I want this to happen so bad and cut ties with cable. I mean I know I will still have internet with them but seriously if apple provided a 30 dollar a month thing that would be awesome. Cut my bill by over 100 bucks.
As a side note, I hadn't watched OTA TV in so long that I was really amazed the other day when I watched it. My toddler had fallen and hurt her head (briefly passed out) so I took her to the ER (she was fine). In the observation room we stayed in for a couple hours afterwards and they had Nickelodeon on the TV (was the morning so I think it was Nick Jr. or whatever it's called today). There were so many commercials I couldn't believe it! It seemed like most of the programming was squeezed between corporate sponsorships. Kids are bombarded with so much crap that makes them super materialistic. Anyway, sorry for my rant. OTA sucks.
Really all I want to know is when the Apple TV 4 will be released. Apple has it right, it's all about the Apps. I don't care about all the content deals I care about getting apps on there that I care about. (Plex client, some Kodi client, Google Video, Amazon Prime, Flixster, Netflix, Hulu, Apple's iTunes stores, Airplay, and others)
for TV I care about specific shows, not stations. I'll buy the shows I care about, I don't want to add a monthly bill for content that I may or may not actually care about.
Unfortunately, for now we still need them for hi-speed internet access. If or when we all desert them for our content needs, I suspect they'll try to recoup those losses thru increased bandwidth charges.
I think Apple could have handled the redesign better. Why no tuner for local stations?
I really wish my Roamio OTA TiVo box was a bit snappier and had better app support. It would be, to me, the superior streaming box. Right now you can set up "season passes" across OTA and streaming services but the execution is clunky and the speed that the apps load is equally clunky (although it does take you to the appropriate episode). It also doesn't stream everything so a lot of niche services aren't serviced like SlingTV and WWE, both of which I enjoy and would work well in concert with a streaming box.I refuse to pay for channels that are available free OTA.
Latest census data show that over 80% of the US population lives in urban areas, so all these folks are likely well within range of a accessing an OTA tower using a cheap indoor antenna.
For the other less than 20%, I guess it might make sense to pay for streaming CBS.
I refuse to pay for channels that are available free OTA.
Latest census data show that over 80% of the US population lives in urban areas, so all these folks are likely well within range of a accessing an OTA tower using a cheap indoor antenna.
For the other less than 20%, I guess it might make sense to pay for streaming CBS.
I don't right now, but I plan to buy a Tablo when they release an app for the AppleTV. Those two devices working together should make for a pretty good app-based DVR system.
Yes! Tablo will, it said so in a blog post last month. As for on-demand, it never has anything that isn't also aired OTA at some point. If I can record it and keep it, it's really barely any different from ondemand.
But it doesn't. However, most TV's do have an antenna input with a built in antenna, so what's the problem?If Apple had an antenna port on the Apple TV and a menuing system to manage it, this sounds like a no-brainer.
That's a good point. I guess being a cable cutter I just lump it all together as a bunch of crap. Anything where I have to sit through a ton of commercials (Hulu has gotten worse over time and I'm considering shutting it down) and can't start the programming when I'm ready frustrates me greatly.What's even worse is that Nickelodeon is not OTA - it's a channel you can only get by paying a cable company. This means some people actually pay for the privilege of having their kids bombarded with commercials. This very nonsense is the primary reason I cut out cable TV from my life. I'm willing to tolerate commercials if the delivery is free, OTA or otherwise. If I'm paying for it, it better be commercial free. The only exception is HBO-style promos that cross-promote other similar HBO content you might be interested in, very briefly, before each show.
This is something of a regular practice that most of these cable houses do. For instance, even in India - TataSky, Direct TV, Videocon Dish also rip off by counting the repeat channels in both SD and HD versions. And HD premium also holds good in case if you would like subscribe for HD channels! I wish internet based on demand is the only option to end this Hippocratic Cable Companies!Mostly yes.
Cool post Thanks for letting us know you don't care.I personally couldn't care less, frankly.
I don't watch TV anymore. I get my news on the web (yep, I do pay for nytimes.com and a few others) and I stream from Netflix.
All I care about is comprehensive access to apps on my TV, including stuff like Google Photos, Smugmug, Google Music and Put.io. If Apple doesn't do it, someone else will.
He cared enough to post about it.....iamjustsayinCool post Thanks for letting us know you don't care.
If Apple had an antenna port on the Apple TV and a menuing system to manage it, this sounds like a no-brainer.
I dunno. My city is adding more channels over the air than ever. There is a TON of stuff to watch free of charge and I'm in the 11th or so media market in the country. All I need is some premium supplementation and I'm a TV junkie who never thought I'd be so happy cutting out the cable.antenna is a step backwards. Apple is looking to the future with how a lot of people now consume tv: streaming via apps
A smaller bundle of stations at a smaller price is still a bundle. Ultimately you are paying for stations you have zero interest in, just fewer, but probably also not getting stations you do want. Hardly the break through of a la carte TV.
I'll probably buy the ATV 4 because I have the ATV 3 and I wouldn't mind seeing how the apps turn out, I don't need Apples services, I'm pretty sure they haven't cracked it.
Too late, already on Netflix/YouTube.
Unfortunately, for now we still need them for hi-speed internet access. If or when we all desert them for our content needs, I suspect they'll try to recoup those losses thru increased bandwidth charges.