@DavidChurchRN live in a house with 3 other adults. I covered Amazon, 1 did Netflix, another Hulu, and last was going to grab Disney+, but then we decided none of used Hulu, and there was a sizable price difference. Now Prime and D+ are in my name, but we split the entertainment bills evenly. We are currently debating whether to add CBS, but hard to justify it just for the Trek shows.
@awk@katbyter@PocketBrain@ybmuG Suddenly, all of the party supply stores have a rush on orders that they can’t explain, given the social distancing mandates.
Since we don’t get out much, tv is our entertainment. We have (paid services) Hulu, Prime, Netflix, Disney+, CBSAllAccess; (streaming services included with our cable subscription) HBO, Starz, Epix, Showtime, NBC Networks (like USA, SyFy, Oxygen) and Vudu, Google, MoviesAnywhere, FandangoNow (where movies I buy can be accessed, kind of like Prime, but there isn’t a monthly charge).
Non-movie streaming service is one of our local station’s news broadcast. They repeat their last newscast until a new one goes up (live).
I like CBSAllAccess to catch up on CBS shows sans commercials.
Streaming movies is Vudu. Walmart owns them. They have some pretty good deals on owning movies. (I got a Jason Statham bundle for nine bucks last month, six HD movies.) I wish all owned movies would be cross platform (Prime, Google, MoviesAnywhere, Vudu, FandangoNow). I had to make a spreadsheet so we know which movie is on which platform (we have almost 250).
@lisaviolet what I like about our Apple TV is that it generally knows where content is (what app(s) it’s in), minus Netflix, so it’s fairly easy to keep a library like that straight if the apps to watch them are all available on that platform.
@f00l@lisaviolet@ruouttaurmind I think MA only has certain major platforms it works with (iTunes and Amazon, maybe Hulu?), despite its catchy name. The Apple TV shows you the name of the content and what service/s it’s available to view on and then opens it in that service. Maybe that’s a less competitive feature now with other streaming boxes, but I know Apple had to strike a deal with multiple different providers at one point in order to get access to that data. They also have playback info for your account so they know where to pick up when you’ve stopped in the middle. It mostly works, but some services do a worse job of remembering where they left off than Apple does.
@f00l@lisaviolet@ruouttaurmind yeah, apple doesn’t know (afaik) what platforms you own it on, unless it’s their own. They just show you what apps it’s available to view in (typically for free/with the subscription—Amazon has sub-channels you can subscribe to, and their content shows up as well, but it usually says “with a subscription”).
I keep meaning to watch some movies I own, and almost never do.
So have not bothered to mess with the practicalities.
But … not knowing whether I own something, or if I do, what service it’s on, as a pain.
Can LibraryThing or JustWatch or an IMDb login allow for note taking to record all this in one place? Spreadsheets aren’t so user friendly for this once the media library grows a bit.
@f00l@jitc@ruouttaurmind I don’t know, it would be nice to have something on the Roku like that.
I have close to 250 movies that I’ve bought. It would be nice to have a Roku app where everything owned shows up and give the platform where it’s available.
The spreadsheet is five sheets when I print it out.
@jitc Movies Anywhere (a Disney service) replaced Ultraviolet as sort of a vertical locker for the movies you buy.
If you buy a disc that comes with a digital copy then it will likely go into you Movies Anywhere account, and you can play it on any of the participating services provided they also have it.
If you buy it from one of the participating services you may or may not get it in Movies Anywhere.
I’ll bet that all the movies in @lisaviolet 's spreadsheet that show Vudu only were purchased from Vudu.
I have a ton of movies that are Vudu only, because that’s where I got them. Like the 48 hours movies. Indiana Jones movies. Lethal Weapon movies. Hunger Games.
But. I bought Sully on Vudu. $4.99. It’s on all platforms except FandangoNow.
I got Winter’s Bone on Prime. That’s the only place I can watch it. I can only watch Princess Bride on Google Play.
I can only watch Once Upon A Time in Hollywood on Fandango now.
It would be really sweet to have an app on the Roku, where it would list out the movies I own, regardless of platform, click on the movie and have it automatically go to that platform and pull up that movie.
I did some research on this yesterday and read some message boards. One guy had 3500 movies! Holy crap. That’s a lot of movies!
If only there was a tool that could search information in a file…
I know how to search files, but thanks for the suggest.
IMHO: Large spreadsheets that are mostly full of data (not math stuff) are a pain.
Esp when accessed from a mobile device. That’s why a a something with cloud storage or auto-syncing, and a user friendly mobile interface, would be nice.
@f00l@jitc@lisaviolet@ruouttaurmind
You might be able to trick Plex into thinking you have those movies by creating separate “libraries” and the creating folders and putting small mp4 files named for the movie. Plex will think you have a downloaded version but will still pull metadata and posters and such, letting you search and browse your movies in the appropriate “libraries”.
e.g. A “Prime” library, a “MoviesAnywhere” library, etc.
@f00l@jitc@mike808@ruouttaurmind but I don’t have a pc or laptop running when I watch streaming video. I know took has an app for plex, but as far as I can figure out, it needs an os to work.
Re plex: Yeah I’ve done simular in the past. And a spreadsheet for audiobook libraries.
But now I don’t have or want a plex setup. I gave away my two big screens to family members w kids because I was not using them at all. (Like they were unopened a year after purchase.)
If I watch video, it’s likely to be using the phone (so I’m not picky about res.).
If I have a tablet or laptop open, that almost always means I’m using it for work or unpleasant tasks.
The maintenance of “old-days” complicated vid media libraries (when I used to rip blu-rays and DVD’s) just turned out to cross well beyond my annoyance level.
In fact, owning blu-rays and dvds crossed over my annoyance level. I sold them or gave them away, many were unopened.
I want “simple, stupid”. If I shared a household, we’d work out something better for joint use; for self, I just don’t care.
Right now if I wanna watch something, I just search Amz, vudu, netflix, etc to see if I already own or can stream for free.
I’d create a permanent record of my vid library if I had the world’s easiest mobile interface that auto-loads vid data.
Best one: Netflix
Which do I actually use right now: Hulu
What do I use the MOST: YouTube Premium
YouTube tends to treat its content creators like shit so in many ways YouTube can eat a bag of dicks. But at the same time, I absolutely love being able to listen to YouTube videos on my phone with the screen off, and fully ad-free on every gadget I watch YouTube vids, as long as I’m signed in. I will gladly pay to not see those ads.
@Bandrik Even without Premium, I might spend more total time on Youtube. Obviously, its not the same as watching a cinematic release, but going from video to video down a Youtube rabbit hole, I can easily spend an hour or two before I even realize it is happening.
Anything but Amazon Prime. Last time I tried to stream it would not let me stream HD because my equipment wasn’t compatible with their anti copy protection.
I will give you 1 guess where Amazon said I could buy compatible equipment.
I tend to go in and cancel as soon as I sign up so it doesn’t auto ka-ching me next month for something I might not even be using…
Well except for hulu, they did the $2/mo for a year thing black friday so I’ve kept it on… I mean it’s a year for 2 months normal price… gotta mute the ads though.
So best streaming service? The one that has the show you want to watch at the time.
Use both Netflix and Prime about evenly. The former is free with my TMO line, the latter is discounted since my wife is a student (again) so, yeah… there’s that.
Use my plex server a good bit to timeshift movies (like the Free RB rentals I get from TMO, or the episodes of Dirk Gently’s that I ripped from the DVDs I own)
@star2236 unfortunately with all the production sources turning to their own streaming services it is getting harder for them to find new non-original content. I’m afraid ‘cord cutting’ is going to become as expensive as a cable service in the future…
@chienfou Already did the math. Most homes will have 2-3 subscriptions. So the current tactic of “locking up content” will see lots of content “lost” in the DRM wars when the service goes under. Disney was most aggressive in “reclaiming” everything they could, even prying Spiderman from Sony and killing off all the excusive MarvelTV projects (mostly to hurt Netflix).
CBS could pull all Star Trek content from the other services to solidify its position. Hulu will consolidate NBC/Universal content. There’s a reason Netflix and Amazon have been burning money on developing their own content.
I’m liking Netflix because they have a larger and deeper bench international content.
And most 'Muricans are oblivious to the Hindi and Asian streaming services which have an enormous population base ignored by all of the poll options.
I have Prime, Netflix, and Disney+ and they all have their pros and cons.
I am not going to pay $20 to stream a first run movie however. When I go to see a movie in the theater, its not for the privilege of seeing it earlier, its for the theater experience. For streaming I will continue to wait until that content becomes part of one of my existing services.
Even while some movie studios are pushing some releases out , I think many execs would actually love to see a paradigm switch to the streaming model and whittle the distribution cost to almost nothing and eliminate the middle man, maintaining a larger chunk of profit for themselves.
Hulu has a surprisingly massive database of TV series, but a terrible database interface. I found several older TV series by searching for them directly by name, even though they don’t come up in any of those lists at the top.
Prime has a few good original series, but I use Prime mostly for the subs that can be added, like BritBox (which has the whole classic Dr. Who series), Acorn, IMDb TV and Masterpiece.
I had Netflix until they forced autorun that couldn’t be disabled, which was so annoying that I canceled. I found that most of the stuff on Netflix, other than the original stuff, is available elsewhere. Now that Netflix has nixed the forced autorun, I find that I don’t miss the original stuff enough to resubscribe.
Other stuff, like CBS All Access, is for original content and to watch regular shows without commercials.
There are also some pretty good free channels, like The CW and The Roku Channel.
HBO and Disney for new stuff, then suspended for months at a time. I like that streaming channels, unlike cable, can be subbed/unsubbed at will with little or no fuss.
I kind of turn on the TV when I have free time but feel too tired to do anything interesting… Netflix has tons of original programming, but usually the ones I’ll be interested in will be too heavy or too dramatic.
Then I turn on Prime and it’s got plenty of Goldilocks shows. Non-standup comedy, backlogs of easy-reading network shows that aren’t too oppressive. The odd Amazon-exclusive/original that is surprisingly good.
Netflix has more shows that I’m aware of that I think I want to watch. But Prime has more shows that I actually enjoy watching.
Disney is only the Mandalorian. CBS or whatever is only Picard. I’ll stream those from a friend’s Emby server, or I won’t. Meh.
Oh wait, Hulu had a show… I forget which one it was.
There was another. Edge… E…Epix! I subscribed to that to watch Perpetual Grace LTD. ran out of episodes, unsubscribed, forgot to resubscribe.
@mike808 Westworld didn’t catch my interest, being too grimdark. I was subscribed to HBO at one point, but I just can’t sustain interest in relentlessly dramatic TV, it seems.
Looking at a list, there’s actually a lot of stuff on Hulu that I’m curious about: Letterkenny, Legion, Killing Eve, Rick and Morty, and Seinfeld. I think those are all exclusive…
I forgot Apple… teevee… plus? Existed. I have it for the rest of the year for free. Hurm.
Netflix overall. Hulu has some content that makes it worth paying for (ABC TV shows and Letterkenny). Prime I mostly have because of shipping, and use their streaming service mostly for paid rentals and purchases.
My library has beefed up their offerings. Check yours.
There is more than Overdrive these days.
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If I’m looking at not just content, but how consistently good the source is at streaming, and the accessibility of the platform interface, even though there are shows I may like more on tv+, Hulu, HBO, Disney+ or Prime sometimes, Netflix still wins across the board for the combination. I hope Apple comes out with more content I like because they have really reliable streaming, and their content is far more navigable than Hulu or Prime.
Old Mill Stream
@katbyter
I was gonna say, “Th’ crick.”
Prime’s original shows are fantastic, especially the marvelous Mrs maisel but it’s hard to choose whenany have great original programming.
Also, no Disney Plus on the list?
Definitely NOT Hulu though, Lmfao… Laaaame. I still keep it though for some reason even though no one ever watches it
@DavidChurchRN live in a house with 3 other adults. I covered Amazon, 1 did Netflix, another Hulu, and last was going to grab Disney+, but then we decided none of used Hulu, and there was a sizable price difference. Now Prime and D+ are in my name, but we split the entertainment bills evenly. We are currently debating whether to add CBS, but hard to justify it just for the Trek shows.
@DavidChurchRN @simplersimon
Don’t forget Twilight Zone!
@DavidChurchRN @simplersimon
Do it for a month, and bingewatch
@Cerridwyn @DavidChurchRN @simplersimon not sure if this is legit but have heard that CBS is giving some free content out https://ew.com/tv/star-trek-picard-episodes-free-online/
@DavidChurchRN @simplersimon Y’all are missing Legion, Devs, Fargo, Rick and Morty and more on Hulu…
@Cerridwyn @DavidChurchRN @simplersimon @wonidejack you can get the premium CBS prescription (the 9.99 one) for free until 4-23 with the code “gift”. Just signed up. It works.
The one you already have.
Niagara Falls; or did border closings shut that down too?
Jet streams provide an invaluable service when it comes to our weather.
/giphy streamers
@awk That looks like toilet paper
@awk @katbyter In another week, everything will start looking like toilet paper.
@awk @katbyter
#partycityTP
@awk @katbyter @PocketBrain it’s got ripples for extra cleanliness!
@awk @katbyter @PocketBrain @ybmuG Suddenly, all of the party supply stores have a rush on orders that they can’t explain, given the social distancing mandates.
@awk @katbyter @mehcuda67 @PocketBrain @ybmuG
FTFY “It’s ribbed for your pleasure”.
Fly fishing.
Since we don’t get out much, tv is our entertainment. We have (paid services) Hulu, Prime, Netflix, Disney+, CBSAllAccess; (streaming services included with our cable subscription) HBO, Starz, Epix, Showtime, NBC Networks (like USA, SyFy, Oxygen) and Vudu, Google, MoviesAnywhere, FandangoNow (where movies I buy can be accessed, kind of like Prime, but there isn’t a monthly charge).
Non-movie streaming service is one of our local station’s news broadcast. They repeat their last newscast until a new one goes up (live).
I like CBSAllAccess to catch up on CBS shows sans commercials.
Streaming movies is Vudu. Walmart owns them. They have some pretty good deals on owning movies. (I got a Jason Statham bundle for nine bucks last month, six HD movies.) I wish all owned movies would be cross platform (Prime, Google, MoviesAnywhere, Vudu, FandangoNow). I had to make a spreadsheet so we know which movie is on which platform (we have almost 250).
@lisaviolet what I like about our Apple TV is that it generally knows where content is (what app(s) it’s in), minus Netflix, so it’s fairly easy to keep a library like that straight if the apps to watch them are all available on that platform.
@jitc @lisaviolet
I thought @ruouttaurmind told me that Movies Anywhere would do just that? Stream anything you own from any service or something?
I haven’t messed w it so I don’t know.
@f00l @jitc @ruouttaurmind
It doesn’t.
Here’s a screenshot of my spreadsheet. ma is moviesanywhere.
@f00l @lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind I think MA only has certain major platforms it works with (iTunes and Amazon, maybe Hulu?), despite its catchy name. The Apple TV shows you the name of the content and what service/s it’s available to view on and then opens it in that service. Maybe that’s a less competitive feature now with other streaming boxes, but I know Apple had to strike a deal with multiple different providers at one point in order to get access to that data. They also have playback info for your account so they know where to pick up when you’ve stopped in the middle. It mostly works, but some services do a worse job of remembering where they left off than Apple does.
@f00l @jitc @ruouttaurmind Let me check my Roku search.
Nope. Just shows how you can watch it, not if you own it.
That would actually be a decent app, though.
@f00l @lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind yeah, apple doesn’t know (afaik) what platforms you own it on, unless it’s their own. They just show you what apps it’s available to view in (typically for free/with the subscription—Amazon has sub-channels you can subscribe to, and their content shows up as well, but it usually says “with a subscription”).
@jitc @lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind
I keep meaning to watch some movies I own, and almost never do.
So have not bothered to mess with the practicalities.
But … not knowing whether I own something, or if I do, what service it’s on, as a pain.
Can LibraryThing or JustWatch or an IMDb login allow for note taking to record all this in one place? Spreadsheets aren’t so user friendly for this once the media library grows a bit.
@f00l @jitc @ruouttaurmind I don’t know, it would be nice to have something on the Roku like that.
I have close to 250 movies that I’ve bought. It would be nice to have a Roku app where everything owned shows up and give the platform where it’s available.
The spreadsheet is five sheets when I print it out.
@f00l @jitc @lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind
If only there was a tool that could search information in a file…
@f00l
Well, to clarify, I wrote:
@jitc Movies Anywhere (a Disney service) replaced Ultraviolet as sort of a vertical locker for the movies you buy.
If you buy a disc that comes with a digital copy then it will likely go into you Movies Anywhere account, and you can play it on any of the participating services provided they also have it.
If you buy it from one of the participating services you may or may not get it in Movies Anywhere.
I’ll bet that all the movies in @lisaviolet 's spreadsheet that show Vudu only were purchased from Vudu.
@craigthom @jitc Exactly.
I have a ton of movies that are Vudu only, because that’s where I got them. Like the 48 hours movies. Indiana Jones movies. Lethal Weapon movies. Hunger Games.
But. I bought Sully on Vudu. $4.99. It’s on all platforms except FandangoNow.
I got Winter’s Bone on Prime. That’s the only place I can watch it. I can only watch Princess Bride on Google Play.
I can only watch Once Upon A Time in Hollywood on Fandango now.
It would be really sweet to have an app on the Roku, where it would list out the movies I own, regardless of platform, click on the movie and have it automatically go to that platform and pull up that movie.
I did some research on this yesterday and read some message boards. One guy had 3500 movies! Holy crap. That’s a lot of movies!
@jitc @lisaviolet @mike808 @ruouttaurmind
I know how to search files, but thanks for the suggest.
IMHO: Large spreadsheets that are mostly full of data (not math stuff) are a pain.
Esp when accessed from a mobile device. That’s why a a something with cloud storage or auto-syncing, and a user friendly mobile interface, would be nice.
@f00l @jitc @lisaviolet @ruouttaurmind
You might be able to trick Plex into thinking you have those movies by creating separate “libraries” and the creating folders and putting small mp4 files named for the movie. Plex will think you have a downloaded version but will still pull metadata and posters and such, letting you search and browse your movies in the appropriate “libraries”.
e.g. A “Prime” library, a “MoviesAnywhere” library, etc.
@f00l @jitc @mike808 @ruouttaurmind but I don’t have a pc or laptop running when I watch streaming video. I know took has an app for plex, but as far as I can figure out, it needs an os to work.
@jitc @lisaviolet @mike808 @ruouttaurmind
Re plex: Yeah I’ve done simular in the past. And a spreadsheet for audiobook libraries.
But now I don’t have or want a plex setup. I gave away my two big screens to family members w kids because I was not using them at all. (Like they were unopened a year after purchase.)
If I watch video, it’s likely to be using the phone (so I’m not picky about res.).
If I have a tablet or laptop open, that almost always means I’m using it for work or unpleasant tasks.
The maintenance of “old-days” complicated vid media libraries (when I used to rip blu-rays and DVD’s) just turned out to cross well beyond my annoyance level.
In fact, owning blu-rays and dvds crossed over my annoyance level. I sold them or gave them away, many were unopened.
I want “simple, stupid”. If I shared a household, we’d work out something better for joint use; for self, I just don’t care.
Right now if I wanna watch something, I just search Amz, vudu, netflix, etc to see if I already own or can stream for free.
I’d create a permanent record of my vid library if I had the world’s easiest mobile interface that auto-loads vid data.
But that’s a project for another year.
Streaming media, like Broadcast.com?
@hchavers
$5.7 billion dollars.
The most expensive landing page in history.
Best one: Netflix
Which do I actually use right now: Hulu
What do I use the MOST: YouTube Premium
YouTube tends to treat its content creators like shit so in many ways YouTube can eat a bag of dicks. But at the same time, I absolutely love being able to listen to YouTube videos on my phone with the screen off, and fully ad-free on every gadget I watch YouTube vids, as long as I’m signed in. I will gladly pay to not see those ads.
@Bandrik Even without Premium, I might spend more total time on Youtube. Obviously, its not the same as watching a cinematic release, but going from video to video down a Youtube rabbit hole, I can easily spend an hour or two before I even realize it is happening.
Mediocre Labs YouTube channel in its hay day.
Anything but Amazon Prime. Last time I tried to stream it would not let me stream HD because my equipment wasn’t compatible with their anti copy protection.
I will give you 1 guess where Amazon said I could buy compatible equipment.
@caffeine_dude
Best Buy?
@chienfou Oh so close.
Hint 1: It rhymes with Bamazon.
Hint 2: Because I am a subscriber, my TV will be shipped to my home in 2 days.
@caffeine_dude
/giphy face palm
Pornhub?
But seriously, hulu is shit.
Bit torrent.
So here is the thing: I rotate.
I tend to go in and cancel as soon as I sign up so it doesn’t auto ka-ching me next month for something I might not even be using…
Well except for hulu, they did the $2/mo for a year thing black friday so I’ve kept it on… I mean it’s a year for 2 months normal price… gotta mute the ads though.
So best streaming service? The one that has the show you want to watch at the time.
Use both Netflix and Prime about evenly. The former is free with my TMO line, the latter is discounted since my wife is a student (again) so, yeah… there’s that.
Use my plex server a good bit to timeshift movies (like the Free RB rentals I get from TMO, or the episodes of Dirk Gently’s that I ripped from the DVDs I own)
I like Netflix but I wish they had more free movies that were newer released. It’s the best for tv series.
@star2236 unfortunately with all the production sources turning to their own streaming services it is getting harder for them to find new non-original content. I’m afraid ‘cord cutting’ is going to become as expensive as a cable service in the future…
@chienfou
Future, it’s starting now.
@star2236 that reminds of my personal philosphy:
No matter where you go… there you are!
@chienfou Already did the math. Most homes will have 2-3 subscriptions. So the current tactic of “locking up content” will see lots of content “lost” in the DRM wars when the service goes under. Disney was most aggressive in “reclaiming” everything they could, even prying Spiderman from Sony and killing off all the excusive MarvelTV projects (mostly to hurt Netflix).
CBS could pull all Star Trek content from the other services to solidify its position. Hulu will consolidate NBC/Universal content. There’s a reason Netflix and Amazon have been burning money on developing their own content.
I’m liking Netflix because they have a larger and deeper bench international content.
And most 'Muricans are oblivious to the Hindi and Asian streaming services which have an enormous population base ignored by all of the poll options.
I have Prime, Netflix, and Disney+ and they all have their pros and cons.
I am not going to pay $20 to stream a first run movie however. When I go to see a movie in the theater, its not for the privilege of seeing it earlier, its for the theater experience. For streaming I will continue to wait until that content becomes part of one of my existing services.
Even while some movie studios are pushing some releases out , I think many execs would actually love to see a paradigm switch to the streaming model and whittle the distribution cost to almost nothing and eliminate the middle man, maintaining a larger chunk of profit for themselves.
@DrWorm
/giphy yeah, that
We have Hulu live since it’s hard to get OTA channels here. Plus sports. Well, usually sports.
My favorite though is Amazon since they also give me free shipping. Does Netflix give you free shipping? I think not.
@sammydog01 Actually, the shipping on the DVDs is still free.
Hulu has a surprisingly massive database of TV series, but a terrible database interface. I found several older TV series by searching for them directly by name, even though they don’t come up in any of those lists at the top.
Prime has a few good original series, but I use Prime mostly for the subs that can be added, like BritBox (which has the whole classic Dr. Who series), Acorn, IMDb TV and Masterpiece.
I had Netflix until they forced autorun that couldn’t be disabled, which was so annoying that I canceled. I found that most of the stuff on Netflix, other than the original stuff, is available elsewhere. Now that Netflix has nixed the forced autorun, I find that I don’t miss the original stuff enough to resubscribe.
Other stuff, like CBS All Access, is for original content and to watch regular shows without commercials.
There are also some pretty good free channels, like The CW and The Roku Channel.
HBO and Disney for new stuff, then suspended for months at a time. I like that streaming channels, unlike cable, can be subbed/unsubbed at will with little or no fuss.
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I kind of turn on the TV when I have free time but feel too tired to do anything interesting… Netflix has tons of original programming, but usually the ones I’ll be interested in will be too heavy or too dramatic.
Then I turn on Prime and it’s got plenty of Goldilocks shows. Non-standup comedy, backlogs of easy-reading network shows that aren’t too oppressive. The odd Amazon-exclusive/original that is surprisingly good.
Netflix has more shows that I’m aware of that I think I want to watch. But Prime has more shows that I actually enjoy watching.
Disney is only the Mandalorian. CBS or whatever is only Picard. I’ll stream those from a friend’s Emby server, or I won’t. Meh.
Oh wait, Hulu had a show… I forget which one it was.
There was another. Edge… E…Epix! I subscribed to that to watch Perpetual Grace LTD. ran out of episodes, unsubscribed, forgot to resubscribe.
@InnocuousFarmer
Hulu has The Handmaid’s Tale.
And HBO has Westworld.
@mike808 Westworld didn’t catch my interest, being too grimdark. I was subscribed to HBO at one point, but I just can’t sustain interest in relentlessly dramatic TV, it seems.
Looking at a list, there’s actually a lot of stuff on Hulu that I’m curious about: Letterkenny, Legion, Killing Eve, Rick and Morty, and Seinfeld. I think those are all exclusive…
I forgot Apple… teevee… plus? Existed. I have it for the rest of the year for free. Hurm.
justin.tv back in the day.
@eonfifty if woot! was the breakfast octopus, what does that make justin.tv-twitch?
@thismyusername
/image brunch octopus
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Netflix overall. Hulu has some content that makes it worth paying for (ABC TV shows and Letterkenny). Prime I mostly have because of shipping, and use their streaming service mostly for paid rentals and purchases.
TubiTV’s & free YouTube’s enough for us, along w/ over-the-air TV.
My library has beefed up their offerings. Check yours.
There is more than Overdrive these days.
St. Louis County Library
St. Louis County Library branches are currently closed, but our digital collection is always open. Stream audiobooks, movies, music, TV and more with your library card! Visit www.slcl.org/emedia to get started.
OverDrive
eBooks, Audiobooks, Movies/Videos
OverDrive for Teens
OverDrive for Kids
Hoopla
eBooks, Audiobooks, Movies/Videos, Music
Kanopy
Movies
TumbleBooks
eBooks
RBdigital
Audiobooks & Magazines
Flipster
Magazines
EBSCO Host
EBSCO eBooks
eBooks
Creativebug
Over 1,000 art and craft video classes for adults and kids, taught by recognized design experts and artists.
Gale Courses
Interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online.
LearningExpress Library
Access to more than 800 tutorials, practice exams and eBooks for academic and career advancement.
lynda.com
Video tutorials on software, technology, business and more.
Mango
Access to 60+ foreign language courses and 17 English courses taught completely in the user’s native language.
Free Permit Tests Driving-Tests.org
Practice for your DMV test by using these online tools.
Program sites are accessible. Upon two weeks’ notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or visit www.slcl.org.
St. Louis County Library | www.slcl.org
@mike808 I really need to get a library card.
If I’m looking at not just content, but how consistently good the source is at streaming, and the accessibility of the platform interface, even though there are shows I may like more on tv+, Hulu, HBO, Disney+ or Prime sometimes, Netflix still wins across the board for the combination. I hope Apple comes out with more content I like because they have really reliable streaming, and their content is far more navigable than Hulu or Prime.
I have Netflix it’s the best for watching good series
Anyone using Pluto.TV?
Why no Plex?