Netflix. Prime. Apple TV+. What else?
Netflix. Prime. Apple TV+. What else?
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Phooey

Original Poster:

13,500 posts

192 months

Sunday 31st January 2021
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Netflix is our main choice of tv content. Prime is good but IMO not a patch on Netflix but will keep it. Recently got AppleTV+ (Free with new device) but highly doubt I’ll be renewing after free period. Used to have Now but got bored of it quickly. Anything else worth considering? Disney? Not interested in Sports or documentaries. 3 adults and a 12yr old. Cheerssmile

Mojooo

13,287 posts

203 months

Sunday 31st January 2021
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Disney will soon have more adult content on a new sub channel called STAR

Only other one I can think of is Britbox.

Obviously there is the usual free stuff BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 4 all have a lot of stuff.

megaphone

11,474 posts

274 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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I can't believe anyone would pay for Apple +, need to up their game considerably. I got it free for a year and have watched 1 film in the past 3 months, nothing else appeals.

Phooey

Original Poster:

13,500 posts

192 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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Cheers Mojooo, I'll check out STAR on Disney.

Agree - Apple+ is destined to fail as a pay service IMO.

hyphen

26,262 posts

113 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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Phooey said:
Anything else worth considering?
Dear Sir,

I read in the Guardian once, that as not everything is available in the UK, some nefarious characters use various streaming sites and download sites for content they are not allowed to pay for.

Shocking.

Down with this sort of thing.

Sincerely

Mr Disgusted
Tumbridge Wells.

Brooksay

1,278 posts

93 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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Books?

hyphen

26,262 posts

113 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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megaphone said:
I can't believe anyone would pay for Apple +, need to up their game considerably. I got it free for a year and have watched 1 film in the past 3 months, nothing else appeals.
Have you watched Servent? I have read it's good.

From that M Night Shamalan fella.

hyphen

26,262 posts

113 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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Also Amazon Prime has a few good shows, Americans, The Boys etc

ajprice

32,159 posts

219 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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If you go for Disney, get it before Star starts on Feb 23rd, before then the annual price is £59.99, after it starts the price is £79.99. If you pay £59.99 before 23rd Feb you won't pay the higher price until 2022.

Buzz84

1,465 posts

172 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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We have Prime (£6.58pm*), Netflix (£5.99pm) and a sky box (£27pm) totalling (£39.57pm).

I've been considering binning the sky, using a Freesat box and Chromecast that we already own and adding a Disney+ (£4.99pm*) and Discovery+ (£4.17pm*) subscriptions. This which would nearly halve our monthly outgoings to £21.66 and still keep all the main things we watch.

(* cheaper yearly cost /12)

hyphen

26,262 posts

113 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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Buzz84 said:
We have Prime (£6.58pm*), Netflix (£5.99pm) and a sky box (£27pm) totalling (£39.57pm).

I've been considering binning the sky, using a Freesat box and Chromecast that we already own and adding a Disney+ (£4.99pm*) and Discovery+ (£4.17pm*) subscriptions. This which would nearly halve our monthly outgoings to £21.66 and still keep all the main things we watch.

(* cheaper yearly cost /12)
Call Sky Retentions and tell them that wink

Phooey

Original Poster:

13,500 posts

192 months

Monday 1st February 2021
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hyphen said:
Dear Sir,

I read in the Guardian once, that as not everything is available in the UK, some nefarious characters use various streaming sites and download sites for content they are not allowed to pay for.

Shocking.

Down with this sort of thing.

Sincerely

Mr Disgusted
Tumbridge Wells.
scratchchin
Brooksay said:
Books?
Can't get into reading
hyphen said:
Have you watched Servent? I have read it's good.

From that M Night Shamalan fella.
Just watched the first 2 episodes of Servent and so far it's not too bad. I'm looking forward to carry on with this series. Defending Jacob was v.good.

hyphen said:
Also Amazon Prime has a few good shows, Americans, The Boys etc
The Boys was fantastic thumbup
ajprice said:
If you go for Disney, get it before Star starts on Feb 23rd, before then the annual price is £59.99, after it starts the price is £79.99. If you pay £59.99 before 23rd Feb you won't pay the higher price until 2022.
Cool, thanks for the heads up!