Streaming is about to get very expensive

[navychop]

My wife prefers traditional tri-focals, but has been advised they are being replaced in the market by progressives.


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[NYDutch]

As I suspected. The transition was set way too high. If you care to try again some day, just warn them that you hold your head back and not to measure where your pupils are based on you staring straight ahead.

I'm most certainly not downplaying that. In fact, that is the precise problem I described above. They should not make progressive lenses in that style, period. You should be able to use your eyeballs to scan side to side without encountering a different prescription.

When I'm getting new lenses, I always have to make sure the technician aligns the transition gradient where I want it for comfortable viewing for reading books towards the bottom, my laptop screen in the center, and distance towards the top. If they get the center right, the rest pretty much falls into place. I've never noticed a problem with side to side viewing, but that's probably because I've had progressives right from my first pair.

 

[mwdxer1]

Totally agree and it is YOUR choice on what you sub to, not cable/satellite. I know people that love their Roku/Fire TVs that only watch what is free.

I have 2 Roku's in use, a Fire TV, and a Chromecast for stuff on the internet there are no apps available for the Roku or Fire TV. I still have Dish, so a lot of the channels have free On Demand material on the Fire TV, since my old vip211k does not have internet. I have a Recast coming in the mail to run OTA into the Fire TV app, so I can get everything in one place with a good 2 week guide. The OTA tuner in the 211k is good, but some channel have no guide. But at least for me, streaming is the best ever. I had my first Roku when I got High Speed in late 2012, and the number of channels were about 200. Now there are thousands and more added almost daily. There are so many streaming services we can choose from. If some are too expensive, then go elsewhere. No contracts, so we can jump around to any service.

 

[Bobbj]

YouTube tv jumped from $35 to now $55

 

[Juan]

How many devices per account can you have?

YouTube tv jumped from $35 to now $55

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[Bobbj]

Not positive but I think you can have as many devices as you want but you can only have 3 streams going at once.

 

[Bruce]

YouTube tv jumped from $35 to now $55

No it is $50 unless you pay for it thru Apple, still a lot cheaper then Dish, DirecTV and Comcast, no box, locals, DVR, local Sports fees either.

Also you can get it less expensive, I stocked up on Google Play cards at 20% off at Sam's Club when they were on sale, so that makes it $40 a month.

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[mwdxer1]

These stories on streaming. The people that stream already know it is a bunch on bunk. But the powers that be want to stop others from cutting the cord. My brother in law still does not want a Roku. He claims everything you have to pay for. Which we all know is not true. I like having access to almost everything. I still have Dish and I like it. But the time will come when most everything will be available streaming anyway.

 

[comfortably_numb]

These stories on streaming. The people that stream already know it is a bunch on bunk. But the powers that be want to stop others from cutting the cord. My brother in law still does not want a Roku. He claims everything you have to pay for. Which we all know is not true. I like having access to almost everything. I still have Dish and I like it. But the time will come when most everything will be available streaming anyway.

Roku is maybe the best streaming device ever designed. We love ours (we have 3).

 

[TheKrell]

Roku is maybe the best streaming device ever designed. We love ours (we have 3).

I'll one-up you. We have 4.

 

[Bobby]

I'll one-up you. We have 4.

Well! I have a Roku 4K, AppleTV 4K, and a FireTV Stick 4K. I’m covered for all eventualities... Neener neener!

 

[ncted]

Roku is maybe the best streaming device ever designed. We love ours (we have 3).

Apparently most people think so:

Roku Retains the High Ground in US Streaming Battle | Light Reading

 

[harshness]

My brother in law still does not want a Roku. He claims everything you have to pay for. Which we all know is not true.

If you're an Apple TV user, you may have to pay for for a lot of things that others get for free.

I don't count the Chromecast as a streamer as it is entirely dependent on another source device for the content.

The article isn't talking about the devices used to stream but what the author anticipates is going to happen as cable providers transition away from QAM TV service along with the OTT carriers figuring out what they can/must charge in the long term. I suspicion that YTTV and Vue are still bleeding money and we know that DIRECTV Now is hemorrhaging badly. We would have to guess at how Sling TV, Philo and Fubo are doing.

For their part, AT&T appears to think that they can fetch the same prices as DIRECTV subscribers pay for a subset of the content. They seem to be almost entirely out of touch with reality.

 

[ncted]

If you're an Apple TV user, you may have to pay for for a lot of things that others get for free.

What kind of things? I no longer have AppleTV. I had the first, second, and third generations, but I couldn't see the point of the newest one, and I hated the remote.

 

[Zookster]

The article isn't talking about the devices used to stream but what the author anticipates is going to happen as cable providers transition away from QAM TV service along with the OTT carriers figuring out what they can/must charge in the long term. I suspicion that YTTV and Vue are still bleeding money and we know that DIRECTV Now is hemorrhaging badly. We would have to guess at how Sling TV, Philo and Fubo are doing.

My guess is that Philo is in the strongest position, since it's owned by its four main content providers (Viacom, AMC, Discovery, A&E), and it's lineup is not affected by the ever-escalating costs of national sports channels, RSNs, and local broadcast networks. If it wasn't for my need for live sports, I would seriously consider a combo of OTA (with DVR), Philo, and commercial-free regular Hulu as my primary TV viewing sources.

 

[harshness]

What kind of things?

Content available on free streaming services that ATV doesn't have an app for for one. You may be able to cast content from your iDevice but that's just too much like a Chromecast involving hundreds of dollars of hardware for a decidedly inferior experience.

The Roku channel app is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod but not ATV. A Xumo app for ATV is not available.

 

[harshness]

My guess is that Philo is in the strongest position, since it's owned by its four main content providers (Viacom, AMC, Discovery, A&E), and it's lineup is not affected by the ever-escalating costs of national sports channels, RSNs, and local broadcast networks.

At the same time, none of these providers is exactly tearing it up in terms of popular content. Big name recognition to be sure but not so much for the programming they're churning out currently.

If they're going to charge for it, they need to deliver on live content and that includes sports. Everything else will eventually come around.

 

[mackie99]

The first pair of progressives I bought were so awful, I ripped them off while driving down the interstate and put my old single-focus lenses back on. The issue I had was that I could not look side to side without encountering the reading portion of the lens. That is the wrong style and one I think should be banned from existence. I don't know why anybody would ever invent such a thing. My second pair were fantastic, and I can look side to side without altering the correction.

I've had progressive lenses for years. Yes, they take a bit to get used to...but once you do they are great (to me). I've had a few times where I had to take them back and have them redone. When they do they are perfect.

 

[ncted]

Another perspective: Cord-Cutting Could Clip Other Video Players | Light Reading

 

[Zookster]

I really don't understand why people would drop their subscription once Netflix loses The Office or Friends. By the time that happens, they'll have ample time to watch all seasons, if they haven't already. And if they love the show so much they watch it over and over again, they may as well buy it either on disc or digitally. I'm sure it would pay for itself in less than a year if that's all they care about on Netflix. Heck, they could probably get it on DVD from their local library system.