Add Amazon Prime, get a 3rd party box (more)

Amazon Prime, in addition to their free 2 day shipping on things, has a pretty good selection of streaming shows. It's also good for movie rentals, or buying seasons of tv series you like and can't find for free on other providers.

Forget using smart tv interfaces. They're static, and rarely update. Get a 3rd party streaming box (e.g. Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV). The software is kept current, and the user interfaces are much better. I like the Roku interface, as you can search across all channels, but am having issues with their remote. My wife likes the fire tv interface, but if you don't get Amazon prime, then I wouldn't recommend it.

Enjoy!

In response to this post by HokieJamie

Posted: 02/13/2016 at 10:30AM

Ok so we've decided to be cord cutters... -- HokieJamie 02/12/2016 7:34PM

Add Amazon Prime, get a 3rd party box (more) -- Freddyburg Hokie 02/13/2016 10:30AM

SlingTV gives you most of the cable channels for $20. Extra $5 gets ESPNU -- NokieHokie 02/13/2016 10:16AM

I bought a $30 indoor antenna and got amazing results -- hokeyhokie 02/13/2016 09:12AM

Did it years ago. Antenna and NetFlix only. Only downside is that after -- Hokerer 02/12/2016 10:07PM

I got a TiVo OTA for local stations. -- BigDave 02/12/2016 9:04PM

I saw that...$50? and you pay $15 a month to use it? ** -- HokieJamie 02/12/2016 9:13PM

I got one with a lifetime subscription -- BigDave 02/13/2016 11:07AM

Well if you have cable internet, you can log into -- MEHOKIE 02/12/2016 7:37PM

Fios. I noticed hulu didnt have blacklist ** -- HokieJamie 02/12/2016 8:43PM

Yeah, Netflix bought the rights. -- MEHOKIE 02/12/2016 8:47PM

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