Queue on 6/8/2018 at 01:59
My wife and I dumped DIRECTV about 14 years ago after realizing we were paying around hundred bucks a month and were only watching Spongebob and Invader Zim. Since then, we've been using an outdoor antenna; and recently started watching Netflix and Tubi TV on our blu-ray player. I'm actually digging Tubi TV--a ton of documentaries, foreign films, old movies, cult movies, and even a few rather naughty (if you look for them) movies that you cannot find on Netflix. And it's completely free!
Minion21g on 6/8/2018 at 15:49
There's a lot of great stuff here already. Wonderful.
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What we need is some kind of all in one service that has all of them built in, where you can enable / disable channel packs associated with those providers rather than having to get each individually. If they do that then it will help give people a reason to not resort to piracy to get what they need. If they have them in all in 1080P would be another needed feature across the board.
This would be really useful. As like you, I tend to switch up providers when I want to watch something in particular. I usually rent movies through Google Play, but then there's times I need a free trial for say Hulu just because they have an exclusive agreement with a particular channel. I don't necessarily want to get my content from the same source all the time, but it would be nice to have it all centralized and customizable without too much work and also without giving my credit card to everyone under the sun.
icemann on 7/8/2018 at 02:52
What I'd love would be a Steam-like platform where you could buy whatever movies and tv shows you wanted for good in easily downloadable digital form. So basically itunes but much more comprehensive. That to me would be better than any subscription service.
icemann on 7/8/2018 at 06:11
Their still a bit lacking in terms of content. Their fine when it's current and popular TV shows, but if it's something niche then you have nearly zero chance of finding it on there.
Try searching for The Wonder Years, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Frank The Entertainer for some examples. Not on there. So it's not comprehensive enough for me. Their about 80% on track.
I did some search research prior to doing this post. Quite a few of what I typed in is on there I'll note. Just not everything. For some things, Piratebay is your only option which is annoying.
Starker on 7/8/2018 at 09:34
A few more suggestions:
(
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc38fcMFcV_s7Lf6xbeRfWYRt7-Vmi_X9) Game Maker's Toolkit -- essays about game design
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI3GAJaOTL1BoipG41OmfyA) MrBtongue -- video game essays with an academic/literary bent
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4JnxTxtvItQecKUc4zRhQ) Errant Signal -- video game essays with an academic/social sciences bent
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqr2tH3dPshNhPjV5h1xRw) Super Bunnyhop -- video game essays with a journalistic bent
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb_sF2m3-2azOqeNEdMwQPw) Matthewmatosis -- in-depth video game reviews
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw) Noclip -- documentaries about the video game industry
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE98xefVUXmbvQfe-wNS8oA) Matt Barton -- video game history and developer interviews, often RPG focused
(
https://www.youtube.com/user/RedLetterMedia/videos) Red Letter Media -- film reviews and discussion, notorious for the (
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/) reviews on the Star Wars prequels
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw/videos) Lessons from the Screenplay -- a series of analyses exploring what makes film stories work (or not)
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTFGPpNQ0Ms6afXhaWDiRw/videos) Now You See It -- film devices explained, such as (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahqffbTc-g) how vampires have been used in movies to represent outsiders like jews, homosexuals and Vietnam vets
(
https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics/videos) Minutephysics -- very short and simple explanations of physics topics
(
https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile/videos) Numberphile -- all things related to numbers, such as (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3D7XYQExt0) calculating a car crash, a video about why speed limits are far more important than most people realise
(
https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt/videos) Kurzgesagt -- short animated videos on science topics, such as (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tbxDgcv74c) what would happen if you detonated a nuclear bomb in the Mariana Trench
(
https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut/videos) Today I Found Out -- a series about all kinds of things you might have not known, such as "Is pot illegal in Amsterdam?" (it is), "Can staying awake too long kill you?" (it can and will), and "What happened to the actor Rick Moranis?" (became a stay home dad)
Nameless Voice on 10/8/2018 at 22:49
I never had cable (though, technically, my internet is cable, I just don't get any TV channels.)
I do have a freeview satellite receiver that gets UK channels, but I almost never watch TV, just the news sometimes. I don't like having to watch at the times that the TV channels demand, and certainly don't like being force-fed commercials every few minutes. Plus, there's rarely anything good on.
I also never watch Irish TV at all. I could theoretically watch it online, but their website detects my ad blockers and refuses to play anything, even though they are the state-owned channel and they get money from our taxes and TV licences...
I do watch a lot of random things on YouTube, however.
Game and game design related:
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOGLGPOqlAiLmOvXW5lKbw) Mandalore Gaming -- thoughtful reviews of games, often for rarer ones or cult classics.
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ-Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw) Game Maker's Toolkit has already been mentioned, as has (
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5CYeHPLer3lbEhgonvbbAA) Noah Caldwell-Gervais.
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzapcxDfNyFgY7MbUuXv8A) Mr Wendal on games -- another game design / analysis channel, interesting but he only rarely uploads new videos.
Other:
Honest Trailers and Honest Game Trailers -- amusing reviews of films and games; no links, because the channel also has a lot of other stuff that I have no interest in.
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCodbH5mUeF-m_BsNueRDjcw) Overly Sarcastic Productions -- about history and myths, but I mostly watch it for (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSSL_0ddi3s&list=PLDb22nlVXGgcljcdyDk80bBDXGyeZjZ5e) Red's "Trope Talk" series, where she talks about different tropes.
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZlxkKqlvVqzRJXhAGq42Q) Jörg Sprave - The Slingshot Channel -- a crazy German man who makes projectile launchers that use rubber, such as (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbKGjRoSofA) an automatic repeater crossbow powered by an electric drill. Not entirely sure how that's related to anything, but his inventions are often amusingly over-the-top.
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XTzVzaHQEd30rQbuvCtTQ) Last Week Tonight -- because apparently the USA is a worse dystopia than most fictional ones.
(
https://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew) Rocket Jump -- a studio who <s>make</s> made short films, usually with action themes, often humorous. Unfortunately, the channel is mostly dead now, as the team behind it moved on to other projects. (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aEsr_2Cfp4) (example)
I'm sure I've rambled/ranted at length about it before, but I'd also like to see a "Steam for films", or rather, a "Gog for films" - specifically one that is like what has happened with music - where you can buy the films, download the DRM-free files, and keep them forever.
icemann on 11/8/2018 at 05:36
And that's what I was aluding to as well. A place with every movie and tv show ever released. You purchase it, then its yours to own DRM free forever in digital form.
icemann on 12/8/2018 at 16:23
Yeah I know. Was just saying what I'd like most for their to be.
