We have an amazon prime membership that we’ve had since early last year. We have never had cable nor broadcast television since 1997. We only get internet access via our ATT hotspot at home (we live in the sticks).
We do have a nice, large 4k set for movies on DVD and blueray, which also happens to have Amazon prime, roku, youtube, web browser, etc. built in.
A few months ago we changed our data plan. It saved us $70 a month and we effectively have unlimited data (a minor perk of living in the sticks is the “effective” part).
So, on a lark one day I clicked on Amazon Prime and found the world (almost) at my fingertips FOR FREE! We’ve been mainlining 1960’s TV shows like Petticoat Junction, as well as a LOT of good stuff I never saw before. Top Gear, GREAT classic movies as well as newer ones, all in DVD quality.
Just discovered an old TV show called My Living Doll. I had forgotten all about that. It’s so bad it’s good. :)
I feel like Rip Van Winkle.
YouTube just started offering cable and local channels for $39/month. I predict that legacy cable providers are in for a serious disruption.
Inspector Morse is outstanding. A little quirky but that makes it. The follow up series — Inspector Lewis (Further cases of Morse’s sgt. is also good.)
I experimented with cutting the cable last spring, discovered there are tons of great offerings on Amazon, YouTube and Hulu. T-Mobile Cellular just started giving away free Netflix so I am set.
I do have a bare bones cable package, a couple months after cutting the cable Spectrum-low balled a better package than the streaming sources. Need that for the sports I like to watch.
Bkmrk.
Yay...Inspector Morse
PLUTO CHANNEL ON ROKU
This channel is also featuring some newer movies.
The Usual Suspects
The Cube
Two Days in the Valley
Man on the Ledge,
Moonstruck
Death at a Funeral
A good many new items here if you take the time to check both their grid and their movies/TV SHOWS on the far left side of the screen.
A note regarding CHANNEL PEAR
Their sub channel for movies 24/7
is now showing “I, ROBOT” starring Will Smith.