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Re:Disney Is Finally Getting That Apps Are the Future of TV by voltagex_ on Monday November 09, 2015 @06:02AM (#10532326)
It's looking bad for me. In Australia we've got Netflix (with 1/10th the content), Stan and Presto. It's quite likely that your three favourite shows could cost you three subscriptions (~30AUD) instead of one. Pay TV is slowly declining, but if you want sport in HD (and you do, the MPEG2 bitrate on FTA is terrible), it's $50/month on a 12 month contract.

If I have to buy an Apple TV for some things, an XBox One for others and an Amazon TV (if they ever release it) for Unnamed New Top Gear Show I'm just gonna give up and use my extra time to learn Haskell.

(I did try IPTV, but my downstream speed is 8 megabit on a good day and it wasn't enough).

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Re:Disney Is Finally Getting That Apps Are the Future of TV by ps4fanboy on Monday November 09, 2015 @08:39AM (#10532918)
Foxtel really has a very poor HD offering, I would say compared to Foxtel (Netflix/Stan/Presto) offers much more content and at better qualities. The major limiting factor is bandwidth, hopeful the NBN makes it more viable. I have the new apple TV and the app selection is much better, Netflix/Stan/(Presto not yet) all on once device with others sure to follow. Presto is garbage though the quality can barely be called SD.
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