I Need A Primer On Streaming - Help!!!

[LuvNewcastle]

8. I can tell you how it works in my case.

I don't know a lot about technical issues and I'm not all that literate with computers, but streaming is easy for me, and it comes out a lot cheaper than Direct TV. I had DTV for about a month one time, but I dropped them when they threw all these extra charges on me for stuff I didn't watch and would never watch. They hounded me a long time for breaking the contract, but I didn't care. The salesman told me I could drop it if I didn't like it, so I did.

Anyway, I bought a Roku TV a few years ago and I love it. It's very user friendly and it's easy to figure out where to download apps from. You'll need to have it hooked to the internet, of course, but it's just as easy as hooking up a computer or tablet to WiFi. You can get about 200 of those apps for free. They have apps that have western and some that are old sci-fi and plenty of other genres of old movies. Then there are the news channels, and you can watch most of those for free, although most of the streaming news isn't live. Some apps do stream live news sometimes, like they did when the Capitol riots happened.

I don't watch a lot of TV, and the only apps I pay for are Hulu and Amazon. I watch most of the content for free on Amazon since I have Prime and Hulu costs about 6 or 7 dollars a month. Amazon doesn't have commercials and you can get Hulu without commercials, but you pay a little more for that. Both have plenty of original shows as well as various old shows to go back and enjoy. You can binge for days and days, if you're so inclined, and still have plenty more to watch. Some people spend a little more and get Netflix and HBO and Starz and other channels, but I have all of the stuff on Hulu, Amazon, YouTube (free), and all those other apps to choose from, so I'm fine with what I've got.

As far as cost goes, you'll come out cheaper streaming than with Direct TV or cable. I would have an internet connection regardless, so I don't consider that an added expense. I pay $7 a month for Hulu and I get Amazon free with Prime, and Prime costs like $130 a year, so I pay less than $20 a month for TV, not counting the internet. You could get a lot more streaming services and still come out better than paying for DTV.