[Shop-talk] tv streaming stsuff

[John Innis]

I am actually thinking of dumping Prime.  They recently started showing ads
and now the ads are getting REALLY bad.  tried to watch a 45 minutes show,
ended up having 6 breaks for ads of up 2 minutes each.  I'm not paying for
that.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:

> Take a look @ Amazon prime video. While they don’t rave the full channel,
> they do have at least some of the shows.
>
> I got rid of Dish about 3 years ago & set up GetChannels for local stuff
> (needs antenna) & stream everything else from Amazon, PBS, Britbox & and
> few others. Much cheaper than what I was paying, even including the cost of
> Amazon Prime.
>
> Peace, Pat
>
> Pat Horne
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>
>
> On Mar 22, 2024, at 9:36 AM, john <jniolon at att.net> wrote:
>
> 
> AT&T contacted me saying they are doing away with my U-verse service. They
> offered Directv stream as my best option...cheaper, faster and with 300 mg
> internet...
> sounded good.
>
> Then for my local stuff and other their suggested a Roku device.  Bought 3.
>
> Now upon install I find that channels that were included with Uverse
> ...i.e. Hallmark, HGTV, Food Network, Fox news and others (all my wife's
> favorites)
> were not included but only supplied as a subscribed service at anywhere
> between 5 and 10 bucks a month...
>
> Looking for alternatives to Roku device or other way to get those channels
> included... Cable is a no-go We only have Spectrum locally and it's mostly
> down
> all the time
>
> suggestions appreciated
>
> john
>
> and I'm going to get back to the Bluetooth hearing aid stuff soon.
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