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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 12:22:33 GMT
Apple TV+ Apple TV+ Coming 1 NovemberIt is really too much now. "If you have an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV, you already have the Apple TV app — the ultimate way to watch Apple TV+. And this autumn, we’re bringing the Apple TV experience to popular smart TVs, streaming boxes and streaming sticks" ... at yet another monthly cost to add to your probably already overburdened entertainment bill. |
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Post by Miranda on Sept 15, 2019 13:06:01 GMT
Not one I shall be bothering with. I think a few streaming services will fold as the market is getting a bit saturated.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 13:16:40 GMT
Either that or the poorer ones will be bought up -- as is already happening in the US -- with back catalogues being the primary goal.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 15, 2019 13:20:33 GMT
That's more likely. Netflix have quite a lot of the BBC's back catalogue from the 80s onwards.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 17:55:32 GMT
I just can't be bothered with all this new stuff and am happy to stay with the simple straightforward stuff even considering giving up the internet so I can live the remaining years in peace, have already given up my delivered daily paper but do force myself to watch TV news,sometimes even just the headlines  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 18:16:55 GMT
I only buy newspapers when we need something to cover the floor. Either that or collect a bunch of free ones. We use one streaming service, and that is it. No satellite, no cable, nothing. I do recommend dividing services between family and friends, though. It can save a lot of money.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 15, 2019 18:46:31 GMT
Fiona, I gave up watching the news years ago and feel happier for it. I only recently started watching stuff about Brexit as I feel it's important to know at the moment. But I shall give up watching political once that's done. Unless we end up with a dictatorship, obviously, when social media will be more important then state news.
But honestly, if you gave up the news you wouldn't be missing much.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Sept 15, 2019 19:47:27 GMT
 Me too actually. I have a lot of old Radio Times (my mum took it, I use the online version) but they're not as absorbent as newspaper and not as good for cleaning windows.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 16:51:42 GMT
Fiona, I gave up watching the news years ago and feel happier for it. I only recently started watching stuff about Brexit as I feel it's important to know at the moment. But I shall give up watching political once that's done. Unless we end up with a dictatorship, obviously, when social media will be more important then state news. But honestly, if you gave up the news you wouldn't be missing much. Miranda,and also pleased that my recycling trips to our refuse room is much lighter now |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 18:41:52 GMT
Me too actually. I have a lot of old Radio Times (my mum took it, I use the online version) but they're not as absorbent as newspaper and not as good for cleaning windows. I read this as " I use the online version, but they're not as absorbent as newspaper and not as good for cleaning windows." I wondered what you were talking about; of course they're not. |
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Post by goodhelenstar on Sept 16, 2019 20:31:39 GMT
Marvellous things, parentheses!
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Post by spinninghead on Sept 17, 2019 7:10:41 GMT
These streaming services may have offered 'choice' when they were first introduced... access to old programmes and series... but they're now making television more of a luxury, rather than a regular cheap means of entertainment. It has a knock-on effect.
The BBC has announced that its red button service is being dropped from early next year. Due, obviously, to cost. It can't afford such a frivolous waste of money in the light of serious competion from Netflix, Amazon, Apple, uncle Tom Cobbley and all.
I don't need broadband at home. Consequently I don't have any of these over-expensive television services. How long Freeview will last in competition with them is anyone's guess.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 7:23:30 GMT
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Post by spinninghead on Sept 17, 2019 8:32:41 GMT
Very true Bob.
I don't have broadband, so any access to the internet has to be via my phone. I'll certainly miss the TEXT bit of it - for news and sport. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 8:54:43 GMT
Yes, it was always convenient. It meant that you didn't have to crank up the computer to get at the headlines. More recently, I felt that it was becoming an interesting curiosity, a bit like early internet services like Compuserve.
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Anymore to come?
