Do you have a TV channel subscription?

[King Postwhore]

There aren't even any video stores near me. Redbox on every corner, though.

Which, if you use it is way cheaper than video rental stores but counting in gas, I just On Demand new movies on Comcast from my couch.

[MetalJunkie]

There aren't even any video stores near me. Redbox on every corner, though.

Which, if you use it is way cheaper than video rental stores but counting in gas, I just On Demand new movies on Comcast from my couch.

I just use Netflix or, that uh... other streaming player I probably shouldn't mention.

[King Postwhore]

 

I getcha!

[Bolsters]

Well, it's $5 if you rent individual movies, but if you have a subscription plan like me, it's $15 a month and you can basically come in as much as you want and have two movies out at a time with no late fees. Considering I usually go in at least weekly to switch them out, totally worth it.

Oh, that isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

[bout to crash]

Yeah.. there are more expensive plans that involve new releases and having more movies out at once (I think one is $20 and one is $25) but my main goal of joining was to cross a lot of "classics" and stuff I'd wanted to see off my list, as well as to discover new/lesser known stuff, so I don't really give a shit about new releases (plus they become non-new in two weeks or something).

[JayOctavarium]

Lol videostores

[Arry]

Yup every channel FiOS offers... 

[lonestar]

Comcast here, though it's mostly my roommate. I do most of my watching via Netflix, redbox online, or Google play.

[wkiml]

yes and the platinum package to boot

Have every channel know to mankind , but seriously only watch a handful of them

[Tick]

I have a cablevision package that includes such pay channels as HBO, Starz, Showtime, etc.
My TV, phone, and internet is about $200 a month.

I don't do Netflix, Google play, Hulu, or anything of that nature, and I rarely rent Redbox movies.

[Dublagent66]

I have a bundled package with Cox Cable similar to what Tick has.  If I want anything outside of that, I'll use my iPad.

[Progmetty]

Nope. Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Redbox and HBO GO all on PS3.

[cramx3]

sports = cannot cut the cable

I also love HBO shows so I subscribe to that.

[kirksnosehair]

I don't really care about sports, but I do prefer to have the option of watching something on cable OR using Netflix or the On Demand service.  So we have a cable package that includes a few of the premium channels like HBO, ShowTime, Starz and a couple of others. 


With that said, Comcast and Verizon have pretty much cornered the market here in the northeast, so they charge whatever the fuck they want, and the prices even for just basic service are becoming pretty outrageous and we've been talking about dumping cable altogether. 

[rumborak]

Relevant:
https://qz.com/250254/for-the-first-time-more-americans-subscribe-to-cable-internet-than-cable-tv/

[MetalJunkie]

Relevant:
https://qz.com/250254/for-the-first-time-more-americans-subscribe-to-cable-internet-than-cable-tv/

Whoa. It's crazy how steady/consistent the rise and decline are.

[rumborak]

Yeah, it almost looks fake

[pogoowner]

Verizon FiOS. Only for sports, really.

[Kotowboy]

I don't even have a TV.

It's a huge amount of money for a TV licence and it's 99% shit and 1% good stuff you actually wanna watch.

I use iPlayer & Netflix for anything I actually wanna see.

iPlayer is free and Netflix is £6 a month and you can choose what to watch.

YouTube pretty much covers everything else.

So yeah - I can't imagine ever getting a TV. It's just not worth it.

[puppyonacid]

I have a TV and I get the free view channels. I never ever watch them.

I have Netflix and access that via my Xbox.

The rub here in the UK is that I have to pay for a TV licence despite not watching any live TV. I honestly cannot be bothered with the hassle of explaining to them that I don't watch live TV. It's all very antiquated and if you opt out of having a TV licence, you are then bombarded with letters and TV licence inspectors at your door because of course, you must be lying.

They say you have to have a licence to have a TV. The law states IIRC that you only need a licence to watch live TV - if you don't do that then (supposedly) you don't need a licence whether or not you have a TV. The internet has really muddied the waters.

So effectively the TV licence is a tax and also a subscription of sorts.

[cramx3]

Im confused on a TV license?  Is that the equivalent to a TV subscription?  Maybe because I am in the USA, I have not heard about TV licenses before. 

[Kotowboy]

Im confused on a TV license?  Is that the equivalent to a TV subscription?  Maybe because I am in the USA, I have not heard about TV licenses before.

You pay £140 a year for a tv licence. It's to watch all the channels that don't have commercial breaks. The BBC for instance.

ITV ( channel 3 ) and Channel 4 have commercial breaks to pay for their programmes.

It's amusingly Half price if you have a black and white TV or if you are BLIND  which I find funny everytime

  But your Honour - I cannot see the TV

  YOU CAN STILL HEAR IT !! £70

[cramx3]

Ah, so thats like a basic TV subscription here although for us Americans, thats like the local channels only but they all have commercials still.

That sucks though.  At least we can buy a TV and do what we want with it without having to pay for a license... but then when you want some TV channels you get raped.

[Kotowboy]

When I moved house I realised I didn't miss TV in the slightest.

I only ever got to watch it once a week when I went to the studio.

Or if I went back to Wales at Christmas to stay with my Grandad. He watches a lot of TV.

You soon realise that there is absolutely nothing worth watching / paying £140 a year for.

[Chino]

My girlfriend and I are closing on our house on Oct 10. We have no intention of getting cable. All we need is a high speed internet connection (which is still technically cable, but we won't subscribe to any channel packages), Netflix and Hulu, and we're all set. Neither of us give a shit about sports, and the only thing I'm going to miss is HBO, but I'll live.

[cramx3]

My girlfriend and I are closing on our house on Oct 10. We have no intention of getting cable. All we need is a high speed internet connection (which is still technically cable, but we won't subscribe to any channel packages), Netflix and Hulu, and we're all set. Neither of us give a shit about sports, and the only thing I'm going to miss is HBO, but I'll live.

I read somewhere that maybe its comcast or a certain cable company is offering a package where you can get only HBO if you also get internet through them.  I saw that like at least 6 monthes ago, but maybe worth researching.  Obviously you pay for it, but that deal didnt require you to buy a normal cable subscription.

[puppyonacid]

Ah, so thats like a basic TV subscription here although for us Americans, thats like the local channels only but they all have commercials still.

That sucks though.  At least we can buy a TV and do what we want with it without having to pay for a license... but then when you want some TV channels you get raped.

It is in the sense that to watch TV you have to pay for it. It isn't like a subscription in the sense that you get heavily fined or even a jail sentence for not paying.

Funny story. The TV license authority used to run adverts (on the ITV television channel - that gets no money from the licence fee and fund themselves through advertising - the irony!) in the 1980's about TV detector vans that could find houses with people that are watching TV without a licence! It was all very serious and "you better watch it or we'll 'ave ya!"

Court records show that there was never a successful prosecution brought through anyone being caught with a TV detector van nor was there ever any evidence presented where one was used. In other words - they existed because occasionally you would see one with a dish on top roaming the streets but they didn't actually do anything. It was all propaganda!

[Kotowboy]

Frank Skinner said that too. Either he was one of the guys inside or knew someone

He said apart from the dish on top - the fans were totally empty inside.