is a larger selection of DVDs than instant. There is always Hulu, anyway.

 

[Hitman]

We watch a LOT of Netflix, but they are changing their policy soon and splitting up the instant package from the DVD packages, so we will likely stop getting instant and just stick with DVDs since there is a larger selection of DVDs than instant.

I think that's only for NEW Accounts. Previous accounts will not be changed.

 

[USMC-Deano]

Oh? I hope that's the case, because I do enjoy having some of the older stuff around whenever I want it, but again, if it does affect long-time customers, I'll let it go for now. I'm really not too sure about it, because the account is in my wife's name and she gets all the emails about it, so I just got what she told me and nothing more.

 

[gbundersea]

AFAIK, its is ALL Netflix acounts which are changing. They sent me this notice a month ago:

We are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into two separate plans to better reflect the costs of each. Now our members have a choice: a streaming only plan, a DVD only plan, or both.

Your current $9.99 a month membership for unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs will be split into 2 distinct plans:

Plan 1: Unlimited Streaming (no DVDs) for $7.99 a month
Plan 2: Unlimited DVDs, 1 out at-a-time (no streaming) for $7.99 a month

Your price for getting both of these plans will be $15.98 a month ($7.99 + $7.99). You don't need to do anything to continue your memberships for both unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs.

These prices will start for charges on or after September 1, 2011.

You can easily change or cancel your unlimited streaming plan, unlimited DVD plan, or both, by going to the Plan Change page in Your Account.

We realize you have many choices for home entertainment, and we thank you for your business. As always, if you have questions, please feel free to call us at 1-888-357-1516.

–The Netflix Team

So, according to the notice, the price/plan change will happen automatically on September 1. You have been warned!

I changed IMMEDIATELY to streaming only. Otherwise I figured I'd forget, then suddenly have a $15.98 bill I don't want! $7.99 is more my style.