I did that with CBS -- watched all of their Star Trek and then canceled before they charged me. When they have enough new ST shows to make it worthwhile, I'll do that again. In general, though, that's more micromanaging than I want to do to watch TV. I don't want to be constantly juggling special deals.Defiant wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:33 pmIf it works for you, and you're diligent enough to regularly cancel and switch, I would recommend rotating services. Then you would only have to pay one service a month, or even less, since services often let you use a promo code if you haven't used one in the last year (or in the case of CBS, if you haven't used one since the last time you used one - speaking of which, there's currently a promo for a free month of CBS in the video thread in the bargains forum).Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:22 pm
Turnaround speed and disc availability/condition have all deteriorated over the past few years. I'll eventually switch our netflix account from CDs to streaming for that reason. Meanwhile, there are still some things I want to watch without subscribing to multiple new streaming services -- we just started Handmaid's Tale, for example, which is a Hulu original. I don't want to pay $12/mo for their ad-free streaming. Prior to that, we binged all eight seasons of Dexter, which I think would've required a Showtime sub. After Handmaid we'll probably rent Orange is the New Black, which I think is HBO. There are, like, half a dozen different HBOs. Who wants to mess with that? On disc, I can watch all three series without needing three different subscriptions.
Netflix still has 100,000 titles on DVD compared to around 6,000 via streaming, and DVDs still account for 1/3 of their revenues. They might not be investing in the service like they should, but it ain't gone by a long shot.
Personally, my own DVD and digital library is large enough to satisfy me if I need it, but Prime I get anyway, and once every so often I'll get a months subscription to something.
We're still paying about $75/mo less for streaming than we did for cable, so the budget has room to add a basket of permanent or long-term accounts. Once I chew through my DVD queue, I'll switch netflix to streaming and then add other "channels" as the urge strikes. I already whacked the queue down from 90+ discs to around 45, and I haven't added anything to it in months. By the end of this year I might be played out on DVDs.
Meanwhile, between Amazon Prime and all the stuff my virtual DVR slurps down from YouTube TV, I already have more content than I can ever find time to watch (old movies on TCM ftw!). I just finished watching the first episode of The Man in the High Castle, and I've barely scratched the surface of Amazon.
What was this thread about again?
Oh yeah...Knives Out! Best movie of last year, IMO.