Streaming sucks

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Duck and Cover: Apr 6, 2007

Hey guys you want to know if we have x for streaming? Well you better sign up! Also the majority of our stuff is garbage filler we know no one wants. Oh and don't expect to catch up because we're gonna release episodes 8 days after they air. One more thing, and this is important you mind having an account for individual networks shows? Whelp we tried but there's still pirating I have no idea why.

# ? Sep 22, 2017 19:59

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 20:57

COMRADES: Apr 3, 2017; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Yeah it's dumb. CBS is only airing the new Star Trek through their CBS Access streaming service in the USA and on Netflix everywhere else in the world.

Do I pay $10-$15/mo for Star Trek or... Hmm.

# ? Sep 22, 2017 21:54

Inept: Jul 8, 2003

COMRADES posted:

Yeah it's dumb. CBS is only airing the new Star Trek through their CBS Access streaming service in the USA and on Netflix everywhere else in the world.

Do I pay $10-$15/mo for Star Trek or... Hmm.

Move to North Korea and watch Star Trek on a Palm Pilot

# ? Sep 22, 2017 22:02

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Amazon Prime doesn't include Twilight Zone season 4 as part of the subscription, which is bullshit. Probably has something to do with it being the season with longer episodes.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:10

Altared State: Jan 14, 2006; I think I was born to burn

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:11

Ein cooler Typ: Nov 26, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

This is why i still have my collection of 500 videotapes

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:11

Yaws: Oct 23, 2013

what's the alternative?

gently caress it man streaming is the way things are. I ain't going back to renting DVDs from Netflix.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:13

jsoh: Mar 24, 2007; O Muhammad, I seek your intercession with my Lord for the return of my eyesight

stream things from services who don't have to buy broadcast rights. much better selection

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:17

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

violent sex idiot posted:

stream things from services who don't have to buy broadcast rights. much better selection

You're the reason streaming services are going to look like and be sold at the prices of cable TV within the next decade.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:46

gary oldmans diary: Sep 26, 2005

how is it even possible to have avoided piracy all this time? even with just a little taste of it you download so much faster than you can watch it and then you have 50 complete tv shows you havent even started

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:49

jsoh: Mar 24, 2007; O Muhammad, I seek your intercession with my Lord for the return of my eyesight

mind the walrus posted:

You're the reason streaming services are going to look like and be sold at the prices of cable TV within the next decade.

I don't give a poo poo

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:53

Mr.Acula: May 10, 2009; Billions and billions of fat clouds

my HD with all my porn just died and now I need to get it back somehow

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:53

Cnut the Great: Mar 30, 2014

Yaws posted:

what's the alternative?

gently caress it man streaming is the way things are. I ain't going back to renting DVDs from Netflix.

But Netflix's DVD service is great for getting physical copies of movies and TV shows with special features and commentary.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 08:53

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

violent sex idiot posted:

I don't give a poo poo

I know.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 09:30

Yaws: Oct 23, 2013

Cnut the Great posted:

But Netflix's DVD service is great for getting physical copies of movies and TV shows with special features and commentary.

Well if it ain't Cnut the Great!

I don't think the average consumer cares about special features and comentaries the way dorks like us do

Yaws fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Sep 23, 2017

# ? Sep 23, 2017 09:36

The Dennis System: Aug 4, 2014; Nothing in Jurassic World is natural, we have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.

Streaming is still better than cable, which is what I had to put up with for most of my life.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 09:37

Former DILF: Jul 13, 2017

if there was a way to ignore spoilers, you could just sign up to X for a couple of months to catch up on Y, maybe when we're all living under gay luxury space communism we can just 3d print poo poo on distant bodies in our spare time and get the shows that just arrived, months or years after they aired on Earth

# ? Sep 23, 2017 10:23

yeah I eat ass: Mar 14, 2005; only people who enjoy my posting can replace this avatar

I like the exodus thing for Kodi but i'm too scared to use it in the US I don't want to go to jail. It is nice being able to watch things still in theaters though for free and never having to buy anything. Netflix especially in germany is garbage.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 12:25

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

Inept posted:

Move to North Korea and watch Star Trek on a Palm Pilot

# ? Sep 23, 2017 12:28

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

netflix in north korea but the only show available is Kim Possible

# ? Sep 23, 2017 12:29

Big Beef City: Aug 15, 2013

Au contrair...
*Releases hot streaming content right into your waiting mouth*

# ? Sep 23, 2017 12:37

DrPlump: Oct 5, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Every single time I pay for content I could have pirated I regret it and feel like an idiot. The object from them on only brings me great shame to possess.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 14:02

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

i miss my old mom and pop rental store, Video Vault.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 14:14

Comfy Fleece Sweater: Apr 2, 2013; You see, but you do not observe.

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Yeah it�s dumb. CBS is only airing the new Star Trek through their CBS Access streaming service in the USA and on Netflix everywhere else in the world.

Do I pay $10-$15/mo for Star Trek or... Hmm.
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Is this out already? Because lol I haven't heard any thing about a new Star Trek show

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:37

Kuato: Feb 25, 2005; "I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"; Buglord

Pffff, if I want to be entertained I just put in my Transformers: The Movie (1986), DVD. Typical goon minds overthinking everything. :smuggo:

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:43

Robo Reagan: Feb 12, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

mind the walrus posted:

You're the reason streaming services are going to look like and be sold at the prices of cable TV within the next decade.

look at this chump who actually pays to watch streaming shows

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:46

tenspott: Aug 1, 2002; by FactsAreUseless

Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:

Is this out already? Because lol I haven't heard any thing about a new Star Trek show

they did a news story bragging about how it was the first star trek with a black lead lol

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:49

Duck and Cover: Apr 6, 2007

It's okay guys we'll stream you that program you want to watch but first please sign in with your cable account.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:13

scott zoloft: Dec 7, 2015; yeah same

The answer is a tb drive filled with your favorite shows and movies properly tagged and organized by show / season / episode

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:17

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

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The answer is a tb drive filled with your favorite shows and movies properly tagged and organized by show / season / episode
[/quote]

buying a synology bay is a big one time payment though and netflix is like five bucks a month

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:20

meat police: Nov 14, 2015

tenspott posted:

they did a news story bragging about how it was the first star trek with a black lead lol

I bravely state that DS9 is canon

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:21

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

scott zoloft posted:

The answer is a tb drive filled with your favorite shows and movies properly tagged and organized by show / season / episode

streaming is actually really good when you have HD/lossless copies of everything and stream them to yourself with PLEX/Subsonic

code:

 % du -sh *
 19G    Books
2.1T    Movies
327G    Music
2.1T    TV

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:29

scott zoloft: Dec 7, 2015; yeah same

Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

buying a synology bay is a big one time payment though and netflix is like five bucks a month

hard drives are like 50 - 80 bucks.

buy an external hook and plug it into your computer. or use local disk for free idk.

if you can watch netflix on TV, then you can probably also stream video files over your local lan through a native or installed app.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:29

scott zoloft: Dec 7, 2015; yeah same

poverty goat posted:

streaming is actually really good when you have HD/lossless copies of everything and stream them to yourself with PLEX/Subsonic
code:
 % du -sh *
 19G    Books
2.1T    Movies
327G    Music
2.1T    TV

this guy gets it

but 19 gigs of books how the gently caress?

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:30

Duck and Cover: Apr 6, 2007

scott zoloft posted:

The answer is a tb drive filled with your favorite shows and movies properly tagged and organized by show / season / episode

Of course. Here's the thing they don't seem to realize/care they are competing with free and pretty convenient. They can't beat free, but they sure as gently caress could at least be more convenient.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:32

poverty goat: Feb 15, 2004

scott zoloft posted:

this guy gets it

but 19 gigs of books how the gently caress?

It was a surprise to me too

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:32

ElectricSheep: Jan 14, 2006; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

tenspott posted:

they did a news story bragging about how it was the first star trek with a black lead lol

If I were Avery Brooks and read that poo poo

e: I'm not even really a fan of Star Trek and I know DS9 had a black lead

# ? Sep 23, 2017 19:37

wide stance: Jan 28, 2011; If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then he will do it that way.

The only good streaming is when you physically download while watching. That way it's not complete utter rear end quality.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 19:42

The General: Mar 4, 2007

tenspott posted:

they did a news story bragging about how it was the first star trek with a black lead lol

So I've heard this, and a news story bragging about the first female lead. So I had to do some investigating. And it turns out they're bragging about the first Female & Black lead.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 19:54

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 20:57

HELLBITCH: Sep 15, 2017; bad at posting

I download my media and watch it locally on a laptop screen with headphones like some sort of 2007 caveman

# ? Sep 23, 2017 19:54

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