Getting tired of Netflix and their ilk

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
08/27/2015 at 00:19 • Filed to: None

OK, the studios are probably to blame, but I’m tired of going to watch something in my queue and finding that it is now gone. It can’t be a storage space issue since that is probably at record low levels nowadays, so the problem must be elsewhere. Hey studios (and cable companies) - the world has changed! Look what Apple did to the music market - that is going to be what happens to you whether you like it or not. Adapt or die. Having worked in the entertainment biz when I lived in Los Angeles and generally being disgusted with that whole industry I can’t wait to see the status quo come to an end.

All I want is a simple life - go one place and watch what I want when I want to watch it. Let there be competition between services, but either have the content or don’t have it - no more of this “now you see it, now you don’t” BS.

I’ve been watching more stuff on YouTube lately, but I don’t know why I can’t get as reliable a transfer on YouTube as I can on Netflix. For the last 30 minutes my TV has been stuck on a screen that just says ‘loading’. It doesn’t matter if I’m using TiVo, Roku or something else.

DISCUSSION (7)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/27/2015 at 00:25

It’s how much it costs them in licensing, the contracts are only for a certain duration.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/27/2015 at 00:26

Reply to me and I shall teach you.

No Netflix and I watch whatever I want with just internet connection, no storing, no limits. Message me back and I’ll explain it all tomorrow.

TheOnelectronic > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/27/2015 at 00:46

It’s basically the studios pulling things from Netflix because they’ve decided they want a piece of that pie.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/27/2015 at 01:01

Sounds good. I’ve got several TB of stuff that I can never seem to find when I need it, so a better method would be appreciated.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/27/2015 at 01:19

pls copy paste me a reply as well I will thank you with +200 blunion points

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/27/2015 at 09:27

What you need is a mini home theater computer. And by that I mean, either a Raspberry Pi running Kodi, or one of the pre-built boxes that can run Kodi. Kodi is a free operating system with tons of free “Add-Ons” (their word for app, I know it’s annoying). In these apps, you can get streams of basically anything you ever wanted to watch, all seasons.

i’ve watched “Netflix Exclusive”, “HBO Exclusive”, and so on shows that I shouldn’t be able to watch without having the subscriptions. I don’t have the subscriptions. The amount of TV and movies you can watch is so massive that I just got rid of cable TV. I only have internet now. I increased my internet speed, and my bill still dropped $85 a month to the cable company.

http://smile.amazon.com/Matricom-G-Box…

If you want something more “plug-n-play” the above is a great option. If you’re wanting to do some of it yourself (I find it all fascinating so I typically do it myself, but I may pick up one of the above G-Box’s) you should look into this kit:

http://smile.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspbe…

I’ll warn you the software on the “noobs” card in this packaged deal doesn’t work perfect, I’d update the card before installing on the Pi. But you’ll need that card anyhow.

I also got an HD antenna to pick up local channels, I can watch ABC, Fox, CBS, NBC and more with perfect HD. I swear the picture is better than the cable company’s HD.

Where’s the DVR? You don’t really need one. You can access all shows basically the day after they air. Which if you were recording it anyhow, then next day is probably fine. There’s slightly more complex ways to set it up so you can actually DVR shows with a computer, and the software is catching up to be able to do this through the raspberry pi or G-Box. To get antenna onto the network you’ll need an HD-HomeRun. They’re awesome and the company who makes them (Silicon Dust) is really cool.

If you have your own content on a hard drive, you can then plug your hard drive into either one of these devices, or like I do - direct into the router so it’s available on the whole home network. Speaking of the network, they will run on wireless, but with streaming HD I sincerely recommend a wired connection.

That was a ton of information (which is why I told you to message me back, I was on my phone last night when I responded) and I’m sure I either rambled or missed some important details. Feel free to reply with any questions you have. Btw, the Kodi system is smooth and easy enough to use that my wife who is not tech savvy tells everyone I start babbling to about this system “It’s easy enough that I can use it!”

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
08/27/2015 at 09:28

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/what-you-need-…

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Let me know if you have questions it’s a ton of info, which is why I didn’t type it on my phone last night hahaha.