Happy prose
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Post by Happy prose on Jan 15, 2014 14:38:53 GMT -5
You can buy CBS shows on Amazon. I'm not sure what CW is? But The CW is also listed on Amazon. Do you buy shows, or a whole season. And about how much $ ? I can stream Amazon through the Wii.
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Post by Happy prose on Jan 15, 2014 14:41:04 GMT -5
Is it easy to set up and operate? Then I guess you would delete episodes to not fill up the hard drive? I thought it was fairly easy, not really worse than connecting a regular DVD player or a VCR was. I record stuff on the hard drive to watch and then delete most of it when done viewing. If I decide to keep anything, I can transfer it to a blank disc. So far, it's worked great and it's my second such machine. We use it pretty heavily. So I can burn a dvd? Does it work like a cd that once done with project you can't add to it? Or can I add more shows in the season?
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 15, 2014 14:44:08 GMT -5
I thought it was fairly easy, not really worse than connecting a regular DVD player or a VCR was. I record stuff on the hard drive to watch and then delete most of it when done viewing. If I decide to keep anything, I can transfer it to a blank disc. So far, it's worked great and it's my second such machine. We use it pretty heavily. So I can burn a dvd? Does it work like a cd that once done with project you can't add to it? Or can I add more shows in the season? Yes, you can burn a DVD and view it on other devices. I think there's a way to add to a DVD by not finalizing it, but you can't view it on other devices. I can put about 1 movie or 2 hrs of television on one DVD dics with reasonably good video quality. I sometimes share stuff by loaning the DVD discs to a couple of friends who don't have cable.
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Post by justme on Jan 15, 2014 14:46:25 GMT -5
If you're doing Hulu or Nextflix you'll want something that puts it onto your TV. Roku, a wifi compatible DVD/Bluray, Crome TV, etc. From what I understand CBS shows and CW shows are not on Hulu. CBS shows don't appear to be anywhere other than what's on their website. CW is not particularly restrictive on viewing episodes on their website, though. So far. CW was harder to find online going back farther than 1 or 2, but I recently got a windows tablet and they have a CW app for it that lets you watch a lot of their shows on it. Last I looked one had like 8 of 10 episodes for this season.
Right now I'm screwed because somehow my DVR didn't record the first 3 or 4 of Elementary and I can't find them anywhere. I saw the first ep on CBS and watched it, but I'm still missing a few more episodes even though I have every other damn one recorded.
Suits on USA was damn hard to find too (another DVR problem grrr) until they let you watch em for free in hype for the next season starting soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2014 14:51:20 GMT -5
If its something we watch i buy the season. Prices vary. For instance i pay 1.45 an episode for Big Bang Theory. Its available the day after it airs. Its mine, i own it can download or stream whenever and no commercials.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2014 14:52:28 GMT -5
If you don't want to buy the season, say you just missed a few episodes of Elementary and need to catch up, you can buy just a few episodes on Amazon, at 1.99 an episode...
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 15, 2014 14:53:49 GMT -5
justzombies, are you talking about the current season or the past season?
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Post by justme on Jan 15, 2014 14:54:34 GMT -5
Current season for Elementary.
ETA: I may just have to buy it. It just makes me mad because I pay out the ass for this damn DVR/cable and it just randomly decides to not record shit.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 15, 2014 14:59:17 GMT -5
Current season for Elementary.
ETA: I may just have to buy it. It just makes me mad because I pay out the ass for this damn DVR/cable and it just randomly decides to not record shit. That does suck. If it happens enough, can you see about getting a replacement box from the cable company? If you want to view the epis now, your best bet is probably Amazon or iTunes. Alternatively, it's not a heavily serialized show, so you could probably skip those episodes now and catch up on them when it comes on DVD/Netflix in late summer.
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Post by justme on Jan 15, 2014 15:02:04 GMT -5
Current season for Elementary.
ETA: I may just have to buy it. It just makes me mad because I pay out the ass for this damn DVR/cable and it just randomly decides to not record shit. That does suck. If it happens enough, can you see about getting a replacement box from the cable company? If you want to view the epis now, your best bet is probably Amazon or iTunes. Alternatively, it's not a heavily serialized show, so you could probably skip those episodes now and catch up on them when it comes on DVD/Netflix in late summer. Yeah, I'm debating just doing that. I can get another box, but I lose anything I have recorded on the current one so I'd have to lose it or sit around for a while and watch everything - I've been trying to get it down lately. Though this is the third I've had in almost 4 years with each one having problems.
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Post by cktc on Jan 15, 2014 15:07:53 GMT -5
What about for watching live sports on TV? Is that an option with the devices / methods you've all listed? I HATE paying the cable bill and I very rarely watch TV, but I cannot give up my sports. Any suggestions, please? Are you into particular sports, or all sports? I'm content to watch just hockey so I got an NHL Gamecenter season pass for $99. Local games are blacked out, but there are ways around that if you are using a computer to watch. MLB and NCAA subscriptions are also pretty reasonably priced. I've never looked into NFL, NBA, tennis or golf streaming, but I imagine they would be similar.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 15, 2014 15:08:42 GMT -5
I've been in the same quandary, justzombies. Geez, I watch too much TV!
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Post by steph08 on Jan 15, 2014 15:09:03 GMT -5
What about for watching live sports on TV? Is that an option with the devices / methods you've all listed? I HATE paying the cable bill and I very rarely watch TV, but I cannot give up my sports. Any suggestions, please? That is my problem too. I could probably get rid of our higher Dish package and just watch all my shows online (and probably cut down a bunch too), but we need our sports! Oh, and The Walking Dead. ETA: Walking Dead is online. Everything is right with the world.
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Post by greeniis10 on Jan 15, 2014 15:11:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the responses! Yes, I like to watch almost all sports. Darn, I was really hoping there was a way around this so that I could get rid of cable, too.
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Post by justme on Jan 15, 2014 15:18:08 GMT -5
My problem is Food Network. Must have me some Food Network.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 15, 2014 15:22:12 GMT -5
Hulu does make stuff unavailable with no warning, my DH is a Downton Abbey addict watching it over and over and recently it stopped being available for a few days, everywhere. (everywhere he was watching anyway) Green, my fix for not having cable but wanting to watch sports is the relatives that still pay for theirs. Mom is never giving up her satellite and my sister isn't either. Sis's BF actually went UP a package to make sure he had all ESPNs after one wasn't in his package when one of his games was on. lol ETA: CBS has come up with some dumb app to watch it's shows on, guess what device they aren't compatible with? the one I own of course, Kindle.
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Post by Happy prose on Jan 15, 2014 15:42:11 GMT -5
So I can burn a dvd? Does it work like a cd that once done with project you can't add to it? Or can I add more shows in the season? Yes, you can burn a DVD and view it on other devices. I think there's a way to add to a DVD by not finalizing it, but you can't view it on other devices. I can put about 1 movie or 2 hrs of television on one DVD dics with reasonably good video quality. I sometimes share stuff by loaning the DVD discs to a couple of friends who don't have cable. I think I understand. So these machines just record, not play?
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 15, 2014 15:45:27 GMT -5
No, they do both. But if you want to watch the resulting DVD disc on anything else (like a laptop or other DVD player), you must finalize it. Otherwise, you can continue to watch it but only on the originating machine.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 15, 2014 15:47:40 GMT -5
Chocolate Cheesecake, I use the CBS app on my iPod and there's not much of anything anyway. Some shows only have 1 episode available to view.
I don't understand making it hard for viewers to get caught up with your shows. Even CBS' new show wasn't available for viewing the first episode. Don't you want people to sample your new shows?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 15, 2014 15:49:05 GMT -5
Rocky, that's sort of good to hear, in that I'm not missing anything. On the other hand, how obnoxious! I think DH finds anything that is "uncooperative" like that on a site called CouchTuner.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Jan 15, 2014 16:14:23 GMT -5
If you're doing Hulu or Nextflix you'll want something that puts it onto your TV. Roku, a wifi compatible DVD/Bluray, Crome TV, etc. From what I understand CBS shows and CW shows are not on Hulu. They have CW shows on hulu plus...
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