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I have discontinued my Digital Cable subscription. At the moment I have connected my PC to my LED TV & streaming everything.

By everything I mean I am streaming the local news channel that I used to watch using my Digital Cable as they offer free streaming on YouTube.

 

Now if I compare how much time I spend watching the regular TV channel vs other content which are available on Youtube which ranges 

from tech related stuff, defence related stuff, videos on fitness I realize that TV channels are becoming too boring. I mean most of the

time I am watching various YouTube videos & hardly watching TV channels any more.

 

What about you guys ? TV (channels) vs YouTube which one wins ?

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I've barely watched TV in the last couple years.

Mostly was just watching the news here and there whenever I wasn't on the PC.

Finally cancelled my service last February. My living room is now entirely useless. 😂

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The only TV I watch really is hockey. Other than that, I just watch some Hong Kong dramas periodically as watching those legally online can be a challenge in North America. 

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I pulled the TV Cable off in 2016. Couldnt stand this brainwash garbage anymore. Didnt regret it one Day.

Apps like Plex, Netflix and YT is all i watch.

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if only there were adblock for terrestrial tv

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I would try youtube tv but it was asking $60.00 US a month here and that seems high to me.

 

I dumped my Satellite TV couple years back and I don't regret it. 💩

Over the air broadcast network TV has gotten so bad too. 🤮

With watching free youtube along with using my iPad to just watch the movies and shows I really like.

It's like a whole new world of "just what I like entertainment" for me now and I like it. 😁

 

I'm even considering getting rid of the 55" 4k TV and Sony 5.1 surround system.

The way things are I hardly even use it anymore so why keep it.

Looking back now I think I should have bought an iMac instead of the TV and surround system. 🤔

I would have been happier. 😄

  

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Pretty sure that tv is mostly seen by boomers

 

Anyway between the twos, youtube, you can see/listen pretty much whatever thing you want to, when/where you do want to,

even though there are a couple of thing that I don't like about the platform.. for me it's better than the tv

 

 

 

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Sorry guys for the delay in reading your replies.

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Is there a way to receive email notification when a reply is posted ?

I am getting the "push notifications" via Firefox but no email notifications.

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6 minutes ago, james_bond said:

Sorry guys for the delay in reading your replies.

@admin

Is there a way to receive email notification when a reply is posted ?

I am getting the "push notifications" via Firefox but no email notifications.

If you click on follow it should give you some extra option including the mail thing

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I have a antenna on my TV and pick up about 30 channels, the image is better than when I had cable too. Sure its limited and no on demand and what not. But Its free so I'm not complaining, now only if you could do that with internet...

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On 9/22/2020 at 1:43 AM, james_bond said:

I have discontinued my Digital Cable subscription. At the moment I have connected my PC to my LED TV & streaming everything.

By everything I mean I am streaming the local news channel that I used to watch using my Digital Cable as they offer free streaming on YouTube.

 

Now if I compare how much time I spend watching the regular TV channel vs other content which are available on Youtube which ranges 

from tech related stuff, defence related stuff, videos on fitness I realize that TV channels are becoming too boring. I mean most of the

time I am watching various YouTube videos & hardly watching TV channels any more.

 

What about you guys ? TV (channels) vs YouTube which one wins ?

Youtube actually offers paid TV services, but its kinda expensive. 

 

I watch shit tons of YouTube. However we use a TV antenna to get Live TV. The antenna costed me about $30. I have it hooked to an HD Homerun and that is piped in to my Plex server. What does that mean? Well the HD Homerun has 4 TV tuners built in that means I can watch up to 4 things at one time. With the Plex server I get a guide as well as the ability to watch and or record up to 4 things at a time. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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On 9/23/2020 at 10:59 AM, Acid Panda said:

if only there were adblock for terrestrial tv

While you can’t do it live. Plex does have a feature to remove commercials from recordings. Never tested it myself however. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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