(I added spoiler tags above for >S6 The Expanse story. Please be mindful of spoilers for those of us not reading ahead. 
My 2019 LG gets regular updates and has an App Store for its webOS apps.I think using the TV as a streaming device is fine if you’re planning to use TV audio and aren’t counting on any functionality to be added beyond what works when the set is brand new. I never recommend using a TV’s built in apps if the goal is to send the sound from the TV to a receiver. It just seems people tie themselves in knots trying to get ARC or the like to work when a $40 box will solve the problem, and I think people undervalue their own time as part of that equation - if you spend hours trying to get it to work on a routine basis, that’s a sunk cost too.
Understood but I'd rather give than $$ to Anthem for their new AVM70 when the time comes, so I skimp on streaming services and use an OTA antenna.I have too many streaming services and cable. 25-year old me would freak out over my lavish spending. But 25 year old me didn’t have a job and I could probably explain to him that he can afford it a couple decades in the future.![]()
I agree there. I've saved a lot of $ over the years by using OTA. Now I do have three streaming services, but one is Prime which is an automatic for me. I had it long before it had streaming, so it doesn't really count.Understood but I'd rather give than $$ to Anthem for their new AVM70 when the time comes, so I skimp on streaming services and use an OTA antenna.![]()
He mentioned a one year $25 intro offer, but on their site I only see a $50 (1/2 price) offer. I'd give it a shot for $25.Yeah and @Todd Erwin twisted my arm into getting the ad free launch paramount+ deal now too. So I can skip the ads ridden version of the stand on Hulu and catch up on all the Trek I’ve missed.
100%so I skimp on streaming services and use an OTA antenna.![]()
For me, circa 2020, cable, much less OTA, no longer has the good shows. My TiVo is getting les and less use. The best shows are streaming. For that and other reasons, OTA or even a cable sub is no longer sufficient for someone like me who loves “TV”.Understood but I'd rather give than $$ to Anthem for their new AVM70 when the time comes, so I skimp on streaming services and use an OTA antenna.![]()
@Todd Erwin Any announcement by Paramount on how long this promo will be available? I’ve got a CBSAA annual sub through Sept this year. After that, I’d be open to do the new-user switcharoo to get a $25 trial year to save a few dollars, CBS has gone from ”ignore yet another dumb service” to “must have” for me.Yeah and @Todd Erwin twisted my arm into getting the ad free launch paramount+ deal now too. So I can skip the ads ridden version of the stand on Hulu and catch up on all the Trek I’ve missed.
But it’s not sustainable. I cancelled Criterion but now have Disney, HBo max, Netflix, Hulu and Paramount/CBS. Unless there are price drops and consolidation cbs is a one year deal for me and Hulu is next on the chopping block.
The future is streaming for sure but I guess I'm an oddball because I prefer to watch "new" shows a few years down the road and also love catching up on older shows I may have missed during their original runs. For this, Netflix has proven mostly sufficient. I tend to view streaming similar to how I view music. There's just so much existing content out there I missed along the way that I could spend the rest of my life trying and never be fully caught up. As new shows emerge, they have to get in line. Good times...But I say that from a very different place than 20 years ago when I afforded was OTA, or even OTA + “lifeline” cable.. Jump my younger self forward to now, maybe I’d do OTA and either Netflix or Amazon Prime and no $10/mo cable. Or I’d skip OTA, skip the TiVo, and do Netflix or Prime. Maybe I’d be changing streaming services monthly to get the shows I wanted as available and of interest.
I’ve been declaring “streaming bankruptcy”.... As new shows emerge, they have to get in line. Good times...
When was cable ever $10/month?...and no $10/mo cable.
He mentioned a one year $25 intro offer, but on their site I only see a $50 (1/2 price) offer. I'd give it a shot for $25.
Promo ends 3 march@Todd Erwin Any announcement by Paramount on how long this promo will be available? I’ve got a CBSAA annual sub through Sept this year. After that, I’d be open to do the new-user switcharoo to get a $25 trial year to save a few dollars, CBS has gone from ”ignore yet another dumb service” to “must have” for me.
I didn’t count AppleTV+ and Prime because they are “free” but yeah that makes seven services for me, not 5. Which is 4 too manyI cancelled Criterion but now have Disney, HBo max, Netflix, Hulu and Paramount/CBS. Unless there are price drops and consolidation cbs is a one year deal for me and Hulu is next on the chopping block.