Do people still watch satellite TV these days

[Jimbo]

Watching so called "local" news from 290 miles away from DIRECTV HR34 now... (NM)

Is that by choice ?
Is that your LOCAL TV Station ?

 

[dfergie]

Is that by choice ?
Is that your LOCAL TV Station ?

Albuquerque has been for most of this century, once we had 2 Roswell and a local, then the local sold to an El Paso station.
One Roswell sold to and came from Lubbock, Tx, then all ended up in the central part of the state.
I loved El Paso and Lubbock news and ads as those are the closest big cities besides Midland Odessa.

 

[Former member 208119]

Umm, errr- Notice how cheap TVs have become? Subsidized. The images displayed can be analyzed to detect what you are watching. This info is then "phoned home" over the Internet. TV manufacturers are paid for this. This can be stopped by blocking certain addresses at the router. I started to do this, but decided what the hell do I care if they see what I watch? Might cut down on feminine hygiene product ads.

I considered getting some real rotgut porn and see what happens. Can't quite figure out how to present this idea to SWMBO…..

i forgot what it's called but microsoft wants to do the same thing by taking screen shots of your pc and storing em on your hard disc. now what in the hell makes me think that they won't upload the data and sell it!!! i bet they will!! that's invasion of privacy in my book when you use sites like banking and passwords how do i know that hackers won't get my info

 

[Former member 208119]

we still buy physical media!!! it's the only way to avoid the price hikes with streaming services and lowers the chances of you losing content that you bought

 

[Former member 208119]

You can always just not connect the TV to the internet.

The new model roku sets demand you connect them to the internet or they won't set themselves up!!!

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[Bruce]

The new model roku sets demand you connect them to the internet or they won't set themselves up!!!

How else do you expect them to receive the content?

 

[Former member 208119]

How else do you expect them to receive the content?

i get what your saying. but what if someone just wants to use it with an antenna . i don't see a need for it to go through the steps of setting itself up if someone just wants to use it via OTA

 

[KyL416]

How else do you expect them to receive the content?

They're referring to the Roku model TVs from TCL and others, some of which won't act as a TV without going through the online setup process. Even if all you want to do is watch regular TV via antenna, cable or sat or use another device like a Bluray player or game console.

 

[b4pjoe]

They're referring to the Roku model TVs from TCL and others, some of which won't act as a TV without going through the online setup process. Even if all you want to do is watch regular TV via antenna, cable or sat or use another device like a Bluray player or game console.

Could you connect it to the internet and set it up and then disconnect it? Or does it always have to have a connection to the internet.

 

[NYDutch]

Could you connect it to the internet and set it up and then disconnect it? Or does it always have to have a connection to the internet.

My ONN Roku TV was connected to the Internet for setup and then disconnected since I'm using it with a Firestick. If I hear about an update, I connect temporarily.

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[Former member 208119]

with the exception of our 2 sony's. our tv and the new ones that will be put in will be completely stupid. no rokus no google tv none of that crap!!!! not like i can't add it in later on later..

 

[NYDutch]

with the exception of our 2 sony's. our tv and the new ones that will be put in will be completely stupid. no rokus no google tv none of that crap!!!! not like i can't add it in later on later..

"Stupid" TV's are getting harder to find. Especially in the larger sizes.

 

[Bruce]

with the exception of our 2 sony's. our tv and the new ones that will be put in will be completely stupid. no rokus no google tv none of that crap!!!! not like i can't add it in later on later..

How do you expect to do updates, which can have nothing to do with streaming, mostly picture issues and the likes?

 

[Former member 208119]

How do you expect to do updates, which can have nothing to do with streaming, mostly picture issues and the likes?

i never had a set with picture issues... explaine things like certain model sony's getting black screens and panny 4k disc spinners not reading 4k discs after things like updates. nothing one can do about it other than buy a new device and prey it don't happen again... . just sounds like planned obsolescnce

 

[Former member 208119]

"Stupid" TV's are getting harder to find. Especially in the larger sizes.

the tv on our patio is an older sunbrite model. it's a stupid t.v. after looking at the new models there smart now . i prefer video walls for there brightness. plus there stupid that's how i am going

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[Former member 208119]

yep we watch sat t.v. we like the sat tv exp better than the streaming.. for a number of reasons..
i still buy physical music a copy on CD and a copy on vinyl!!
i still buy physical movies why i get things like the deleted scenes and bloopers plus no streaming service can't take it away from me even if i paid for it!!!
been doing disc to digital for my movies getting a digital copy on my kaleidescape while still having a physical copy

 

[reubenray]

We watch Dish the most with OTA second and streaming the least.

 

[Former member 208119]

just because ones streaming box says dolby atmos while watching a video or movie it don't mean that it's in atmos at all since the service compresses the sh*t out of some scenes!!! we watch movies over at a friends house and i was like WTF is this crap . they compressed certain scenes so bad you didn't hear em it didn't even use all of the channels on his AVR ...

 

[Former member 208119]

What happened to the days where you just turned the boob tube on and poof football popped up . i can't imagine logging into one streaming service and then trying to remember the password and do this use that oh sh*t now we have to use that remote. sh*t you have to do 5 million things just to watch the ball game... the cable co's bought out half of these streaming services so your only paying whos been screwing you over

 

[telstar_1]

What happened to the days where you just turned the boob tube on and poof football popped up . i can't imagine logging into one streaming service and then trying to remember the password and do this use that oh sh*t now we have to use that remote. sh*t you have to do 5 million things just to watch the ball game... the cable co's bought out half of these streaming services so your only paying whos been screwing you over

Greed. Starting with the football.

we still buy physical media!!! it's the only way to avoid the price hikes with streaming services and lowers the chances of you losing content that you bought

Heard on NPR today of a retro craze for physical rental

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