sozamora wrote:LennyH wrote: If you look at something like HBO, we love Game of Thrones and I watch a few other things on there but nothing provides the value of netflix for us.
Netflix is certainly a great bang for the buck, but to be fair - and since this is a documentary thread - HBO has produced or acquired some really great documentaries over the years ranging over a very diverse and interesting array of subjects. In terms of original programming, that's one of its best aspects.
Yeah, I'm happy to have HBO for sure and they really do have some good stuff (aside from movies), I just mean that if you look over the course of a month, esp when Game of Thrones isn't on, my HBO viewing usually doesn't amount to that much right now. Over the years some incredible stuff, though, and more to come I'm sure.
It sucks when I look at the amount we pay to Verizon for Cable and internet (and cell phones) but I feel like it's worth it because I need all of these things to round out my entertainment. I do use it all in varying degrees. And they keep chipping away at my back account. That's what happened with Amazon. I wanted to watch Justified and I do order a shitload of stuff from them so I paid the $80 per year or whatever to get the Amazon prime. As a bonus I don't have to worry about figuring out how to buy more than $25 to get free shipping. I haven't watched much on their beyond justified but they seem to get some shows faster than Netflix does. Another piece of the puzzle.