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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1382300" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>Forget any of those options, spend a tad more and get a home theatre solution. Seeing as how this is a Mac Forum, and I love OS X and Apple in general, I'll say get an Mac Mini. It's not much bigger than an Apple TV or Roku box, and you won't have to deal with the insanely crap app versions of things like Hulu+. </p><p></p><p>Hulu in a real browser is SO much different from that of its mobile or app version. So much so, that for now I've put my Hulu+ account on hold. Netflix in general is meh these days, and who knows where they're headed to in the near future. And after you've signed up for the other 10 app based video streaming/renting services, you're already paying as much as you were when you had cable! </p><p></p><p>I'm getting kind of sick of being taken for a ride by the "industry", and just wish that at least one (come on Apple!) entity would be able to offer pretty much every available movie to stream, not to mention tv shows (the day after they air, or less. and EVERY TV show, not just some... Walking Dead anybody?) . The one thing I really like about Hulu and Netflix and whatver other services as such.. is that it's a modest monthly charge rather than a not so modest charge per movie rental. </p><p></p><p>I just don't think that a business model that makes me pay to re-watch something is financially sound (for me obviously). I don't mind having ads if it means they partially pay for me being able to stream content anytime I want and repeatedly if I so wish. And no, I'm not going to purchase an episode of something which is available to stream for free at the local television stations website! </p><p></p><p>Especially not for the prices that certain services are asking. I mean come on... $3.00 for an HD quality episode times let's say 23 episodes = $69 (House MD Season 7) Yet I can get the CD's for $35 new on Amazon. Sorry but, if you tell me that bandwidth overhead is more expensive than physical overhead, you're nuts. I just don't get how these places (including Amazon of course) are charging such rates per episode, when other services like Hulu or Nexflix can charge a much lower flat rate per month. </p><p></p><p>Wow. Was that a rant or what? lol</p><p></p><p>/bitter Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1382300, member: 59143"] Forget any of those options, spend a tad more and get a home theatre solution. Seeing as how this is a Mac Forum, and I love OS X and Apple in general, I'll say get an Mac Mini. It's not much bigger than an Apple TV or Roku box, and you won't have to deal with the insanely crap app versions of things like Hulu+. Hulu in a real browser is SO much different from that of its mobile or app version. So much so, that for now I've put my Hulu+ account on hold. Netflix in general is meh these days, and who knows where they're headed to in the near future. And after you've signed up for the other 10 app based video streaming/renting services, you're already paying as much as you were when you had cable! I'm getting kind of sick of being taken for a ride by the "industry", and just wish that at least one (come on Apple!) entity would be able to offer pretty much every available movie to stream, not to mention tv shows (the day after they air, or less. and EVERY TV show, not just some... Walking Dead anybody?) . The one thing I really like about Hulu and Netflix and whatver other services as such.. is that it's a modest monthly charge rather than a not so modest charge per movie rental. I just don't think that a business model that makes me pay to re-watch something is financially sound (for me obviously). I don't mind having ads if it means they partially pay for me being able to stream content anytime I want and repeatedly if I so wish. And no, I'm not going to purchase an episode of something which is available to stream for free at the local television stations website! Especially not for the prices that certain services are asking. I mean come on... $3.00 for an HD quality episode times let's say 23 episodes = $69 (House MD Season 7) Yet I can get the CD's for $35 new on Amazon. Sorry but, if you tell me that bandwidth overhead is more expensive than physical overhead, you're nuts. I just don't get how these places (including Amazon of course) are charging such rates per episode, when other services like Hulu or Nexflix can charge a much lower flat rate per month. Wow. Was that a rant or what? lol /bitter Doug [/QUOTE]
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