Cord Cutting and Streaming Recommendations

[LuFins Dad]

We’ve finally decided to pull the trigger and drop cable and our home phone and just go with streaming, just have a few questions.

1. Do you guys think that Verizon’s 200MBPS would support 2 devices streaming and hi level computer gaming simultaneously? Would 400 be that much better?

2. Streaming Service Recommendations? I’m thinking Prime, Disney+, and Discovery+ (Karla likes the Food Network and HGTV shows) and alternating between Netflix and HBO Max and just binge watch the shows and movies that interest us in those networks. Are there any other services we should consider? Hulu? CBS All Access?

[xenon]

I've recently considered all this.

200Mbps is likely just fine. If you pair that with strong wifi in your house, you should be good. For refernce a 4K stream runs about 25Mbps.

Video games are more about latency than throughput, so you should be fine there.

On streaming. One of the biggest pain points I had was aggregating all the services I have into one interface. I like using the new Google TV for that. You tell the box what services you have, and aggregates and shows you content from those services. I use this over my built-in smart TV functions.

If you want live TV without local channels - Sling TV is 30 bucks has a bunch of popular channels including HGTV and food.

What I ended up choose:
-HBO max (great selection of movies - back to classics from the beginning of the 20th century. Warner owns a lot of IP and they rotate it in and out of the service)
-Netflix (I'm probably going to unsubscribe for a year or so... I rarely watch it)
-Disney+ (kids in the house, so i bought a 3 year prepaid package)
-Amazon prime video (comes with my membership)
-Sling (though I don't think we watch it enough to get even $30's worth)

Hulu is good for sitcom classics (think TGIF shows from the 90's... has a huge backlog). I don't sub anymore though.

I don't like the endless searching through content. I find that I aimlessly browse the more options I have. So keeping my core services down to 2-3 options has value for me.

[Jolly]

I'd never go with just streaming. Invest in at least one way to receive broadcast tv.

I think these guys are a bit optimistic, but it's a start...

https://antennaweb.org/

[Copper]

I killed cable TV years ago

YouTube TV, Netflix & Amazon Prime

I can receive broadcast via broadcast - at least a few dozen stations, but I never use it

I really like YouTube TV - unlimited recording - works on all your devices

[Horace]

Haven't turned on the TV in many months.

[Axtremus]

FiOS 200Mbps should be fine.
Start with that, then later if you feel like its not enough, you can always upgrade to faster speeds then.
Good luck.

[jodi]

We have a digital antenna and get quite a few stations. We do Netflix and Amazon prime, and I have plenty to watch.

[Jolly]

Did you know there is no such thing as a digital antenna?

[Friday]

For us Netflix is annoying. It can take a long time to load and sometimes will need to be rebooted.