Apple's October TV Surprise

Re:Apple's October TV Surprise by pfarnsworth on Monday October 31, 2016 @04:41PM (#12840742)

I love my Apple TV but mainly because it makes using Plex and a couple of the other apps so easy. Plex with the Apple TV is simply an amazing experience. Also, because of the Apple TV, I've gone "legit" and bought a ton of stuff from iTunes because it's so convenient.

But most of the apps suck. I can't use any of the TV station apps like NBC, etc, without already having a cable subscription, which basically misses the point. I can't wait for DirectTV to come out with a streaming version, it just be good enough for me to switch to that permanently.

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Re:Apple's October TV Surprise by redler on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:03PM (#12840904)

> I can't use any of the TV station apps like NBC, etc, without already having a cable subscription, which basically misses the point

True, but you can blame the existing contractual relationships among the cable providers, networks, content owners, and content distributors, and the business model inertia holding it all in place. Apple's interests are probably aligned with yours on this.

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Re:Apple's October TV Surprise by Klibarchu on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:00PM (#12840881)

Netflix + CBS All Access + Youtube + Others like twitter for NFL = 16/month for streaming.

It helps that OTA HD stations are free!

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Re:Apple's October TV Surprise by pfarnsworth on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:08PM (#12840939)

I live in a valley so I can't get any signals from the OTA stations.. it sucks.

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Re:Apple's October TV Surprise by marrone12 on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:26PM (#12841050)

I recommend the Reuters TV app on apple tv. pretty slick

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