Amazon to start streaming TV for $79 a year?

[M-technik-3]

Looks to put comcast and direct TV and verizon into a tailspin. My Verizon bill was 105 a month till I went with just basic tv. I kept the net service as that was the best local rate for internet.

Your thoughts?

[bimmerteck]

Amazon's streaming service is a train wreck. No que, search sucks, and the selection mostly mirrors Netflix.

We have it free b/c I was already a prime member but I wouldn't pay for it separately ATM.

We do use Netflix/Hulu/OTA-DVR instead of cable so my total "cable" bill hovers around $16 a month.

[samiam3356]

150 a month with Comcast right now. Landline for our security sytem, upgraded int, and obv cable without prem channels. We rent a movie a couple times a month. On Demand is a necc when you have small children in the house. Having 4 kids 6 and under, I'll keep my high fucking priced shit for now. When they get a little older and start looking at porn instead I'll get something cheaper.

[dinanm3atl]

200 a month for Comcast and not unhappy.

We have 2x HD DVR Boxes, 3x regular boxes, HBO and Cable Internet with speed boost(whatever is fastest). I don't feel this is out of line.

[M-technik-3]

I guess I find it a bit outrageous to pay alot for cable tv. I don't watch alot of TV so to pay that much to me is a waste of money.

I rent movies maybe every other week from Redbox, cheap at $1.26 a night so it's a cheap date for kids to watch a movie. I have been working at paying down our bills. I felt slighted when I asked for a less expensive bill from Verizon for our old selection. Tier 1 which included a few HD and no pay channels nor sports. It did have BBC America and Discovery and ESPN but for $125 a month and one DVR box? No thanks.

Verizon rep said quit and get Comcast for a year and then come back we will give the current rates. Offering cheap rates to join for 24 months with only 20 months locked in at rates they advertise is shifty business.

I'll continue with basic for awhile, hell still has 50 channels with nothing on.

[freeride53]

god damn comcast

[freeride53]

lol down here in socal it's some shit called time-warner...like AOL

[Nairb]

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[rwh11385]

I have Amazon Prime, but mostly for the free, quick shipping. Prime Instant Video offerings mostly mirrors Netflix, if not a worse selection... but haven't sampled the pay selection (more like on-demand).

If you buy from Amazon as much as I do and willing to give up some of Netflix's benefits, then it's an alternative to it... But doesn't give you live or streaming TV yet that I know of.

I cancelled cable a while ago, and don't really miss it. Anything good I like is generally on Hulu soon after premiering.

[Jrey]

lol down here in socal it's some shit called time-warner...like AOL

This! I hate that company with a passion, their internet isnt even fast and is always having down time!

[z31maniac]

Cancelled cable two years ago.

Can't say I miss it, but I definitely like the ~$2500 or so we've saved since then.

[sharky]

Biz accont w/ comcast is like 125 for basic cable, internet and phone which isnt too bad imo. Home account w/ comcast is like 170ish w/ 3hd boxes, premium channels and interwebs. It sucks but oh well. Honestly I watch more DL'd movies and on demand than reg tv and definetly question cable as a whole since I am usually working or when I am home still working on the computer. Prob 5hrs of tv a week for me.

[Rigmaster]

$200/month for TV and you think it's fair??? WTF is wrong with you guys?

We've got a Roku box (~$80) and between local over the air channels, Amazon Prime and Netflix, we have plenty of stuff to watch. $80/year for Amazon and $8/mo for Netflix. We used to have the Netflix DVD's by mail plan for like $5/month but we would get the disc in the mail and then it would sit, sometimes for a month or more- I think one sat for 3+ months. So the on-demand/streaming thing is just alot more user-friendly IMHO.

EDIT: just re-read and saw that ~$150-200/month was for Internet AND Cable with lots of extras- STILL way too much IMHO. $50/mo for internet is about the max I can stand to pay, so that leaves you guys paying $100-150/mo for TV..... UGH!

[VinniE30]

I don't watch TV so I would really like to find a way to get a cheap and fast broadband connection. But the thing is comcast charges close to the same rate for just internet vs "double play" internet + TV. Verizon is worse.

This would be great if there were a very good and cheap broadband internet provider.

[b*saint]

Greg, it looks like its amazon version of Hulu. Its not LIVE streaming is it?