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AT&T wants to raise my TV bill by $40 next month, so I’m looking at just keeping gigabit fiber from them (or switching to Google Fiber after the pandemic subsides) and going with streaming TV. Even for an A/V savvy person, streaming TV is very confusing landscape. Looking for recommendations.
Here are my priorities:
Must have “basic cable" channels:
-Locals (prefer not not mess separate OTA and streaming box, or buy a separate DVR just so we can fast forward through commercials on Colbert)
-AMC
-Comedy Central (this one seems oddly absent from streaming services, i.e. not on YouTube or Hulu)
-MSNBC
Must have features:
-AppleTV app, that works well with a Harmony elite remote for control
-DVR
-Commercial fast forward with some indicator of the content being skipped (i.e. to FF through commercials)
Strongly prefer to have features:
-≥5.1 channel audio
-4K resolution on relevant programming
Does anyone use a streaming service that fits the above and otherwise doesn't cause excessive hair-pulling because of stupid UI, bizarre DRM based restrictions, or other idiocies?
(Note: even if we do switch to Google Fiber, they no longer offer a standard TV STB. Streaming only.)
Here are my priorities:
Must have “basic cable" channels:
-Locals (prefer not not mess separate OTA and streaming box, or buy a separate DVR just so we can fast forward through commercials on Colbert)
-AMC
-Comedy Central (this one seems oddly absent from streaming services, i.e. not on YouTube or Hulu)
-MSNBC
Must have features:
-AppleTV app, that works well with a Harmony elite remote for control
-DVR
-Commercial fast forward with some indicator of the content being skipped (i.e. to FF through commercials)
Strongly prefer to have features:
-≥5.1 channel audio
-4K resolution on relevant programming
Does anyone use a streaming service that fits the above and otherwise doesn't cause excessive hair-pulling because of stupid UI, bizarre DRM based restrictions, or other idiocies?
(Note: even if we do switch to Google Fiber, they no longer offer a standard TV STB. Streaming only.)