[TV] Television these days

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

I recently purchased a Disney TV annual subscription for £7.99 and an annual Apple tv subscription for $13.99. It is basically sharing a strangers log in details and needs a good bit of trust but I've had no issues with either service for nearly 4 months now. For the sake of the small initial outlay I took a punt and it looks as though it will cost considerably less than if I were to have both on a yearly plan for myself.

 

[southstandandy]

Most people I know share their memberships of Netflix, Prime and Disney Plus.

We only have Disney for the grand kids but share a membership with 2 neighbours and a friend over the road. Costs us no more than £20 a year each.

Absolutely no need to pay for all such memberships - just agree to split the cost with 2 or 3 friends if they want the same services.

 

[The Optimist]

As for the Netflix original movies, has there been a good one yet? They are all appalling. “Don’t Look Up”, “Da 5 Bloods”, etc. all dogshit.

The Power of the Dog?

 

[The Clamp]

The Power of the Dog?

Netflix didn’t produce it, they acquired it for distribution. But it is a bit better than most of the other “Netflix originals”.

 

[Hamilton]

And to think, 42p a day buys you iPlayer and all its channels (BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, CBBC Cbeebies, BBC News, Parliament.)

And you get Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 as well.
Plus Radio 1 and 5Live Extra.

And it also pays for the website and for the BBC World Service.

42p a day. You can’t buy a packet of pasta for that.

The Mail costs 65p a day.


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[Bold Seagull]

Netflix didn’t produce it, they acquired it for distribution. But it is a bit better than most of the other “Netflix originals”.

I’ve enjoyed:
The Dig
Trial of the Chicago 7
Enola Holmes
The Two Popes
The King
The Irishman

Not sure how many of those are true originals or bought and rebranded Netflix ones.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I think you’ve got to be clever with your subscriptions these days. You don’t need to run all of them all year. Often pick a NowTV Sky entertainment package for a few months, ditch Disney and Netflix for a period. Find that when you resubscribe there’s a bit of excitement at having a service back. Also got out of TV contracts so only BB with Virgin, freeview + rotating service subs.

 

[BBassic]

TV and film is how I unwind and relax so I don't particularly mind paying the various subscription fees


I am looking at maybe ditching Netflix however as most of the shows I watch on there can be found on NowTV and their film selection is pretty rubbish.

 

[beorhthelm]

And to think, 42p a day buys you iPlayer and all its channels (BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, CBBC Cbeebies, BBC News, Parliament.)

85p a day for basic sky package, half dozen Sky channels, dozen documentry, various news and music. just wondering why people show the BBC cost in days but not others for comparison.

and did everyone know you dont need a licence to watch on demand services?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Netflix didn’t produce it, they acquired it for distribution. But it is a bit better than most of the other “Netflix originals”.

We have watched lots of good Netflix originals/ distributions. Narcos, Criminal (various countries), the one about the Mossad spy, Love on the Spectrum-quite a range ! Unfortunately there doesn’t seem much new coming online at the moment which would be of interest. We also share our login with family and I think were it not for that we might have binned it by now.

 

[lawros left foot]

I’m coming to the end of my Sky contract next month and have decided to bin it, saving £100 a month, after the price increases in June. Only really watch football and the odd mega series, G.O.T. etc, I have Amazon account, but I use that more for reading, and the odd thing. I piggy back Disney + on my sons account, and don’t really watch it. We’re going to get a Now TV account for the Albion games I’m not attending, and im on a free Apple TV 3 months trial to watch Slow Horses, the books are superb. I will probably keep Netflix for the grandkids telly, but that may change.

I have also just changed from Sky Broadband which was absolutely pants to Virgin Media broadband which is so much better, and I save £10 a month.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

You don't have to watch all the crap on the box. Just turn it off and do something positive instead.

 

[The Clamp]

I think you’ve got to be clever with your subscriptions these days. You don’t need to run all of them all year. Often pick a NowTV Sky entertainment package for a few months, ditch Disney and Netflix for a period. Find that when you resubscribe there’s a bit of excitement at having a service back. Also got out of TV contracts so only BB with Virgin, freeview + rotating service subs.

Exactly this. I rotate between Prime and Now and get Netflix free.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I have:
Prime/Netflix/Disney+/Spotify
I had basic Sky TV with broadband deal, but never watched it.

I think the streaming services cost me about £40 a month, but are in constant use by my family and the inlaws.
Disney + is great value IMO and will probably eat up all the others over time.

 

[The Clamp]

Also if you join, say Now for 6 months and then go to leave they offer the whole lot at half price for 3 moths. Every time. Same with Prime and Audible. Saves a pretty penny, I do it a couple of times a year on all of them.

 

[banjo]

Bring back the '' Test Card ''

https://www.google.com/search?q=Tes...I76QKHZQfAdkQ_B16BAhYEAE#imgrc=V0mbVz0uEqrimM

 

[schmunk]

You don't have to watch all the crap on the box. Just turn it off and do something positive instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uvev7hY5MU

 

[Hamilton]

85p a day for basic sky package, half dozen Sky channels, dozen documentry, various news and music. just wondering why people show the BBC cost in days but not others for comparison.

and did everyone know you dont need a licence to watch on demand services?

Yep, Sky still sounds like twice the price for half the value. And it has no obligation to provide public services, like Welsh language programmes. I forgot to add the regional programming, BBC Alba etc.

 

[MattBackHome]

Sacked off Virgin TV (and the obligatory landline in the package; retaining the broadband thus saving about £45 a month) and happy paying simply for Netflix, iPlayer, Disney+ & Prime, all of which get used regularly.