I miss the HBO content as well and I’d pay for it if it were offered separately. However, there’s enough content between Netflix and Hulu Plus to make up for it. The thing I missed the most this past year was NFL football but after a while, I got used to doing other things on the weekend. I did go to Buffalo Wild Wings to catch a game here and there.
Actually, you can subscribe to on-line access to all NFL games. I got frustrated near the end of last season with the selection of regional games on the traditional networks, and purchased a partial year subscription for $39.99, as I recall. It was great. For the remainder of the season, through the playoffs, I could stream any game. I rarely watch live, network TV any more. We have only bare bones TV via Charter, because it is bundled with Internet. There aren’t a lot of alternatives for the latter in my area, otherwise I would ditch Charter entirely!